Kurumi shifted her body position and waited for a moment as class began and the first question was asked. The current stretching position - which was perfect for raising one's hand actually - didn't cause her to wobble at all and she easily raised her hand to answer. "If I may repeat what I said to you at the end of the previous lesson," she said when her turn had come. "Besides being good for muscles - making us more flexible and agile - which are all good things for a wizard to be, yoga mproves concentration and creativity. However," and now Kurumi was going to prove that she had taken up the woman's advice and seriously thought about yoga between the two lessons. "These notions merely scartch the surface of what yoga can do. Yoga means "union" in Sanskrit and was a means for a person to become enlightened and, to those of us who don't really believe in such practices, helps us get in touch with ourselves...to...develop a greater awareness of our physical and psychological states."

And, you know, help mold chakra and defend themselves from evil Dark Wizard Mystics!

Alice withdrew from her awkward stretching position and outstretched her arms for an easier stance as she eagerly answered the Professor's question. "In my opinion, the main point of Yoga is to get in touch with our roots." The second year smiled at her little pun, and expecting blank looks, she explained, "Many of the words involved with Yoga, even the name of the practice itself, originated from titles of roots, which is why I consider it the point of the exercise. The word 'Yoga' means to attach, and is the means of achieving spiritual awareness and tranquility and enlightens us with physical and mental health, therefore raising awareness with our 'roots, or ourselves." As the girl finished speaking, she resumed her previous stretching position and tried to suppress a yawn that was lodged in her throat. Was stretching over yet?

No yoga, yes! Nate still wanted to stretch though. So he started to copy what the teacher was doing. Typicall muggles stretches, but they still worked. Nate was wondering what they will being doing today if the teacher recommended to stretch. Were they going to learn a new spell, or were they going to learn a new spell and cast it on a creature. Like ridikulus on a boggart.

Ariana Stood up & stretched. she didn't know why people hated yoga Ariana Enjoyed it last class. though she didnt feel like speaking up much right now so she just listened to everyone else's responses as s he stretched & took a moment to meditate

Well, those were some better answers than she had at the beginning of the previous lesson. None of the creeped her out. "Most of you were on the right track vith vot I vos going for. However, there vos also a reason for the dark room as vell, as it ties in vith the yoga. Many of you, or even only a few of you, may have noticed that a few of your other senses were kicking into overdrive since your sense of sight vos blinded. Perhaps even letting you think a bit more clearly since you aren't distracted vith too many objects in front of you."

Having switched stretching her arms already, she started with stretching her legs. "I had you all do a few yoga positions to counter your train of thoughts. Challenge you if you vill. You could've thought clearly in the dark since ve were only going over review, something in which you should have been comfortable vith, but since I added in that little challenge, it made it that more difficult for you to do. Many of you right now had mentioned a bit of multi-tasking during dueling, or some encounter against your opponent, and most of the time, it vill not be in your comfort zone. The circumstances can vary depending on the outcome, but the end result is still the same, sometimes even making you frustrated to point of losing altogether."

"So, that is vot ve'll be vorking on today. Taking you out of your comfort zone. One of you had suggested it last lesson..." Though she forgot which. "Our five senses and how they come in handy during dueling, or in other vords, how to duel when one of them is taken away. You all know your five senses. Sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell. Which one do you think is the most important during dueling? And which is the least important?"

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Nate switched poses. He raised his hand, which is really hard to do since he is doing a leg stretch and has to hold up his leg. Anyways he said "Professor I think the sense of sight would be the most important during a duel. If you can't see were the spell is coming from or where your opponent is how are you going to block and attack. And I think the least important would be the sense of taste. Unless you're somewhere were there is dust or dirt and your enemy is hidden while running and kicking up dirt so you could taste the dust or dirt the sense of taste is pretty useless to you."

Ella listened to the professor, thinking about her senses and which one would be the most useful during a duel. She was torn between sight and sound for the most useful. She was sure of the least useful, taste for sure. Since her classmates had mentioned these, she kept her hand down.

Shifting into the next position, Kurumi thought for a moment as Professor Ramanos posed the next question. Really, all of those senses were disposable when it came to dueling with you really thought about them. Kurumi raised her hand. "I think, in a sense," no pun intended there, "that all of the senses are somewhat disposable when it comes to dueling. I do agree that perhaps taste and smell are the least useful of our five senses since you don't really need to be able to taste to duel. Hearing as well I suppose. If you are dueling with someone who has mastered the art of silent spellcasting, then that sense has been taken away from you already." Kurumi paused for a moment as she thought some more. Sight could be taken as well and you would be fine to some regard. "I think...touch may be the most important if for no other reason than for you to know that you have your wand in your hand. Without that sense, you could be holding nothing at all or something else entirely." It was a bit outside of the box, but touch was very important. Your entire skin acted as an active agent with this sense and there was a lot that could be accomplished with only it. "Touch makes our entire being aware of what is around us. We don't need to be able to see snow to know that it is cold for example. We feel it with our sense of touch."

