So I decided to take the plunge and take some yoga classes at the local junior college's continuing ed division. I haven't been in a yoga class for maybe 3 years and boy, do I need it. I even talked two neighbors into going along.

Our first class was this afternoon and was it ever bad! The instructor never even introduced herself, didn't seem to have a plan, but just leafed through a yoga book (that anyone could've picked up at a local bookstore), choosing groups of poses to do, without any apparent structure (no apparent organization according to sitting poses, standing poses, etc.). In addition, her 9-year-old daughter sat in one front corner of the room and occasionally commented loudly, asked questions, and generally made a nuisance of herself. Now I'm as understanding as anyone about the problems of finding good after-school child care, but I paid for this class and now have to try to hear the instructor over the commentary of her child.

The icing on the cake is that we began with corpse pose--every other yoga class I ever took ended with it. Weird.

Guess I'll be calling to drop that class tomorrow. I'm intensely disappointed. Well, thanks for listening to the rant. Anybody else have such a bad experience with yoga instructors?