Tammy,<\/p>\n
Recently I had a party at my house.\u00a0 I invited you, my yoga teacher, because you are nice and I thought you would have fun.<\/p>\n
After you arrived and grabbed a drink, you looked around the house.\u00a0 You then looked me in the eye and said, “Gary, where do you practice yoga?”<\/p>\n
The bubble above my head started racing:\u00a0 do I tell her that I roll out my mat and practice in the tv room or perhaps the living room?\u00a0 Would she believe the garage?\u00a0 How about telling her that I practice in my head?\u00a0 What exactly does that even mean?<\/p>\n
I noticed sweat starting to pour profusely from my body; kind of like when I am in your class.\u00a0 I didn’t have a drink yet but I could sure use something to alter my state of mind.\u00a0 Scottie, can you beam me up?<\/p>\n
Why couldn’t your boyfriend say something or pull you away so the two of you could be alone someplace?<\/p>\n
Wait.\u00a0 Why was I so worried about what you think?\u00a0 Why do I feel the need to impress you?\u00a0 Oh, simply because you may not think I am in any way serious about yoga and that it is a joke to me.\u00a0 After all I do laugh in your class, especially at times when nobody else finds anything funny.\u00a0 With this one question I may have planted the weirdo, stalker, or other whacked moniker in your mind.<\/p>\n
Lo and behold what did I come up with?
\n“Tammy, you see all of my practice (at the studio).”\u00a0 [the truth]<\/p>\n
With that comment you immediately asked for directions to the powder room and disappeared.\u00a0 At that point, I had a strong sense that I would now be banished from your yoga classes.<\/p>\n
Alas, shame has caused my only practice to begin at home in solitude.<\/p>\n
Gary Kahn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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