So that was the reason why. Beezus tried to stick what Professor Romanos right into her mind as she switched stretching her other arm. She would need that, really. Now that she thought of it, the things that Professor Romanos had told them about the yoga during their previous lesson was undeniably correct. She really wasn't too distracted that time since it was dark, well..aside from the talking students.

As the Professor changed position, she followed after and listened once more as she elaborated more on the whole multi-tasking and yoga thing. True, multi-tasking can't be avoided during a duel. There'll be a time when you've gotta dodge one spell and at the same time would need to fire another one. Beezus nodded as pulled her right foot upward.

Blink. Blink. They were going to whaaaat? Take them off their comfort zone? That. didn't sound too good. But it would certainly give her more knowledge on how to duel properly and effectively. Then..off to the five senses. Which is the most important and the least important? Hmmmm.. The young eaglette pondered for a moment as she let go of her feet and raised her other one. After a while, she raised her hand, "Professor, I believe the most important sense would be the sense of hearing." Much important than the sight, that one is. "And maybe the least would be the taste." Well, then again that was her own opinion.

Amethyst took everything in that the professor was saying. She hadn't realized that she needed all senses when dueling. She and the others were asked about the most important and least important sense. She raised her hand. "Professor, I think that sound is the most important, and taste is the least important."

Oakey switched stretching positions to the one that Romanos was doing but Switching his legs back and forth to get them both equally stretched. Professor, I believe Sight and sound are our most important senses during a duel. Oakey switched legs again and continued with his answer. Without those we wouldn't be able to see or hear spells being cast at us.

Oakey didn't need to think twice about the least important sense during a duel. That would be taste, Professor. It's the least important during a duel because we aren't really eating anything. Unless you get knocked on the floor, then you'll be tasting dirt. I wouldn't want to have that sense during a duel if that happened. Dirt has some pretty gross things in it like worms and it's where animals....well you know...Oakey noticed he had gone slightly off topic...but uh, well, yeah I think you get the idea of what I'm saying...I think.

Alyssa listened as the Professor explained the reason for making them do those yoga positions. Then the Professor asked her question. Now that was a tough one. She thought for a long while before raising her hand to answer,"Professor, I would have to say that sound is the most important. Sight would have been too, but sometimes you may not be able to see your opponent. Not everybody is honorable when it comes to dueling and you may end up in pitch darkness where you will have to depend on your hearing to sense where your opponent is positioned. You also may be able to hear what spell they are using if they say it aloud. Of course, in the dark, you can see the spell coming at you, but it might be too late for you to block it.

As for the least important, personally I would think that it would have to be taste. Unless the person is sending lightning bolts at you and you can taste the ions in the air, taste would be the least important sense used in dueling." Alyssa hoped her guess was right.

Jory listened carefully with interest to the Professor's explanations. Then he thought about the answers before raising his hand.

"Professor, I'd say sound is more important because you can hear what spell is cast as well as which direction. Taste wold be the least important, of course," Jory said.

Raising her hand, Raven answered the question.

"I think sight is the most important during duelling. I believe eye-contact influence our confidence in duel." she had experience that last term. "And I don't think taste is not too important, because we didn't taste something, right?"

Wowowowowowow..... She almost fell, the stretching position make her body was not balanced.

Annabelle thought a little more on this question. "Hmmm which sense do you need for dueling." she thought to herself.
"Well there is sight to see your opponent and touch to feel for your wand in your robes to have it at the ready. I think sound is also important because then you can know if a curse missed you or not."
"I think the least important senses would be taste and smell because you can't really taste when you are dueling someone and you can't rlly smell the person unless they haven't bathed in days or you know they have unique sent.

Messer listened while the Professor explain to them about the benefit of yoga. He followed suit as Professor Romanos changed the position. He thought for a moment before answering the Professor question. Messer raised his hand "I think the most important sense important during dueling would be sound, Professor." he said. "Because like Alyssa said sometime we can't see the opponent, so have to count on our ear to hear the sound from our opponent, like they steps or even the sound of their breathing. So that we'd know their exact position." And if you already know where your opponent are, they can't use the element of surprise against you. "And the last important sense during dueling would be...taste?"

