Day 90 Mission Complete

Whew! I made it! I came pretty close to my goal of 90 classes 90 days with 87 classes total.

Today I did a Flow 1 from 6-7:30 with Pippi. It was a pretty funky class. Once again WAY too overcrowded and the woman next to me was oozing the smell of booze from every pore in her body. It was pretty nauseating.

I will never ever get used to walking into a hot sweaty smelly room and being told to "inhale deeply." I honestly must have some kind of germ thing because it truly grosses me out. It's no different than going to the gym where people don't wipe off the machines or when you sit down on a toilet that someone has pissed on. Disgusting.

The class was completely full and this made people talk over one another while they were setting up for class. It felt like camp. Giggling, "OMG's" and lots of complaining. I was having a very hard time concentrating. There was also a feeling of being in movement class at a performing arts college. A lot of "make your own sounds" (of which every actor and basic spaz took advantage of) which I don't usually mind. When in an acting coaching class event.

Truth be told, I was hoping for a more serious practice to finalize my 90 day project. I wanted to feel graceful and peaceful. Not silly and wild. I know a lot of people enjoyed the class and the chance to act out while doing Yoga but I was saddened. Cest la vie.

I know that I want to keep Yoga as a continual practice because when I am involved my joints ache less, my mind is more clear, I sleep better and I am calmer in general. I don't know if I'll be doing it every day but I definitely want to go at least 3 times a week.

Thank you everyone for your support and comments. It meant a lot to me. I will post occasionally about how it's going so please keep in touch.

Namaste

Day 89 rinse and repeat...

What a weird day.. in trying to catch up I did 3 classes today. Meditation at 12 at the Deepak Center, Meditation at Sonic at 2:00 and then Flow 1 with warrior woman from 5:45-7:15. A huge difference in styles. DC center is all dark and focuses on the candle while Sonic's meditation today was focused on breathing and chakras. I like the mini classes at Sonic. They are always so informative. (I think because the only people who go to meditative are students of the program)

Tonight's class was awesome. I really think WW is my favorite teacher by far. She was the very first teacher and class that I had and has by far spent the most amount of time with me answering my questions and just talking about the process of my practice. I still can't do a forearm headstand and want to so badly! I know that there are some people who may never have it, but I hope I'm not one of those people. I do know that the likelihood of me doing a crazy split while in it is not too good...:-)

Tomorrow culminates my 90th day. I can't believe how fast the time flew by...

Day 88 Ohm Ohm good

Ahhhh is all I have to say. I did two yoga classes today. Both meditative. I feel pretty mellow now and am a bit bummed that I have to get revved back up to do a show in a few hours. Both classes were at the Deepak Center and I think they only have 3 people who do the meditation classes. I've been going awhile and have only seen the three. Both times today were tiny rasta chick. She asked me if there was something bothering me especially since I came to both classes. I told her about my blog and she thought it was awesome.

I guess it is awesome but I don't feel awesome. Well not as awesome as i thought I'd feel. I need to incorporate this into my almost everyday lifestyle and not think about it. Or have to blog about it to do it...

Day 85 -86-87 3 for 1?

Ok so the wedding weekend wasn't exactly the carefree time I'd imagined and I didn't get in any class. So that puts me 5 behind now.

I took class tonight and it was a pretty funky experience. There were 38 people in the class! I literally banged my foot against the door about 5 times. I purposely chose the very last row near the door because the room because the class before was packed and once again the sickening thick air was almost unbearable!! I don't understand why they can't air the room out between classes even if it's just for 3 minutes. Seriously. there is no way breathing that in is good for you.

I know I harp on this a lot but it happens a lot. Even with my own mat, I get other people's sweat from the floor. Anna Kournakova was teaching and she was doing a lot of sun salutations. Her suggestion was to dedicate our practice to someone who needed help. even if it was us. I skipped out on the headstands and opted to stretch my back in a few assisted bridge poses. Nothing relieves lower back pressure like that.

I'm pretty beat and know I'll sleep good tonight...