Hmmmm…in the past, I may have thought a holiday a good time to sleep in, but not today. Generally, Scorpion Athletics offers several yoga classes through the day for members’ convenience, but today, tomorrow, and Sunday there is only one each day because of the holiday so I have no choice. (I suppose I still have choices: I can skip a day and then double up and do 2 classes in one day which I’m trying not to do or I can give up, which is not really in my nature.) I am delighted to learn that Leah is teaching the class. She is the amazing woman who brought Bikram yoga to Philadelphia (I suppose to the entire state of Pennsylvania) many years ago. Since then, the Philadelphia Bikram studio downtown has changed hands a couple of times but after a bit of a “sabbatical” she is back teaching classes and I am always happy to be in her class. She appears to me to be obviously serious about the yoga, but not too terribly serious about herself or anyone else or anything else which is so refreshing. She is easy to be with and always makes me smile.
I am also pleased to learn that Anita will be taking the class with us. I hope to watch her and see if I can’t improve my postures. However, as it turns out, the class is packed and afterwards I am struck with thought that even with a full house I don’t see anyone else during the practice but myself. It also occurs to me that not only did I not sleep in today, but I won’t be sleeping in tomorrow or any other day for the next 25 days and I am OK with that.
