Yesterday, I picked up ingredients at Home Depot for the bed I'm going to build this week. I also need to calculate how much laminate flooring to get for the new floor in the new guest room, once inhabited by the J-dogg. I'll get that today. You would think she's still on those steroids, but at least I enjoy doing stuff like this.
I have had several hundred e-mails from people all over the world wondering how I am feeling. I assume they want to hear about what happened at my yoga class when they ask about my health; so, because of the great interest in my health, I'll let you know what happened at yoga class. First, though, before getting to that, in response to specific suggestions by some of you about improving the quality of my life with pharmaceuticals, I am not in the market for any on-line psychotropic or gonadotropic drugs. Now, on to yoga.
I know I'm old. That doesn't mean that I can't do things as well as the younger chicks individuals in my yoga class. I was doing this weird back-bending, stretching, almost-falling-down thing; and the instructor comes over and says with great compassion, "You shouldn't be going that far if it is causing you pain."
And I said, on the out breath, of course, "I'm not in any pain."
She replied, "I'm sorry. I shouldn't be assuming things."
It wasn't all like that, though. There was one pose where from a kneeling position, I was supposed to reach back and grab my heels and I couldn't do that. I'll attribute that inflexibility to my Tae Kwon Do career ending injury suffered before I lost a lot of weight. That's something I'll need to work on before next week.
But all things considered, I came out of yoga class intact and feeling refreshed. While I was preparing to leave, one of the young chicksyogini approached me, "My boyfriend is embarrassed to come here with me." I'm guessing she wanted some advice about compelling him to attend, but I didn't have anything for her.
"Bummer," I replied in the parlance of younger days, while rolling up my red yoga mat.
"What?" she asked with a quizzical look, to which I replied, "I mean, that's really too bad he lacks the self-confidence and strength of ego to try to reach a higher level of consciousness about his body and strive for inner peace."
Posted by Bill at August 1, 2005 05:59 AMi've been meaning to try a yoga class too. but i don't go because of the time of the class ... its not convenient, not because of my ego. hehe.
Posted by: tj at August 1, 2005 09:18 AM"I mean, that's really too bad he lacks the self-confidence and strength of ego to try to reach a higher level of consciousness about his body and strive for inner peace."
You had me rolling on the floor with that line Bill. I am eagerly awaiting for the moment you tell us you can do the splits.
Posted by: Michelle at August 2, 2005 05:25 PM