Hey, everyone. Welcome back to the Messenger
Mic Dump. My name's Harper. And today I'm joined
with Emily. Hey, guys. Today we thought we'd.
get out of the studio and try out the yoga club.
We've been talking about it a lot on the podcast
episodes, but decided that we finally needed
to do something to get our brains out of this
foggy weather. Zach, show them. We are at the
field house entrance, and we're about to go into
the studio to do some yoga. Come on, let's join.
Come on and join us! Alright, so once you get
into the field house, we go down to the bottom
floor and Yogi's gonna be over here in room 007A.
It's gonna be the second door on the left. Okay,
let's open. Okay guys, going into the studio,
it was... Really cool vibes immediately dim lights.
There was music already playing. I loved her
playlist I'm so upset that it was an Apple playlist
though Yeah, I did I loved the music a lot. It
was very relaxing very just Super relaxing soothing
had some spots where it got a little loud. I'm
like, I heard some glass animals in there and
I was like, hey I know but they have like a really
psychedelic sound and I like that So the whole
class it was really chill. She was talking through
everything And for us like us three don't know
the yoga positions that she was walking through
so she was like hands clasped together Pointing
she's done them very well very well very clear
Ali was an amazing teacher for sure and I liked
also the way that she like used her voice like
there were times where she would hold her s's
and like or like she would like be very like
Articulate with her speaking. She was also very
reassuring with like you guys look great. Yes
It was nice to hear that especially since we're
All three of us are relatively new to yoga. Yeah
in it in a group setting, especially I mean,
there was also only two other students there
It was it was a nice small group, which was nice.
Yeah, and then for us I mean, I've done yoga
at home before, but I've never had a teacher,
like, specifically talk us through it. I do YouTube
videos, so, like... Yeah. I was forced to do
it in high school and in middle school, and I
hated it, because I was forced to do it. But
now that people are kind of like, you can do
it if you want, like, we're open to it, like...
And, of course, we're doing it for this as well,
but I did, like, it as well, just, like... It
was kind of free will and that there she's open
for more people to come in. Yeah Yeah, she did
say over the course of the school year. She's
doing it for four years. She said yeah for four
semesters So roughly two years That there's been
up to 16 people in a classroom with her usually
it's about five to seven ish total Students that
join her. Yeah, so if you're looking for like
a smaller crowd, I would go into hers She says
the 9 a .m. Maybe she's not there. She's not
there for the 9 a .m. One, but yeah, she's only
there for the afternoon one, but that also may
be Roughly the same amount of students. Yeah.
I also she said the the morning Instructor was
also really nice. Yeah all good things We did
get a side interview from one of the students
that we did yoga with. Nikki I believe was her
name. Yeah we will we will let you guys listen
to that real quick. Okay hi I'm Harper what's
your name? I'm Nikki. So how do you spell your
name? Yeah it's Nikki so N -I -K -I and my last
name is a Madion A -H -M -A -D -I -A -N. Nikki,
how long have you been doing yoga at Johnson
County Community College? This semester, so spring
of 2026. Are you a new student? No, I've been
here for a year and a half. How'd you hear about
the yoga class? I saw it on the canvas page for
things to do during the week. And how does...
coming to yoga make you feel? It's amazing honestly
I'm at school at 9 a .m and this is like an amazing
one little less than an hour break in my day
just to kind of relax and chill and talk to other
people. Do you often attend the 9 30 a .m yoga
or are you just here for the 4 15? Yes I have
class at the 9 30 so I come to the 4 15 but I've
been coming every week and It's amazing. I love
the vibes. Allie's instructor is amazing and
I have an amazing time each week. What would
you tell students to get them in the studio with
you? How would you convince them? I would say
that it is something that at first you don't
think you need but once you're going it's kind
of like an addiction. You want to go every week
and honestly you'll look forward to it every
single week to go. Yeah, do students need to
bring any of their own supplies? Like mats, blocks,
et cetera? Yeah, no. That's one good thing about
it is that you can show up empty -handed. There's
blocks provided and mats provided. And you just
show up at 415 with yourself and your mind and
your body. Yeah, what kind of attire do you recommend
students to wear? I recommend students to wear,
you know, athleisure wear, anything that makes
you feel comfortable. You know, jeans as well
work. Anything you're wearing at school that
day, just show up and you'll make it work. All
right, perfect. Well, thank you so much for taking
time to speak with us about this. Yes, of course.
