And I'm still not caught up. I would've been after this weekend, but no, I blew off Friday night's practice to go to the bar! What? Who does that? Justy from the '90s apparently. So, to atone for my sins, (a TONE. Get it? Ha!) I ended up doing four hot yoga classes over the weekend! I don't recommend this. First of all, I am exhausted. I'm exhausted now, I was exhausted during the classes. Anticipating the next class made me grumpy, when usually I look forward to them, and I felt like I spent my whole weekend in a yoga studio. And, I was so self-conscious going so many times...it was all the same staff/instructors each time and they were on to me for sure. "We know what you did. You blew us off to go to the bar, and now here you are, creeping back to us. Bet you're tired, aren'tcha? Hmmph. Well, quel surprise. Serves you right, Drinker!"
And the way the schedule worked this weekend made it so I did four Moksha classes and nothing else, and I just found it really hard. The room seemed hotter, the poses seemed longer, the lactic acid more prevalent. And I was barely hanging on. Every time I abseiled from high plank to my mat, I nearly face planted, and then every time we got to rest for a minute in "child's pose" which normally regulates everything, my heart was pounding so hard that MY NOSE had its own pulse!! My nose was beating so hard it was lifting my face off the mat! I'm not even kidding.
So, the major highlight of the weekend was getting these four classes done. I actually can't believe that I did it, because I found it really, really hard, and nearly bailed between each one. So although I wouldn't recommend skipping a day, I feel it was quite an accomplishment ploughing through them like that. Although with all the work I did this weekend, I totally feel like I deserve to weigh 110 lbs and feel ripped off that I don't!
My friend Jason came to yesterday's 4 pm class with me and made me laugh afterwards. "Whenever I do a hot yoga class, I feel like I drink so much water and then only pee a thimble...and it's the colour of Beep." Sure sign that you should be drinking more water, I think. Anyway, it made me laugh. Hopefully he's not in renal failure today. I should call and check.
Also, people need to be vigilant about their mats. Either clean them regularly, or just keep buying new ones. I don't mind which. But there was a guy in class today whose mat ponged so bad - it smelled like barfy feet. And his mat was so gross it looked like it had a camouflage pattern. He didn't use a towel on it either and so when he got all sweaty he was slipping around like Bambi on Ice. And it was squeaky. We're all having our naps at the end and this guy sounded like he was making balloon animals. I wonder if there's the dirty mat police on staff because it was really nasty. Like, his mat was the Honey Badger of the foam rubber world!
I have a question. When you're laying down at the end of class having your nap - or savasana I've learned it's called, how relaxed yet energized is one supposed to get? I've heard of lots of different things happening during this time - I for one, get tingly hot back. But, like, you're not supposed to get really, REALLY tingly are you? Because the guy next to me tonight had some pretty extreme breathing going on...you know....breathing? Let's just say, I think he found the class a little more exciting than the rest of us. And no, I'm not going to come right out and say it, but I know what I heard. And I did my napping with one eye open in case he tried rolling over onto my mat!
So ten days left. I have one more class to make up and a very busy week ahead of me, but I'm feeling good - a lot better than I did at the beginning of the weekend.
Goodnight all.
xoxo
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