Why should I take Yoga for Bondage? What will the YFB class provide for me?

QUESTION OF THE DAY:
Why should I take Yoga for Bondage, and what will this class provide for me?

We all need a place we can go and be ourselves, strengthen our bodies, spirit and quiet the mind.

Sometimes that place is not available.

* Physical Strength

Many people that I come into contact with, do not focus on what they really need to keep their bodies strong for the long haul, and slowly the lifestyle wears on them. So very often I hear stories of limitations, because shoulder or back pain has decreased their play time.

For example, often I meet Dom's who have weakness with their main flogging arm.

A sub may go to the gym, yoga class, pilates, etc. but in the vanilla world, explaining to the sports trainer that we need to strengthen our knees because our Master made us kneel all weekend, may be a bit difficult or doesn't always go over real well.

I feel many individuals in the Leather and Kink Community need a place they can go to, be themselves and focus on getting healthier physically. A class that can give them the avenue
where they can get similar or better results than the gym, while expressing their personal lifestyle needs.

* Replenishment of Energy

If you are a glass of water, and you pour your water (energy) into someone else. How do you
replenish that energy?

Yoga for Bondage is this avenue of replenishment.

All of us in the Leather/BDSM community understand energy exchange, but many do not understand how to physically replenish the energy they just spent. This results in burnout.

Through the combination of focused exercises, stretching, and controlled breathe work.
Your mind becomes quiet, your spirit has a time to unwind and your inner self finds that relaxation it craves.

Exercise: Replenishing Energy

1. Take 20 minutes out of your schedule today.
2. Clear a space in your home or office.
3. Take off your shoes and socks.
4. Spread a blanket out or towel out on the ground.
5. Stand straight and tall, arms at your sides.
6. Take a deep breathe in, HOLD IT, and then slowly let it out.
7. Begin jumping straight up and down, quickly as possible.
8. KEEP jumping until you are worn out, then take a breathe and start again.
9. Do this until you feel exhausted (about 2 minutes).
10. Then lie down on the blanket, put your hands on your belly and taking deep breathes, breathe very slowly. Lie quietly for approximately 5 minutes.
11. Then turn onto your right side, curl up into the fetal position and lie quietly, breathing slowly and deeply.
12. Slowly raise yourself up and go about your day.
13. Try NOT to talk to anyone for about 10 to 20 minutes after you do this exercise.
    

Why I started Yoga for Bondage.

How many times have you gone to Yoga class, the gym, Pilate's, or any of the other "exercise" classes having some idea of a goal, maybe to lose weight, strengthen you body, clear your mind....but when you got home, there was that little piece of your life that didn't quite connect with society's idea of "trying to get healthy" or "trying to find inner peace".

Find it difficult to raise your arm in Yoga class to ask if there is a particular breathing technique to help you through the long held poses, while being tied up by your Dom.

Did you ever find it uncomfortable explaining to your Massage Therapist that your shoulder hurts from a previous night of flogging? Have you ever wondered who to ask on how to strengthen your "flogging arm"?

Most of the world is vanilla, and if you aren't....it can sometimes be frustrating and utterly boring.

There are moments in classes that I wished could ask questions, and when I did, the face of the instructor crinkled up (and the others around me in class just snickered).

So I decided that it is important to give those in the BDSM Community a place to EXERCISE freely, grow stronger, and where everyone around knows you're part of a KINKY community,
and....no body cares, they just accept you just the way you are, and you can go on stretching without judgement.