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 Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:47 pm
The small yoga facility was having a slow day, howevever none the less the classes continued on. The building in the strip mall was rather serene looking, a few plants, the yoga mats, and incense burners that always seemed to be lit. The place had very good lighting and sound system though, so the atmosphere inside was very relaxing. The fish tanks filled with all sorts of tropical fish with beautiful forest scape backdrops in the tanks. It was definately a yoga school.
The instructor was at the back of the mats leading the small class in warm up exercises. His class mainly consisted of women, some there for the yoga, others there more to sight see. The man was in his mid twenties and in perfect shape. He had a bit of a...different, look however. His hair was a deep shade of violet, and tattoo's englufed a lot of his upper body. His left n****e also seemed to have a peircing. Even stranger still, the man was wearing a pair of what appeared to be cow themed toe socks. However his pressence seemed to just give off a natural charisma that helped the atmosphere even more, people usually left his classes relaxed and refreshed.
Today though was a special day. Amongst the other pupils in the class, there happened to be a very strange looking boy amongst them no older than five or six. Before they had all started to warm up, the man had introduced the little boy as his son, Tanner. Some of the students looked confused and didnt seem much to care either way, and other giggled over it whispering to each other how cute he was or how he didnt seem to resemble his father at all. Currently, the lad was busy strugling to reach down to his toe-er, hooves, so it would seem, and that was not the oddest part about the boy. He also had a pair of horns atop his head, and three bovine tails sticking out of his back side.
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 11:08 pm
"I can't believe yer draggin' me down here...", Cody grumbled, folding his arms over his chest. Truth be told, Amir had wanted to go alone. However, he was the youngest in the growing family and Cody, under Rillian who was hardly there anymore, was the oldest. Winter had work, unfortunately, and Edan was managing his own job at the flouriest. It was up to Cody to escort his newest sibling to and from his yoga class.
Yoga- in his opinion -was for limp noodles and girls. Had circumstances been any different than what they were, Amir would have received quite the beating for even wanting to attend such a defacement of manhood. However, on Amir's first day into their home, Cody learned that hitting the boy resulted in an electric shock that sent him clean off his hooves. Much to Edan's amusement.
"Mom said so." Amir countered with a pleasant, almost lazy smile over a shoulder. The boy was dressed as he always was. Nothing but a strange tie-on half-robe and a pair of spandex shorts under that. Cody constantly reminded the boy just how wrong that was. A skirt and tights- and PINK skin to boot. It couldn't get any worse. Despite Amir's insistence that he was very much not interested in boys that way, Cody was pretty set in his ways.
Wool was not fun to keep under a shirt, however. And while much of the wool was confined to the boy's head and shoulders, it still trailed down his chest and back enough to make shirts more trouble than they were worth. Cody was one to talk anyway- he never wore shirts. Only a vest. It was more than Amir would touch but it was close enough to make a decent argument.
"Shuddup." Cody snorted, shoving past Amir into the room to get a good look around. His nose instantly wrinkled up at the smell of the incense. Fu-fu stuff too!? And mats? What was up with that? Amir didn't have one just yet, Winter promised to pick one up for him on her way back from work. She had one- but she insisted that Amir should have his own and the teacher should have one he could use for the day.
Amir smiled as he walked on by, careful not to stomp on anyone's mat that was already laid down. Even in a 'tranquil' setting people were claiming spots. Funny.
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 11:43 pm
The instructor brought his leg back from behind his head as he saw the two new comers enter. "Hello there." He said with a smile as he headed over to greet them both. "I'm guessing you are Amir?" He said not being able to mistake the description his mother gave him when she called. "Though I don't belive she mentioned anything about you." He said with a laugh looking at Cody. "Are you going to be taking the class as well? I have another mat in the back if you want me to go grab it." He offered to Cody.
"Speaking of, I have a mat that ya can use over here Amir" He said guiding the sheep over to a nice mat that looked like it had been taken out of the packing that day, it was near the front, next to another strange looking tyke who seemed to be having difficulties with even the basic stretchings.
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 11:03 pm
"Yes sir." He smiled a bit wider. "Mom said she would call ahead- just to make sure you know I was coming. Sorry we're a bit late." He stepped himself over to the mat, unrolling it and kind of running his thumb over the top of it. Mats were much more comfortable to use when they'd been broken in a bit- though it would be a bit awkward working on one that someone else broke in. It still smelled like the plastic, a strange glue-like scent that few people could actually enjoy. But thus was the curse of a new yoga student.
"Thank you." He added, taking a space for himself on the floor and unrolling the mat. It was more in the middle of the room. Spaced out pretty well. The ends of the mat kind of curled up so Amir instantly plopped himself down onto it, stretching his feet out in front.
Cody made kind of a 'psh' sound, moving himself off to the side of the room to take a heavy seat against the wall, folding his arms in front of him and crossing his hooves. "I'm only 'ere 'cause I gotta watch th' pink wonder."
He tipped his hat down over his eyes, "Wake me up when yer done."
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 11:23 pm
"Right then..." Don said not sure what to make of that one. He headed back to the front of the class, "Alright, about ten more minutes for stretching, then we're going to get started." He said to the crowd with a smile before flipping on the stereo system and some soothing sounds of nature music came on setting the scene.
Don looked over his class and then landed his gaze on Tanner. He indeed looked like he was having a tough time but he was persistant, and was still enjoying himself even if he couldn't do everything the other people could do. Don smiled a fatherly smile at the boy before heading back to his mat to start the class.
