Sweating Pizza day 12

Day 12  Its been months since I have eaten any pizza, even longer since I have had a pizza with pineapple, but I swear to the universe and beyond,  my palms were sweating pineapple pizza in class.  An olfactory hallucination? 

Great instructor great class. Ana at Seacliff.  Still not 100% back into the swing of a bikram class, but progress ebbs and flows.

Yoga Pose Tip of the day: Utkatsana - Awkward Pose.  Make sure your hips are aligned and are facing the front mirror. When you bring your heels up and you feel your ankles straining, you are doing something right.

Midnight Train to Prada

day 83 l 17 to go

Wednesday 9:30 am class

September 30, 2009

I've fallen down and I can't get up.

(Its okay. I am wearing Prada)

Photo from Milan Fashion Week 2009.

My Yoga train is empty. Q4 has everyone busier than me.

The 26 postures still elude me. Current zeitgeist sez excercise does not matter, nuitrition does.Good thing I do not attend yoga for exercise. For me it is a meditative practice. Something to challenge the focus and quiet the mind.

Both primary care MD and Dermatologist both strongly advised there were better ways to spend my time than in Bikram Yoga practice. Dermatologist was strongly against it (for me). Regular Doc would have preferred the time spent walking.

What will I do 18 days from now?

Yoga tip of the day: Stretch your feet. In awkward pose, feel the heel releasing the soles of the feet down. In Tulandasana ,Balancing stick pose, move the weight around over your foot until you feel your body weight centered over the middle of the foot, then exhale through your arms, locking both your elbows and knees, pulling with all your might to reach opposite walls with fingers and toes.

sicko pation

Monday September 28th

day 81/19 to go

Sunday after work, stuck in Folsom Street Faire traffic, my throat gave out. Red raw raspy and 19 days to go. How will I ever crush Jennifer (92 days in a row and is the studios top DRC number)

if I keep falling ill in the final count down days to my 100 days of yoga in a row goal?

BYC studio policy for DRC is no make up classes, no classes in other studios, it is one class every day, same studio. no 2 on Saturday and take Sunday off. This makes the DRC serious. I blame this illness on my attempt to cook food. I rambled about in my kitchen and threw things that were once considered food items purchased during the Eisenhower Administration into a crock pot and cooked them useless.

Is this veggie goop what took me down? It tasted good. Sort of like moose and squirrel stew. Am trying to eat healthy. I eat as much as I want as long as it is vegetable or fruit. Home early - to bed early and slept in past the 6am class. Entered the 9:30am class itching for fight, someone was poking at my dog outside, "she shouldn't be blocking the door" Bhah- That is her job. She is busy herding all of us the studio and sitting at the threshold of the door. protecting us. It's inbred. 60

minutes into the class could not breathe. Left the studio after the standing series. Really rare for me to leave, yet the second time in three months. Both for the same reason, can't breathe and the face is completely numb. Which is really a disturbing symptom of (not enough fox tv)?

Went home - Came back at 4:30 pm to keep the days in a row show going. 60 minutes is not a full class right? Actually feel much better, ate more goop. Maybe I need 150 minutes of yoga very day instead of the "normal" 90.

should try and throw in a few doubles in the countdown week.. I'll never be more primed than I am right now to do it.

Yoga tip of the day:awkward pose- Utkatasana

keep your legs arms and shoulders six inches apart and pull your heels up and out towards the mirror, keep your spine centered and eyes straight, chin parallel to the floor. Pushing the tops of your thigh bones down towards your heels will allow you to remain in this posture longer.

Shoulders engaged, yes please

Day 80/20 to go

Sunday the 27th

In the world of the internet, I like to remain anonymous.

Imagine my suprise when I saw a RSS feed of my yoga

rantings on my Plaxo service! I guess I kill the plaxo service.

The last place I would want anything this personal.

Sunday class mat to mat 33 people. One person too many.

One man stood still looking for a spot for his mat before class time.

He told me, his plan to get mat space was to 'Look Awkward' until someone moved.

Another name for a yoga classmate is born - Awkward Man. Good name!

Along with the other BYC Legionaires: Bendy Birl, Jet Engine Boy, Squiggly Girl, Giggly Guy and yours truley, The Damage has been Done Girl.

How do people named Nick get nicknames?

Yoga tip of the day: DarniwishIhadknownitwasroshhashanah. Separate standing forehead to knee pose - aka -Dandayamana Bihktapdada Janushirasana

If you cannot put your forehead to your knees and your hands in a steeple ahead of your feet on the ground, at least make sure that your arms are fully extended in front of you, shoulders fully engaged, elbows locked.

Here we go again.

My downstairs neighbor is moving.

Breathe breathe breathe breathe breathe breathe.

Good neighbors are such a treat.

My neighbors have always been great.

Breathe breathe breathe breathe breathe breathe breathe. I always sad to see them move on

Breathe brethe breathe breathe breathe.

Glad they have found better opportunities.

Breathe breathe breathe breathe breathe breathe breathe breathe.

Saturday class is mid morning. Not so crowded, just crowded enough. Taken to placing the mat in the mirror seam to observe the difference between right and left sides.
Now have strong fingers, strong toes plus strong ankles.

Chatter was deafening inside my head today. Tea before class makes it worse.

Yoga pose of the day: Utkatasana - Awkward Pose.

Psuh down on the toes, push forward on the feet, lift the heels as high as you can. Then do it some more.

Letting go

The energy to acquire stuff could be at the cost of your soul. (Madoff, e.g.)

The Taliban blow me away.

Shared a very large house with someone with OCD. The stuff had 2000 sq feet, I had 200.

Do not allow material items to hamstring your spirit.

Yoga tip of the day: Utkatasana - Awkward Pose. Think like a marionette. Feel the strings pulling your head and spine as you sink down. Keep your chin parallel to the floor. Your heels cannot be raised to high. Stretch your feet and palms always.