Unfortunate Event While Attending A Free Experience

While I was browsing the web for a gym to sign up, I remembered a facility offering Hot Yoga. They have a free experience for first timers, and because I was curious of it ever since, I decided to register for the free experience yesterday. The gym will have to be for next week. 🤞

This was the only photo I took that day, as I wasn’t allowed to bring my phone during the session.

The facility’s name is Hot Yoga Lava. It’s on the next train station so I decided to do a bit of cardio by walking instead of commuting. It helped to kill time too, because I arrived an hour earlier than the lesson. At first I was confused where the entrance to the building was as it was on the 2nd floor but with a few observations I was able to find the way up. When I reached the facility and introduced my name, they weren’t expecting me at that time yet so they politely asked me to come back 20 minutes later. I asked for the toilet before leaving and they led me to a nice and wide ladies’ room where the toilet was. Not just the toilet but the shower room, the changing room and the lockers were also there. It was so impressive.

I thought after toilet I’d have to kill time in Daiso, the 100yen shop on the first floor but they told me not to leave anymore and just stay as we’ll be doing the procedures and orientation.

They provided everything which was quite helpful for beginners, and incredible for a free experience. They gave me a small bag containing the 2 sets of yoga wear, the bath towel, small towel and a 1L bottle of water. I headed to the locker room to change.

The instructor who was also the staff in charge of me and one other person who came for the experience, gave us a ginger drink in a sachet and told us to take it before the lesson. I hated ginger but I didn’t want to be a nuisance.

I had to leave my phone and my watch in the locker room but I forgot to bring my hair tie. Argh.

The yoga lesson started and it was about upper body yoga. The room was so hot! It’s indeed a hot yoga! So many people there in the room already, and I even saw one man joining the lesson in a room full of young and middle aged women. I was the only plus size woman there though, and I had to sit in the center, in front of the instructor so she could see the first timers.

The lesson was tough for me as I haven’t exercised since forever. The yoga poses were so nice looking on other women, and I couldn’t wait to be like them in the future. Of course I had to give my best in every pose, and the instructor was kind enough to help me. She gave me some tips too if I can’t do a pose.

I was a bit frustrated because my body wasn’t as flexible as other people but I was also enjoying the experience. It was hard for me to sweat but I was sweating in the session. The rest of the people have bigger sweats than mine though. Just amazing.

In the middle of the session, while we were doing a pose similar to lunges, my body gave up. I started feeling dizzy. I really hate lunges, I always start getting dizzy when doing it. I had to stop and go back to the resting position and the instructor noticed me right away. I only said one word as I wasn’t feeling well already. She led me outside to cool down and left me to the other instructors who were attending the front.

They were kind enough to help me as I was about to faint, but good thing I didn’t. But later on I started getting nauseous and I couldn’t hold it anymore, I vomitted. Good thing I still held back and not completely puke on the floor. They gave me a trash bag so I could continue vomiting. 😭

They were really helping me a lot, gave me cooling stuff and all. The instructor came to check on me once in a while and I felt so bad because I was disturbing her class. 😕

After a short while, I felt better. The other instructor who was attending to me adviced me not to go back to the class anymore, and just take a shower instead. I felt really bad for them and even offered to clean up my mess but they insisted on making me rest and shower when I feel a little better.

I took a shower, changed and went back to the front. The instructor asked me what could be the cause, and my overeating hours becore the lesson could be the cause. She also added that maybe my body was shocked because I hadn’t exercised for a long time.

Nevertheless she told me it’s still better to sign up. Before the incident they were offering one or two years courses but since “that” happened, they offered me a 3 month plan. I immediately grabbed it as I really want to do this.

Before leaving, I made a small laugh and the instructors noticed it. They asked me why I laughed. I told them this looks fun. And they were happy with it. Even when that incident had to happen, I am still so positive about this. That’s why I took the big step of registering. Now I’m just excited for what’s to come. And of course I still have that fear that I might get dizzy again so I took a class of a lower level than the class I just joined, as advised by the instructor.

Wish me luck!
If you have some tips for a beginner like me, please let me know in the comments.

Thanks for reading!
See you around! じゃあ、またね！

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