Tues, April 5
Yoga at noon at JCU
So I did my second yoga class ever today and really loved it! First, the music was much better (no Madonna)...it had some cool drums (think African) and some songs in different languages and it just seemed more yoga-esque to me. I also found it easier to keep pace with the teacher now that I'm learning the names of the different poses, etc. And my whole entire body felt so good afterwards. Really good stretches. Today we even did crunches, planks and push-ups - yoga style, but good!
Then at the end when the instructor turns the lights off I had a moment. The John Denver song, "Sunshine on My Shoulders" came on and all I could do was think about my Homer dog. I have no idea why it hit me just then, but it did. I guess my stream of consciousness went from gee, I love that song to...what a shame that he died...to I miss my Homer dog laying in the sunshine. There was no need for kleenex, I just let myself have a little moment during the song and then I was fine. I think that must be how it works. You have those moments every now and then...they get less and less, until finally you can just think of them fondly without crying.
Meanwhile, my calves still hurt and I'm not sure that I'm up for running tomorrow. Not sure if I should wait until Friday or try it. I'll just see how it goes, I guess...supposed to be 50 minutes...we'll see what happens.
Yoga is on my list, but I haven't tried it yet. I can't really kneel, so I am not sure how many poses I will be able to do. If you don't run tomorrow, maybe you could spend that time walking. You'll still be active and covering some ground.
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