We'll hopefully see you at the next yoga. Yes,
I hope to see everybody there. It's honestly
the amazing and highlight of my week. Nice, all
right. Well, thank you so much. You have a good
rest of your day. Yes, thank you. Nikki was a
really cool person Nikki was so cool the other
girl. I don't I didn't catch her name No, she
I didn't catch her name either She wasn't really
interested on being on the podcast though She
just want to do yoga. Yeah, she was just there
for yoga. She was living her lives But as Nikki
said mats and blocks are provided they have matte
spray for the end of It's like Planet Fitness,
like if you go in, you wipe down before and after
your equipment. It's very nice that it was included.
Very nice. Because I was walking in, I was like,
oh crap. If we had to bring our own stuff, we
would have not had a video. Yeah. But other than
that, going into it, it's straightforward. If
you're walking in, on the lower area of the gymnasium.
It's just straight there. You don't have to check
in with a gentleman at the front desk or a lady
at the front desk. I don't. Whoever is there.
It's the second door on the left. Second door
on the left. It's like a dance studio. Right
past the men's restroom. Yeah, it's 708. 007A.
Jesus, yeah. So right across from the water fountains
and she says the instructor at least she said
you're free to walk in and out at any time if
you're Only needing like you have 15 minutes
and you want to do a little quick 15 minute session
and not the full 45 minutes She got you. She's
like, yeah, just come in do your 15 minutes whenever
you have to leave You're welcome to like mm -hmm.
She keeps the door cracked. So there's no like
solid disruptions. Yeah and If you're coming
in from the top, uh, so walking in from where
the courtyard is area, courtyard areas, uh, you'll
walk in through the doors, take a right, walk
down the hallway. There's the, um, it's like
kind of across the staircase that's across the
like lifetime, like fitness room with like the
treadmills and stuff. It's across, it's that
spiral staircase with all like the Like women's
basketball pictures and stuff. Yeah, you just
go down there in the same directions You don't
even have to talk to the lady or gentleman I've
never been over there and it was really easy
to find so it's not hard. Yeah But besides that
really enjoyed this club. Yeah, I I hadn't gotten
much into yoga Pretty much ever so you didn't
do it in high school. I did like I was forced
to, because we all were. And I didn't hate yoga.
Nobody really hates yoga. You didn't really want
to do it. You'd rather go play dodgeball or something.
We say we hated it. It was more just like...
It's kind of boring if you're not... It's boring
for high school students. Compared to dodgeball.
But as college students, it's so nice because
you get to just relax for the first time. Literally.
I definitely want to go again. That was fun.
Yes, definitely. I'll bring people as well. Yeah,
I will. Yeah, I do plan on going Since I do have
Thursday classes at noon. I'm able to make the
9 a .m. As well Yeah, will I wake up for it?
No, I definitely I went in I'm Still tired now,
but before like I felt the eye bags underneath
my eyes like I'm drained It was very relaxing.
It brought back some of my energy. I feel great.
I feel loose. I feel calm. I feel whatever words
people use to describe yoga is how I feel. Flowy.
Flowy. Elegant. Elegant. Graceful. And what you
were saying earlier, Emily, I just need to take
a shower. And that might be great. I know. I
just need, like, after a way to, like, really
decompress, be like, ugh. Yeah. Nice steam shower.
You've been in the gym for a while. I love it
there. I mean those I mean what we were doing
Isn't like it wasn't hard. But you know, no cool
down for like a gym or like a warm -up. It was
great But she doesn't make it to like shaking.
