Slacking Slacking

Is it really possible the last post was November 15? The past week has been bad for yoga -- Thanksgiving, work and a visit from sister -- but it is December 2!

I need to look at calendar to see what I may have missed. Last yoga class was the Saturday Restorative class at noon. Not last Saturday November 30 but the Saturday before that, November 23. I had to miss two Fridays, work thing then day after T-Day. Crap, now I just don't remember. No internet at home is screwing up an online log. Did I go the weekend before that? How many classes? The week in between? I need to start doing paper log or this won't work.

I will err on conservative side and only log one class in two weeks, I know that is not right though!

16 classes @ AHG @ $75 each.

Yoga class hours: 61.5
Remaining: 138.5

Schedules and Conflicts and Choices

Fridays are great, being able to take the morning off for yoga class. Even more special now that evening and weekend classes compete with other things ... that I want to do but sometimes wish I could do AND take yoga classes ... are popping up more frequently.

I really enjoyed two strap-supported things that Olinka did in class yesterday, a supported Supta Baddha Konasana and then a child's pose to keep butt-to-heels connection better. Keepers for home practice!

15 classes @ AHG @ $80 each.

Yoga class hours: 60.5
Remaining: 139.5

Yoga and Matinees

My week in Berkeley was wonderful. Yoga classes at a studio named Yoga Kula pushed me a bit harder than usual and made me a bit more confident to step it up and also enjoy my wonderful Sunday class with a favorite teacher when I got back home.

14 classes @ $85.71 each.

Yoga class hours: 58
Remaining: 142

Spending more time with B. makes me very happy, but it also makes me more tired (he has horrible insomnia and an aging dog who likes to bark at the couch at 4am) and more likely to be settled in for a cozy night at 7:30pm instead of at yoga class. I need to make going to yoga class one of those boundaries I set going into this. I knew going into this that I was doing a lot of yoga because I was sad and anxious and when i stopped being quite so sad and anxious it would decrease, but I want to keep this as a core part of my life....it keeps me from feeling so sad and anxious!

Another decision I made on my trip: see more matinees. Or at least movies. On my trip I saw:
Spinning Plates
Thor
Inequality for All
Kill Your Darlings
Let the Fire Burn
Muscle Shoals

Cow Face

Loved doing cow face pose tonight in class, felt wonderful for the lower back when we did the forward stretch at the end. Ouch on shoulders though, I've got shoulder rotation issues! Definitely had to use the strap.

12 classes @ $100.00 each.

Yoga class hours: 51
Remaining: 149

Sundays

My Sunday afternoon yoga teacher is moving to Hawaii. Yay for her but ... I really hope they fill her spot and fill it with someone I like!

No class last night, I did some take home work on this project instead. That extra hour did help and I really need to get this project off my plate. Tough week for yoga though and doing yoga at home, in a room with the view of a rat trap, is not really doing it for me!

9 classes @ $133 each.

Yoga class hours: 47
Remaining: 153

Restore

Wonderful restorative yoga class today, I wish there were more of them on the schedule.
Busy week coming up, and will have to miss yoga classes for some fun things I want to do .. and then some things I don't want to do. Wednesday night I am going to see a play and Thursday night I have dinner with Chris (fun). Friday is a work potluck I don't want to go to but have to, since it is my staff.

I am also going to have to miss all Saturday yoga for the tech rehearsal for my story next Monday night!

8 classes @ $150 each.

Yoga class hours: 45.5
Remaining: 154.5

Triumph over the Ugly Black Pants

Today I was easily able to pull on a pair of black pants that are frequently too tight. Whoop.
Of course, I the made a series of horrible choices that included no breakfast, waiting too long for lunch, only gluten free crackers and old goat cheese to eat ... so I went out and had:

A curried chicken salad sandwich.
On marble rye bread.

They had gluten free too, but I just didn't want garbage bread with the awesome chicken salad at this place. It has chicken, rice, curry, mango chutney, raisins, peas, and apple.

I will probably grow 2 pant sizes over night with bread bloat though.

5 classes @ $240 each.

Yoga class hours: 41
Remaining: 159