"Okay, everyone, find a position where you are most comfortable. Then begin the breathing exercize. Take in a deep breath, hold it...exhale."
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 11:51 pm
Amir nodded. He didn't know any stretches so he just waited where he was. He did take notice of Tanner, another kid from the labs. "Hey." He lifted a hand a bit, "You new too? Don't worry, the teacher seems like a nice guy."
He glanced forward as soon the teacher began. The flaaffy crossed hsi legs, resting his hands against his knees and took a long, deep breath. Ah yes, relaxation already.
Cody snorted, one of his ears rotating around a bit. Nature sounds? Pan flutes? No wonder these guys seemed so bored all the time....they didn't have any kind of taste in music.
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 11:59 pm
After a couple of minutes Don moved onto the first stretch. "Ok, we're going to start simple today, we're going to start with a 'Downward-Facing Dog'. Start by kneeling down with you'r hands and knees on the ground. Make sure to keep your hands under your shoulders." He said as he moved into the stretch while he explained it.
The boy looked over at the pink child, he was certainly older than himself although not too old. He replied to him with a little bit of an agreeing grunt with a nod of his head before saying softly. "...He's mah daddy." He said trying to coppy Don with difficulties.
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Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:11 am
Amir's brow lifted up, "Aaaah I see. That's cool, I bet you know all the exercises." He swung himself around, imitating the teacher. Shoulders squared, elbows straight. Rump in the air, tummy sucked in. Not the most comfortable position really... but he could definitely feel it in his shoulders.
The bull glanced up from under the lip of his hat. Down dog? Looked like they were all getting ready to...well... hey---...
Cody pushed his hat up a bit. Well well well! Quite a few nice ladies in the class, all of them stretching in very tight clothing. "...tarnation..." He muttered underh is breath, eye going wide. He -had- to tell Paxton about this one.
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Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:19 am
"...Not weally." The boy said disapointedly. He knew he wasn't very good at it, but he wanted to make Don proud, so he tried the best he could regardless. The boy next to him seemed nice though. The other lady that he sat next too earlier decided to move her mat across the room when she heard the boys strugling grunts when they all started to warm up.
"Alright now hold here for a while. Feel the energy flow through yourself, relax." He said holding the position begining to get into the zone.
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Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:48 am
"You'll learn quick then. You got all the practice time at home." He gave a thumbs up before concentrating back on the instruction. First time... and already his arms were starting to feel a bit weak. Maybe Cody had a bit of a point... stronger arms sounded good right about then.
They could hold that one all day if they wanted. He smirked, pulling his legs up close enough for him to rest his arms against, leaning forward to get a better view.
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Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 1:36 pm
The boy smiled a little as he nodded at the boy next to him and continued to try and do his best. Unfortunetly his arms were not nearly strong enough to support himself for the time and he came crashing down on his mat only to try and go back into the position, still not wanting to give up.
"Alright, now we are going to come out of the position, we are going to do just reverse the motions we made to get into the pose, slowly, calming, make sure to keep breathing regularly." Don said as he began to lead the class back into a sitting position.
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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 1:13 pm
Amir couldn't help but chuckle a little bit. The poor kid...well he was young. He wasn't exactly graceful himself at that age. Yoga was a bit advanced for younger kids in his opinion. Their bodies were more stocky, still growing, and so the positions and stretches were much more difficult. However, with such an early start he'd be decent enough in no time. Perhaps one of the better students if he kept up with it.
He let out a deep breath and sat himself back, sparing a glance back towards Cody.
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Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 10:12 pm
"Alright, good, very good." Don said as they all went back into the sitting pose.
Tanner looked like he was already getting tucked out from it all. He wiped his forehead as he sat there and continued to watch his dad. The little guy was pooped, but he had determination.
"Now the next move we're going to do it called the Cobra." Don said as he began leading them all through the process verbally then physically took them through it.
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 5:55 pm
"Deeeep...long breaths." Amir repeated over towards Tanner, kind of flicking his tail a bit. "If you get stressed out about it, you'll get tense and it makes it that much harder."
He observed the next pose and kind of remained seated. He knew better than to try something a bit more complicated until he was a bit more up to pace. Getting hurt early on wouldn't help anyone.
Cody was loving every minute of it, tipping his head to one side even to get a better perspective on certain aspects of the new pose. Ooh yes, this was definitely something he'd have to alert Paxton to. Sure, he'd laugh right at first at how gay the notion of yoga seemed...but purely for observation purposes it wasn't really all that bad. Now if only he could change the class to all females they'd be in business.
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Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 7:19 pm
Tanners back was not at all yet developed for that particular pose, and his little belly didn't make it any easier to stay in a firm position. He wasn't fairing too well but he got points for trying.
Don saw that Tanner wasn't doing so well and knowing that they weren't going to be getting much easier he had to tell him he could stop before the boy accidentally hurt himself. "Ok, now everyone just hope like that for a moment, I'll be right back." Don said to the class before getting up and heading over to Tanner. "He little guy, it's gettin pretty hard, why don't ya just sit down and take a breather." Don said ruffling his hair. "Hey Amir, do you mind if Tanner talks to ya when you're stretching? If it's too dristracting I completely understand, I'll just take him up to the front with me." He said to the kid with a smile. It varied for every person, some people had to have complete concentration, and some people could type up a paper while doing some of the moves.
The class didn't seem to mind, it was a fairly common position and nothing too difficult to hold. A few of the women over achievers though tried to stretch even further to loosen up more and just in all to make their backs feel better, these ones in particular may have ended up leaving very little left to Cody's imagination.
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