I know I was like you probably see that in the
video I was shaking just cuz I just I I haven't
done that in years and Yeah, it was nice and
the way that she also the environment was good
I liked how it was dark. Oh, yeah, she turned
off the lights. I didn't expect her turning off
the lights. There was LEDs. I liked that a lot.
Yeah, because that felt kind of homey in a way.
Yeah. But yeah, it was very nice. Get some steam,
like a humidifier in there. Literally. Oh, man.
Oh, my gosh, I would have been in heaven. Dude,
if they had the little scent things, if they
had a sugar cookie one in there, it would have
been great. Wait, they did spray something prior
to it, and it smelled really nice. I thought
it was like I thought of the matte spray or something
it could have been but still smell like sage
or some sort of spray yeah probably yeah all
right now that the video is done we're gonna
see you guys back in the studio Zach wanted us
to do a funny intro so there it is um anyways
welcome back to inside of the studio Really,
we've touched all the main points and we did
get that interview with Nikki I will say I'm
super excited to experience the other Clubs that
we have on campus. Oh, yeah, I've gone to the
first yoga session. Yeah, I We have a lot of
clubs here that I feel like people don't know
about and a lot I feel like a lot of people Partake
in them as well because either people don't really
Advertise it enough because there are there is
a website where you can go on at JCCC where you
can figure out where all the clubs are at What
do they do? What do they what do they talk about
blah blah blah? But yeah, I feel like I haven't
been partaking in any clubs recently, but But
that yoga one was very nice I needed it Yeah,
I know we do have a couple more wellness ones
that we wanted to check out Is there anyone that
you might, there's a Zumba one? There's a Zumba
one? There's a Zumba one. Shut up. What? You
wanna do that with us? What is Zumba? Zumba's
dance workout. Oh, oh. Yes. Yes. We're doing
it. Yes. Stay tuned. Pretty soon, I do think
we're gonna do a club one too. To show up and...
Girl, you're just speaking my languages. I would
love to do that so much. See? Don't know about
this because I feel like people don't advertise
it enough we were hoping to Get in the clubs
and get you guys in the clubs as well. Mm -hmm,
but just really involve more of the students
on campus than You know right now we're not gonna
be here next semester So we'd rather you know
about everything before we leave. Yeah What?
Yeah and I mean besides that we do also have
a couple of events coming up as well. There's
always something going on at the Nerman Museum,
Yardley Hall as well. Sports coming up, got softball,
got baseball already going out. Have you listened
to our sports podcast? I heard about it, I did
read it a little bit. I know that the basketball
team for the men's and basketball is undefeated.
Which is crazy. Men's and women's. I cannot believe
that's actually and I know it was on the news
Which was insane But yeah, I like the sports
here. I feel like again sports isn't really Advertised
here a lot and because it's community college,
but I love the sports. I need to actually go
to a softball and baseball game though Oh my
gosh, we should we should do it together. Yeah,
I would love that I just want to experience it
and I might be getting a PA announcer job Really
maybe maybe so exciting maybe so I might be maybe
working the games who knows that's a maybe though
That's super exciting. Yeah, even if it's just
a maybe yeah Paid it is paid is paid Yeah, I'm
excited if I were to get it But yeah, no just
wanted to experience some of the clubs and let
students know about them Especially since spring
breaks around the corner to the clubs won't be
in session during that but whenever you come
back Always looking for something to do. Yeah,
and I'll I'll leave us saying this to clubs Just
in general. I was brought I when I joined college.
I was Completely like I don't know what to do
with myself. I've never been to college before
Me and my friend Abby shout out. We joined a
club called pick the pickleball club here at
the time this was three years ago and We met
all of our friends through that club all of them
And we didn't know we were going to make any
friends here. We were scared for it. But instantly
when we joined that club, everything changed.
So clubs can change your life. I'm just saying.
If you meet the right people. Join a club, guys.
Join a club. Trust me. All right. Well, that
is it for this week. We hope that you enjoyed
this variation of a podcast episode. We are super
excited to do more like this. So hopefully you
guys like it. And you might be seeing a lot more
of Emily with these videos as well. Alrighty,
we'll see you guys next week. Bye! Bye!