Kyle Wagner
Denver Post
What’s the first rule of Friday Night Yoga Club?
Um … that we do not talk about Friday Night Yoga Club?
Wrong. “You break it, you buy it!” says Mike Matsumura, and it’s hard not to laugh, but laughing means not being able to keep up as the long-haired, ever-moving yogi throws out questions and jokes as rapid-fire as he announces poses — Urdhva Mukha Svanasana and now Adho Mukha Svanasana to Utkatasana and then again but this time Virabhadrasana, more commonly known as upward and downward dog pose and chair pose and then Warrior Two — to warm up.
“Thank god for Warrior Two, huh?” he says. “Let’s just stay here for a minute and catch our breath. Remember, you break it…”
The second rule of Friday Night Yoga Club is “breathe.” And it’s not hard to hear the 40 people very much present at this wintertime weekly yoga gathering breathing. By now, some of us are panting, and most have broken into a sweat.
“If you aren’t breathing, well, I think we know that’s a problem,” Matsumura says.
What isn’t a problem is enjoying Matsumura’s easygoing style, which comes with a soundtrack courtesy […]