Taking him out of his comfort zone? But, he LIKED his comfort zone. It was...comfy. He shook his head, returning back to the present and to the question that had been asked. After a minute or so of thinking he raised his hand. "I believe sight is the most important sense in a duel," he began, "If the person you're dueling has mastered non-verbal magic, then it is important to see what wand movement they do. Some wand movements are easy to identify, and if they aren't you might as well get an idea of what kind of spell your apponent is using," he explained. He was actually able to concentrate while doing this pose. "It's also possible to identify what spell is being cast by the color of it...right?" he said, ending with a question.

Now, what was the least useful sense? "The less important sense may be taste because...well I don't think a person has time to actually stop and taste whatever it is." Why would someone even do that? Taste the ground?

Yeah it was back aching at the time but on the other hand, it made Jonathan realized that he kind of needed that one. Exercising and doing yoga was not really a normal thing he did. Well unless when he's at home. His mother would let him join in the whole yoga thing. Thank Merlin for Nobi to stand by and save him from doing so.

So why was that so last time? Jonathan followed the Professor's next position. Stretching before class is definitely nice.... but no yogas though. It's rough to think and at the same time do a pose...

That's it!

"It had something to do with our focus and attentiveness to your class professor" he raised his hand to answer the professor. "Doing the yoga poses was hard but it became much harder when we were trying to think for the exact answer to your questions" he nodded. It's true you know. Took him more pauses before he could actually raise his hand to answer. "Also that, we need to balance both our minds and our body" he added.

So right now they're not doing some yoga... INSTEAD... they're doing some exercising. Clever. Jonathan was now on the third position. He stood on one foot and then with his right hand placed on his right foot, holding it. Now he's just hoping he won't make out a fool of himself while doing this exercise pose.

So among the senses that she had mentioned which of those are the least and most important. Jonathan smiled as he raised his hand "They're all equally needed. If one becomes nonfunctional during a duel then the opponent will definitely take this to an advantage and leaving you, the one with the lost sense, to a disadvantage." he said. well, that's not really fair. These senses are very important, irregardless to what they are capable of doing.

B-b-b-but what if there is a correct answer to this question. Jonathan shook his head "I mean...uhmmm..." he said still balancing himself with one foot "The most important sense during a duel is the sense of sight while the taste is the least important." he said putting his free hand down.

Angelina thought in deep thought for a big, ignoring the students around her answering there own opition to the question. Well out of the five she could put them in order, but from the top most important is between two things for her. Raising her hand she said, "Professor I think the least important would be taste. For the most important I would say sound out of all the five, but wouldn't sight also be important? Because if you hear a spell and if you are in a good of people who are throwing spells everywhere wouldn't you have to have the sight to see if one is coming to you?" But that is just what Angelina thought was good to think about.

Elise frowned. So definitely no yoga this lesson. That was... sad. She was just learning foot-gravity coordination. Too bad. Stretching a little, she heard the tiny crack in her back and her eyes widened. That was surprising...

Raising her hand, she grinned. "Hearing," she replied. "You won't be able to see your opponent at all times, and so you'll need your ears. After that'll come sight, to be sure of where your opponent is if they're especially silent or non-verbal. Smell might work too, if your opponent's scent carries."

Shrugging, she finisheed with stating that, "I think taste is the least important, since it's highly unlikely to be useful in a duel."

Putting down her hand, Elise bent over a little and straightened up. Done!

Ok they were doing the whole calisthenics- yoga thing again. He expected this the moment he saw the mats. The talk of going out of their comfort zone? He didnt expect that. He liked his comfort zone. Its done nothing but good for him and kept him out of trouble for years. Sure he took some chances but it was after careful thought and a lot of research, almost to the point that there were no surprises that would catch him off-guard.

And one of his senses will be taken away? Oh boy now he's getting nervous. He already has one sense thats already compromised which he has to live with, so he knows all about having to use other senses to compensate for the defect. He raised his hand tentatively as he replied "Professor, for me, the sense of sight would be the most important.... the least would be.... the sense of taste. Or even hearing." Yeah he said hearing, which would probably rank as the second or first most important sense for others, but not Vickers.

Zhenya thought for a moment. If she was duelling someone else, what sense would she want over any other? And what scent could she do without?

She raised her hand and said "Professor I think Sight is the most important because you need to be able to observe what your opponent is doing. Well, in saying that you can observe with other senses as well, such as if you had very poor sight, but I suppose it's probably the easiest sense. You can see their subtle movements, and react to them. I think the least important one is taste... I'm not going to be wanting to eat during my duel because I'll probably be in Fight or Flight mode. And what would taste be able to do? Unless I was in the wild and had to taste the tracks my opponent was going on or something," she said remembering some nature documentary her mother had forced her to watch. The host had gone around tasting the animal waste to find their tracks... but Zhenya wouldn't like to do that. Especially if it were human.