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.

Does anyone know what day it is?

The challenge is 100 days of Yoga. In a row. Don't know what day this is.

The studio was closed one day in July, and I missed a few days in July.

It's August 1st.

Show up, breathe, stretch, breathe, sweat, and breathe some more.

This the Bikram Yoga. My water bill has gone up.

Today there were aliens (as in never saw them before) in the classroom. ADD challenged, little things distract.

There are 26 poses. The order still eludes. Once we are on the floor, follow along with class and the stay with the instructor. When all else fails, breathe in, then breathe out.

Practice means, show up with intention, breathe, stretch, breathe, sweat, repeat and rest.

Focus only on your practice. Meditate for 90 minutes, no wiping, no squirming, no water no mindless thought chatter.

Alien starts doing push ups in class. Distracted, lose focus, fall out, then back. Started thinking about designing yoga clothes with a logo across the butt ala juicy. Again, fall out, lose place in the class, had no idea where the class is in the practice. the battle against spacy mind chatter is a daily one.

Put the thoughts out, breathe in, start again.

I wonder what day this is. Does not not matter. Breathe in breathe out.

Pose of the day: Tuladandasa. Great trick, make sure your hips are in alignment with each other before you rotate over even if you do not step out as much.