My last post on this blog was October 30, which makes it exactly eight months today. Now, because this is not my first blog rodeo, I am not at all surprised that I managed to go eight months without writing and stopped feeling guilty about it about after around month...four. Considering some major life events … Continue reading Whatcha been up to?
The first time I had an anxiety attack in class, against everything I wanted to do instead, I listened to my teacher and stayed on my yoga mat. I didn't go on with the poses like the rest of the class, I just laid there and breathed and felt everything. And I made it through. Up … Continue reading Grieving on the Mat, Part Two
Nine months ago, in February, I had an emergency appendectomy. (Are appendectomies ever not emergencies? Does anyone ever think, I'm just gonna have my appendix removed as a preventative measure...? ) It was my first time in an emergency room, first time under general anesthesia, first surgery, first time as a patient in a hospital. It did … Continue reading Grieving on the Mat, Part One
One of the things I could not get over the first day of class was the way the instructors--Natalie and Ali--move in their bodies. It's one thing to say a woman is confident. Yes--these two women have plenty to be confident about. They are young and pretty and strong. But, I mean....the way they move.... … Continue reading Women in Their Bodies
Breath. Posture. Cue. 