We have all been there. You are stressed, freaking out, feeling lazy and everything is going wrong. Yoga is a great way for everything to slow down. The movements allow you to focus on yourself and the breathing helps you focus on processing through all of the stressful moments.
InBalance Yoga
This is a local yoga studio that is located at 1512 N. Main Street Blacksburg, VA 24060. This has been my ultimate favorite spot to practice yoga. Their studio is huge and there is a ton of space for you and all of your friends to join in. If you are stressing for finals or even just stressing about paying your rent, there is a class here for you! There is aerial yoga, where you practice yoga while suspended in the air. Hot yoga is when the room temperature goes up to about 98 degrees and is perfect if you need to sweat out all of the stress. There is also a stretching class offered, basic flow classes, and even pilates classes.
I highly recommend the “community classes.” InBalance offers a few of these classes a week where you can go to that particular class for FREE! It is definitely worth it!
https://www.inbalanceyogastudio.com/classes/
Yoga Club at Virginia Tech
Yoga club is a very easy way to get involved with other people that love yoga in the community. They practice several times and even go to the “goat yoga” events on campus. This club takes a ton of members and the dues are very small! It is very easy to get involved!
Drillfield
Whether it is on a warm day (probably not a snowy day) and you are trying to de-stress, or you are just bored and want to watch people walk across the Drillfield, you can do yoga on the Drillfield. I have done this a few times during sunset and it is beautiful! The way the sun hits the pylons is truly on my Hokie Bucket list! This experience helped me start to focus on myself and not worry about what others thought about me while I was on campus.
I used to care that I may look odd practicing yoga by myself on the Drillfield. However, several people came up to me and commented on how they wanted to join me!
McComas and War
McComas and War offer a few yoga classes a week for students to quickly get a yoga practice in during stressful times of the semester. These are great if you are studying, or procrastinating, in the library and you an hour away from looking at notes. You only need to purchase a fitness pass from the gym in order to join and sign up. These classes are generally not very busy and you only have to bring a bottle of water! The yoga classes that are offered are general classes, but it is still a great way to fix your stress!
