the ying and the yang

do you ever watch biggest loser?

i'm a fan.

and there are the bob fans and the jillian fans.

i think i would choose bob just because he's so nice.

but i think jillian might be more my type of gal.

let me explain.

i tried my first ever yoga class this evening.

hot yoga.

a couple of friends on facebook mentioned that they took their first class on thursday in lee's summit and i have heard jaime, my sis-n-law, talk about it too.  since i am trying to prepare for spring by running i thought this might be another good option.  plus it just so happens that the zen zone [the lee's summit yoga place] is having a special.  my class tonight was free, but i can join for a month for only $30 bucks.  i'm not sure if that's truly a deal, but it sounds cheap to me at only a $1 a day.

my goal?

go three times a week. 

and then run three times a week.

hopefully that will give my body some options,
so i'm not doing the same thing every day.

but yoga is different than anything i've ever done.

i'm a jillian girl.

i like to be made to do lunges even though i hate them

and have my trainer make me do sprints up a hill.

i like it, because i feel like i'm pushing myself.

but yoga is a bob thing.

it's very granola and i'll admit, at times i found it corny.

it's just weird for me to go work out and then be told that i need to

plant my feet to the earth, find my beautiful soul
and let it decide what is best.

that being said,

i love her idea that if my body is open, then my mind and heart are open too.

and i love that you have to slow down and focus on your moves instead of sprinting ahead.

so i guess i need to take what i can from it

 and block out what i find "too much."

plus, i can tell that i was working and moving in ways that will help tone.

not to mention that it's so freaking hot in there,
i was sweating by the time i sat down.

and both bob and jillian approve of that.

namaste.