Move365

On Mondays I normally do yoga with my favorite yoga teacher. There were two reasons I couldn’t go today. My two year old got kicked out of that gym’s childcare for two weeks and my 4 year old’s school had a tea with the principal this morning. I like going and chatting with the principal, so I decided to leave my two year old at home with daddy (who was off work today) and attend. Afterwards, I thought I’d go to the nearby yoga studio because they offer a lunchtime yoga class. 

So I had a nice tea with the principal, but shortly before I was going to leave, I got an email from the yoga studio. It said all the classes today were cancelled because they were having an ant problem. Blech. So I decided to head to the gym instead. I got there and realized I was wearing sandals with my yoga clothes. This wouldn’t matter if I were doing a yoga class, because I practice barefoot. It isn’t really great for the cardio or weight equipment though. 

So I looked over in my passenger seat and saw my yoga mat. I checked the gym schedule and the Group Exercise room wasn’t being used, so I decided to do my own yoga practice in the Group Exercise room. 

I had never developed my own routine before, but I knew I was capable of doing so, and it went well. I worked on some of my favorite poses, some that were challenging to me (warrior 3!) and some that will help me build strength and improve my overall practice. I put Dave Matthews Band on my iPhone and had a lovely time.

Part way through my practice, an older Asian woman came in to the room. She did some various stretches, then began doing Tai Chi. I was flowing through my yoga, jamming to my music, and watching her flow and dance to the music was really lovely too. I hope I didn’t look like I was staring. I just thought it was neat.

Anyway, I practiced for about 45 minutes before I had to go get my 4y/o from school. I was happy to have gotten another yoga practice in, and happy that I was able to develop it myself!