Hi @CheerBear,
I am super super super excited to hear that your class went so well. A large class and having to line up with lots of people would have definitely been a super challenge. Will you have to go through another sign-up process next week for the other class?
I totally get what you are saying about there not being a "back" of the class. We were all spread around the edge of the room against the walls so there wasn't a "back" either and I thought of you because I remembered you saying you were planning to hide at the back.
We used a block and a strap for different things too. Who knew there was so much to yoga!
I'm glad it was a nice slow pace for you. Mine was mostly slow, but a couple of times the instructor did give a quick series of instructions involving left and right, and I got left behind. That's when I was glad I had my duck socks on. Every single time I looked at them, they made me smile and feel ok about getting in a muddle. 
I like the no mirrors idea. Two of the walls at my place were totally mirrors, and I agree with your instructor that it can be distracting. I guess that is for the experts who want to super check their posture. You know, the total pros...like you and I will be after another one or two classes. 
That is so cool that you were able to forget you were in a room full of people. I didn't reach that level of enlightenment...and my room wasn't even very full! Like at your place, most of the people in my class had perfect yoga bodies. Not all of them though, and guess what? No one cared!
My favourite part of your report is the bit where you describe being so calm in the last part of the class. That is SO cool. You are absolutely definitely not as broken as you might fear sometimes. Brains are fixable - even terrribly muddled and puddled brains. We are fixing our brains - we can do this.
When I was doing the lying quietly at the end of the class bit, one of my arms started super shaking. That would have freaked me out if I hadn't previously read about how shaking is a perfectly natural way for our bodies to process big feelings. As it was, I felt ok with just letting it happen and I was able to think "better out than in."
I can't wait to hear how your adventure progresses from here. I am committed to the Monday night class, and I will see how I go about getting to other classes for this first month.
I am so super glad we were able to do this together but not @CheerBear, and like you, I am super grateful to our cheer squad. I really have been wanting to do a class for a VERY long time. Having a carebear not-friend and a cheer squad has helped me to achieve this.
I super hope some others might be inspired to join us (Phoenix_Rising says while staring intently at @soul ). Anyway, even if can't inspire others to join us on our yoga adventure, it sounds like we might inspire a few people to invest in duck socks. 
@soul I don't know much about all the different types of yoga. I THINK what I did last night was hatha yoga. Oh and I know they do bikrim yoga at my place, which is where the room is heated and I think it is quite fast-paced. At my place, the process is that you sign up for classes online. It tells you what sort of class it is and who the instructor is. I guess that's why the instructor last night suggested that I get to as many classes as I can in the promotional month, to see if I find I have a favourite instructor and style of yoga. As to your other question, at the place I am going to they don't have a beginners class as such, but I think they do have more advanced classes. In the class last night, sometimes the instructor would say "if you want a challenge..." and give an additional instruction, which people could choose to try or not.
I really do hope you join @CheerBear and me on our yoga adventure @soul. You have been such an awesome cheerleader.
@CheerBear I am glad you woke up not feeling sore. I don't feel sore either. I slept super well last night. This morning I again did my trick of getting up, eating breakfast and then crashing again - super frustrating. Thus, after I finish this post, I will be just starting my day, which means riding my exercise bike. However, we can only do what we can do...and that's ok.
I just read how you wore your socks into the room and then took them off at the start of the class. Yep, that is what I was SUPPOSED to do...but I sort-of missed that point and then I just kept them on for the entire class.
Ok, well now at 11:30am it is time for me to start my day. I hope your craft group goes well today @CheerBear. We are doing so super awesome at fixing our brains!!!
