hey, thanks for the reply. i'm determined to go to Nia and bellydancing at lakeview on saturday (9 am and 10 am respectively). kind of hard to imagine i'll manage it, i know, but my social engagements end at 10 pm on friday, not 3 am like last week. i've gone to the gym every day this week, by the way, and intend to go every day until i fly out wednesday. it's good because i'm doing a bunch of different stuff and it is helping me get stronger and feel better, but none of it is overwhelming.
what classes have you tried? have you ever tried nia? it's frequently all women in the class, but there are men who come from time to time (the co-founder is a guy). it's very touchy feely. like, you do this sort of aerobics like dancing around and then they have you reach for the ceiling saying "reach for your dreams, reach for them, say YES, YES, YES." or "reach down to the earth, gather the energy into your heart, gather it, say mmmm, mmmmm." you get the picture. of course, i adore all that stuff, but some people find it appalling. it's worth it to come one time just to check it out. my favorite teacher is jamie at lakeview, who teaches there tuesdays at 7 30 pm and weds at noon (i haven't been able to go this term, but will go to the tuesday class in spring). on saturdays it's sarah, whom i'm not crazy about, but she's interesting. there's no extra fee (nia classes can cost $20/session outside the y!)
i guess the bellydancing class is women only.
i've taken a few pilates classes at lakeview and that teacher lisa is military style all the way. dang. i like the 30 minute intro to pilates class that's free at evanston y on thursday nites (it's right before my tai chi class there). the teacher, gail, kind of makes fun of all of us, we're mostly a fairly oversized, inflexible, weak-in-the-core lot struggling to do even the most basic pilates exercises, but it's 30 minutes, then it's over, and, well, something's better than nothing in the ab work dept, i think.
i'm still curious to try that water aerobics class. maybe when i'm back from oregon -- i have 10 days after i get back before school starts....
anyway. sunday i'll probably work out around 1 pm, and i could do irving park; i have a solstice ritual close to that neighborhood at 3.
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i've gone to the gym every day this week, by the way, and intend to go every day until i fly out wednesday. it's good because i'm doing a bunch of different stuff and it is helping me get stronger and feel better, but none of it is overwhelming.
what classes have you tried? have you ever tried nia? it's frequently all women in the class, but there are men who come from time to time (the co-founder is a guy). it's very touchy feely. like, you do this sort of aerobics like dancing around and then they have you reach for the ceiling saying "reach for your dreams, reach for them, say YES, YES, YES." or "reach down to the earth, gather the energy into your heart, gather it, say mmmm, mmmmm." you get the picture. of course, i adore all that stuff, but some people find it appalling. it's worth it to come one time just to check it out. my favorite teacher is jamie at lakeview, who teaches there tuesdays at 7 30 pm and weds at noon (i haven't been able to go this term, but will go to the tuesday class in spring). on saturdays it's sarah, whom i'm not crazy about, but she's interesting. there's no extra fee (nia classes can cost $20/session outside the y!)
i guess the bellydancing class is women only.
i've taken a few pilates classes at lakeview and that teacher lisa is military style all the way. dang. i like the 30 minute intro to pilates class that's free at evanston y on thursday nites (it's right before my tai chi class there). the teacher, gail, kind of makes fun of all of us, we're mostly a fairly oversized, inflexible, weak-in-the-core lot struggling to do even the most basic pilates exercises, but it's 30 minutes, then it's over, and, well, something's better than nothing in the ab work dept, i think.
i'm still curious to try that water aerobics class. maybe when i'm back from oregon -- i have 10 days after i get back before school starts....
anyway. sunday i'll probably work out around 1 pm, and i could do irving park; i have a solstice ritual close to that neighborhood at 3.