When the first thing my husband says/asks me in the morning is, “You’re going to yoga today, right?”, I know I must really need it. I may not realize it, but maybe I’m grumpy. Maybe I’m stiff and making strange noises as I move around the house. Maybe I’m tired. Whatever it is, when someone else realizes I need yoga more than I realize it, I should listen up. Today I did.

I’d managed to open my big mouth yesterday and commit myself to helping a friend layout a paver path. I offered to help before I realized this would cut into the yoga class I wanted to hit. Last night I got pretty grumpy at myself for doing this. Fortunately, I helped lay out the path and still made it to yoga.

Heather asked for any requests. I needed hamstring stretching desperately. And, we worked the hamstrings a lot. She focused the class on a lot of core work and flexibility work, which was exactly what I needed. She didn’t do a whole lot of strength work, for which I was grateful.

Maybe I should clarify how core and strength work are “different” to me. Strength work is a lot of standing warrior type work. Where core work is boat and rotating supine boat variations and such. So, I guess by “core”, I mean more gut work. By strength, I mean more all over and leg work. Anyway, that’s my explanation.

So, I’m blissed out from yoga and looking forward to a trip to the farmer’s market in just a bit. Wow…an actual weekend day where I’m not doing biz work or moving trees or boulders or gravel or plants. Maybe I’ll even lounge around with a good novel for a while later on. What a treat that would be!

Logbook Activity

  • Type: Flexibility
  • Date: 04/06/2008
  • Time: 12:05:38
  • Total Time: 1:30:00.00