Last night I thought Tracy asked me if I wanted to go for yogurt. I thought it was odd that we were going for dessert before having dinner, but I was game.
Like all good husbands, I listen to what my wife says, but I may not always listen 100%. Just when I thought I was going to have my favorite french vanilla and mocha coffee yogurt, we were actually headed to a Yoga class at our church.
Next thing I knew, instead of eating delicious yogurt, I was doing the plank pose, followed by the downward facing dog and then the cobra pose...I would have much rather had my yogurt.
I found that Yoga has it's own unique language along with special equipment including mats, bands and bricks. Unfortunately the mats are only 3MM thick and I think you use the bricks to throw at the instructor when she tells you to hold a pose for longer than you would like.
The challenge that I had was remembering my left side from my right, stretching enough to get into a pose and remembering to breath, all at the same time. Just about the time that I thought I had it all together, I realized that I had not breathed for a couple of minutes and was about to pass out!
I am looking forward to mastering some of these poses in hopes that it will give me some lower back and muscle pain relief. An added benefit is that I am the only male in the class and I certainly don't mind all of the nice looking ladies encouraging me to continue. :)
So that is the excitement so far this week, I will let you know if I am able to get out of bed in the morning or not! Have fun, enjoy life and thanks for the read!
LOL, LOL. Yoga, not yogurt. Oh, the times we mis-hear other people. So funny.
ReplyDeleteYou are brave going to yoga class. I have tried yoga three times, to be exact. No go for this body at this point in my life. Each time I felt so uncomfortable doing the poses and I didn't breathe either. Plus I started sweating profusely.
Best to you in your yoga classes. Maybe you can do yogurt after class!
Susan
So funny. I have a friend who has been encouraging me to take up Yoga with her.. Should be hilarious for anyone watching as I have never done yogurt before....I mean Yoga!
ReplyDeleteOh my! Here I've been thinking this blog was written by your wife. That puts a different slant on things for me. Sorry about that. :)
ReplyDeleteRight now, I think I'd rather do yogurt than yoga too. Maybe if and when I get my new hip, I'll try one or two of those positions.
Oh, yogurt sounds so good about now. Especially those new places where you pay by the ounce :) So glad to see that you are giving Yoga a fighting chance...even if it *is* because you thought it was yogurt!
ReplyDeleteThis old body of mine can't even imagine a yoga pose. So I'll take the yogurt. Too funny though that you weren't listening closely.
ReplyDeleteSign me up...for the yogurt! Oh my, I can't imagine doing those poses, although I did talk my hubby and others into "planking" when we were in Reno about a year ago. That was pretty funny.
ReplyDeleteI quite often miss-hear what my wife says (other people too), but I have an excuse (hearing loss). It can be very embarrassing at times too. But at least you gave it a try of probably enjoyed it too. Hope you can move this morning.
ReplyDeleteYour to funny what a fun post. Of course I don't know how much fun your body thinks it was this morning.
ReplyDeleteLike most of the others I'll have the yogurt instead.
Yogurt for me - I'll skip the Yoga!
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