Know and respect your limits

Something shocking and traumatising happened during my yoga class today, so I hope you will only read this when you are in an okay state of mind.

It was a one-hour vinyasa yoga class, and I was situated in the middle of it. Halfway through, I heard a loud noise, "bang," towards the left corner of the class, followed by a lady screaming. I turned and saw a fellow classmate on the floor, with his eyes open but no movement. He might have fainted from standing, which was why the falling noise was quite loud.

We were all shocked and the instructor went out to seek help. I think I froze a bit.

About 15 seconds later, the guy who fainted sat up, smiled, and said, " Everything is fine. No worries." He then slowly stood up and went outside the class.

To be honest with you, I felt very strange when I saw him lying on the floor and not moving at all. I was scared for him and his wife who was right next to him, whom I mentioned "screamed" earlier.

I hope the loud noise was from some other parts of his body hitting the floor, and not his head.

I took that experience as a reminder to myself to know and respect my own boundaries. I feel that most of us, if not all, are aware of our boundaries. I understand the concept of "pushing our own boundaries" in some situations for healthy growth purposes, but I think boundaries are there for a reason - to protect us.

Especially in cases like this. We need to listen to our bodies more. I hope we take the time to check in with our bodies.

If we are tired, I hope we rest and see how we feel first, before we move on. It is perfectly okay to pause and rest a bit when we are tired. Most things can wait.

Take care.