Growing and hurting

"There's no way to grow that don't hurt..."

That's from one of my favorite songs by Iron & Wine. I've found it applies to most areas of my life...relationships, learning, cycling, occasionally cooking, and more recently, yoga.

Yes, I'm trying yoga. I found a nice little studio only three miles from my house, and yesterday I took my first class. It was challenging, yet simultaneously very relaxing. I wondered, why didn't I try this before?

When I woke up this morning, I realized almost my entire body was sore. (Just about the only parts that weren't too sore were my legs—thanks, cycling!) Though the class was only 60 minutes long, it felt like I'd spent at least 2 hours in a gym focusing on my core. I'm looking forward to taking more classes with the hope that eventually, it will stop hurting.