I hated my first Yoga class...

Hate is a strong word so how about couldn't stand it...I had been attending the most amazing pilates class at the gym and one of my girlfriends talked me into staying for yoga afterwards. Well it seemed way to easy, slow, basicly boring, and I'm so tight that stretching was painful, but the worst came at the end of class...final relaxation. You are asked to just lay with your eyes closed, breathe, and that's it for 5 min or more...this was not easy for me, I felt as thought I was going to crawl out of my skin! As I looked around everyone looked so pieceful and relaxed...I thought to myself "why can't I just lay and relax?" You would think I wouldn't have gone back but actually the opposite is true, I went back for the simple challenge to find that piece, calmness...and 6 years later I am still enjoying all the benefits of that challenge. Don't get me wrong final relaxation is usually very easy for me and now I can even meditate for 30 min at a time! The easy and boring feelings I had in my first class soon went away as I learned to move with my breathe and began to feel more aware of my body. Yoga seems to get more challenging as I move forward in my practice, I believe this is due to stronger awareness of my entire body, down the the cellular level...just some words for thought incase you had the same experience but didn't keep going back....