{"id":2121,"date":"2005-09-05T16:48:18","date_gmt":"2005-09-05T16:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flying-girl.www.smileyumi.com\/2005\/09\/05\/i_started_yoga_\/"},"modified":"2005-09-05T16:48:18","modified_gmt":"2005-09-05T16:48:18","slug":"i_started_yoga_","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smileyumi.com\/?p=2121","title":{"rendered":"I Started Yoga Because&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sep. 5, 2005<\/p>\n<p>(\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\u306f\u82f1\u8a9e\u306e\u5f8c\u306b\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002\uff09<\/p>\n<p>It was a coupe of years ago, in London, when I decided to start practicing yoga. I went to reflexology<a href=\"http:\/\/smileyumi.typepad.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/img_3222_1.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Img_3222_1\" height=\"150\" alt=\"Img_3222_1\" src=\"http:\/\/smileyumi.typepad.com\/flying_girl\/images\/img_3222_1.JPG\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> near Kings Road. I had a sharp pain in a certain point of the feet when the reflexologist pressed. I asked her why I had a pain there and she told me it&#8217;s because my lower back was bad. I also asked what I could do for it. She told me yoga is the best! <\/p>\n<p>As soon as I came back to Tokyo from London (I was there only a week or so), I started going to yoga class. The first time, I felt good after the practice. But next day, I suffered from sore muscle, which I had never had before.I went to the same class several times, but stopped going after a while. I just felt it was a pain I had to go to Roppongi. I had a chance to do pilates and exercise in the gym after that and it made my body fit and strong. I had to leave the gym since our office moved. (I&#8217;ll write more about pilates and me later.)<\/p>\n<p>I tried to find a place where I could practice yoga or pilates. I found a wonderful studio with very warm atmosphere and cheerful &amp; kind teachers in Meguro. 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