Tammy,<\/p>\n
Yesterday I ventured out for park yoga. There was a raised cement platform in a public park where the class would take place.\u00a0 It was a sunny, early morning, about 75 degrees with a slight breeze; glorious yoga weather.\u00a0 I arrived five minutes before the class was scheduled to start. I scanned the area to figure out where to put my mat.\u00a0 In the middle were a bunch of women with purple tops on. My eyes couldn\u2019t move away from that area for a couple of seconds.\u00a0 What\u2019s going on?\u00a0 Did I miss the dress code memo?<\/p>\n
The session started and the pace was a little slower than the intermediate, rush-into-as-many-asanas-as-you-can-do-in-an-hour.\u00a0 I was able to keep up without a problem.\u00a0 In the middle we got into pigeon pose.\u00a0 For some reason I was able to follow the instructions and successfully achieve the pose without teacher adjustment.\u00a0 My hips hurt in exactly the right place and this pain made me happy.\u00a0 Previously I thought happiness was supposed to make me feel good; what is yoga doing to my sense of life\u2019s pleasures?\u00a0 After class I saw that a bird painted part of my blue car white.\u00a0 I guess he\/she liked my impression of his\/her species.\u00a0 With my new yogic fondness for discomfort, am I supposed to like the artwork or should I have done a celebratory sun salutation?\u00a0 Yogic karma evidently was present later on in the day when one of my teeth provided the worst pain I\u2019ve ever felt.\u00a0 Maybe if I do the bridge pose when the dentist does my root canal I\u2019ll enjoy this new sensation.<\/p>\n
I may have to practice yoga a long time before I buy into its pain philosophy.<\/p>\n
Gary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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