Work day – Day Three

Monday – 6pm class with Emily

Ah, the Monday 6pm class – how I love you, how I hate you.  Why do I love you?  Well, it’s a bit like my “home town” class – it’s the class I started with and the class I’ve taken several times.  Emily rocks – she’s funny and bit quirky – she always strikes me as very smart.  She also knows how to keep the crazy 6pm class in check.  Why is the class crazy?  It’s always packed, cheek to jowl, and often with a lot of fairly “newish” and “youngish” yogis who don’t always know how to share the small space (locker room and yoga room) very well.  I’m always amazed by the clueless behavior – and makes me wonder…how is this person a yogi?  Shouldn’t they be more self-aware because of practicing?  But – as I mentioned in day 1 – this gives me ample opportunities to practice yoga in ways that extend beyond the mat!  

I mentioned in yesterday’s post that I was eager to have a class where I executed every posture (both sets) and didn’t rest – well that was today!  It is remarkable how quickly things come back.  Today I felt strong and able and not bothered by muscle fatigue (much) – so that always makes class a lot more fun!  I also had a great place by a window that Emily graciously kept cracked all class – which helped me tremendously.  Some people love the heat cranked up and no air – it just takes me down and I can’t work as hard as I can’t tolerate the heat as well.  

So today’s class was probably an  8 – I still am not kicking out in standing head to knee – and I know I’m doing that to conserve energy and also the back of my leg is still tight.  I’ll try tomorrow and see what happens.