July 8th--Day Nine

MY WORD! IT IS HOT IN THAT ROOM!!! I’m dripping with sweat after the first breathing exercise and I’m wondering why I agreed to do a 30-day challenge in July! Wouldn’t it have been smarter to try this in February!?! I mean I’m just breathing and I’m literally dripping with sweat. It’s hot as heck in there. And hey why can’t I get my hands together in Eagle pose. Will I ever do that again? I am so slippery I can’t grab anything! I listen to the sound of my sweat dripping to the floor as I hold my poses. That’s distracting—but no more distracting than listening to the sound of the guy next to me’s sweat dripping to the floor as I hold my poses. Oh gees and is that my sweat splashed on the mirror in front of me. For heaven’s sake. Somebody open that door and get some air in here! I think I’m going to die. And then amazingly just before we go to the floor for the second half of the practice I complete another toe stand on the right side. Is this yoga unbelievable or what!?! Clearly, you go up and down through the course of a practice maybe up and down a few times. The trick is to learn to not panic. Stay with your breath.