I took class at Yoga Nine Thursday night. We did many core engaging postures. We also did a few twists, lunges, warriors and inversions. It was challenging for myself to stay in the lunge because my quads were so sore from a workout I did the previous day. However, I stayed mentally focused, and overcame the burning sensation.

Yoga can be considered a religion mostly in Eastern cultures. In the West, most yoga studios are directed at perfection of the body, or gaining more mind control and spiritual enlightenment. However, it is not normally treated as a religion here. Every yoga studio I have been to has been focused on increasing flexibility, sculpting the body, or getting rid of toxins (hot yoga).