Day 7 / Classes 7&8...El Duble

I did it! I did a back to back double this morning, and I'm pooped.

The first class was nice, I felt good and strong. I went through each posture, my breath was good, and I even managed to kick my foot out once in standing head to knee pose. I knew I needed to do a double today to keep up with the 30 days, because I'll be missing class on Monday, but I was going to play it by ear. Would it be a back to back (at 9:30 and 12:00pm), or one early and another later with a big break, (at 9:30am and another at 4:00pm)? As I sat after class rapidly cooling off, the sweat drying on my skin, I though, "Do it! This will be great, just get it all done with and do your second class now!" And so I did.

The second class was not quite as nice. In many ways it reminded me of my first class back after months off about a week and a half ago. I knew what to expect, but my body was pretty tired I couldn't seem to make it do exactly what I told it. I expect I sat out fairly frequently (about a quarter of the time). But I didn't worry too much about it, I completely let go of expectations and perfection and just did what I could. One thing I didn't expect was how hungry I got. For the last few poses I was so hungry all I could think about was the hot, molten, mac & cheese at the little shop around the corner. I finished strong, had the best mediation in the end, and took my time drying off, showering and moving on.

I went to lunch right after yoga and had that awesome mac & cheese. It was so good.

Oh! And something else I didn't expect - I was sooooo gassy in the second set. It was a little surprising.