For many students around Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK), a chance to relax sounds like heaven.
Yoga at TAMUK gives students a chance to clear their mind, meditate, and strengthen their muscles and core at the same time.
Keeping yoga around has been an uphill struggle for the TAMUK RecSports, but it is something they’ve always wanted to offer, said RecSports Assistant Director Carlos Diaz.
“Since I’ve been here, I’ve always pushed for yoga…we just never could meet the numbers we needed,” Diaz said.
Things are definitely looking up this semester as classes went from being having only a handful of regulars to having a wide variety of willing participants wanting to try it out.
It may burn and get uncomfortable initially but that comes with all good workouts, even the recovery ones. Yoga is both a strength and recovery workout and as they say, “no pain, no gain.”
Joshua Wilson, starting cornerback for the TAMUK football team, is a yoga regular and does it to help with the aches and pains of football life as well as keep his body in tip-top shape for practice.
“Yoga to me is very relaxing. It’s a good way to not only get my body more flexible but it’s also good at relaxing my body. It’s not as easy as I initially thought. From thinking it was just simple stretches I found out it was a workout in itself. Though it can be hard at times and takes time to get used to, I would highly recommend it to any and everyone,” Wilson said.
Yoga is more than just a class, it is a lifestyle and the instructor of the class Vihangi Trivedi practices what she preaches.
“I was very surprised to see so many people the other day…last semester we had very few students,” Trivedi said.
The class is offered free to all students and takes place at 3 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday at the TAMUK rec center.
It is a great way to escape the daily stresses of life, recuperate your energy and maintain your muscles all at the same time.
The next time you’re at the rec and you see what looks like a group of people having “nap time” on the gym floor, that’s probably the “sleeping yoga” as Trivedi would describe it.
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