thursday

today was kind of interesting in yoga. before class, we go around and say our name and how the body is feeling, and this man in the middle of the room said it was his first hatha flow class, and that he had been looking forward to it for a whole year after taking lots of regular hatha and beginners classes. so we all laughed and were happy for him.

so then at about the 1/4 way point through class, he really started huffing and puffing hard.. and since he was in the center of the room, we were all really aware of it. sweat was dripping off the end of his nose, his chest was heaving, you could hear the shake in his voice as he chanted OMMMMMM during poses.

so at the half way point we took a couple seconds to chill out before moving to another set of poses, and the instructor said 'how's everyone doing?' and then 'welcome, welcome' to the new guy with a big grin on his face.

at the end as we were rolling up our mats and getting cups of chai, the new man said he didn't think he was actually ready for that class. but the instructor told him he was. you just need to push through that beginning part. i felt bad for him. but a month ago, those million lunges were almost the end of me, and now i can lunge forever. so he'll be fine. i told him it gets easier.