Oct 27, Noon

I was right: today was better than yesterday. :)

Today was the second (and last, I think) class where the high school was joining us. It was a different set of kids from last week. Once again, all the boys were down and out midway through the standing series and stayed in savasana until they left.

There was a girl behind me that was distracting me so much. (I know, this is bad.) I have never seen anyone on their first class quite like her before. There are things that many beginners do that I kind of think of as the beginner way of doing some of the poses - like butt up in the air in triangle, and elbows bent in Half Moon sidebend. I am used to seeing these things, and I know I did them too, and eventually if you listen carefully to the dialogue, you figure things out.

First off, this girl was swearing under her breath throughout most of the postures. I have heard this before, but not usually from young women who look to be in pretty good shape. Also, she would watch us get into postures, and then figure out her own way to get into a position to look like the rest of the class. For example, in Standing Bow: She stood on her right leg with her left bent behind her. Then, she leaned over and put her hands on the ground (sort of like getting into Toe Stand). Then, she reached behind herself with her right arm (left hand still on the floor), and grabbed her right big toe. Then, she used her left hand to push herself off of the floor into a position that somewhat resembled Standing Bow, but with no back bend. Of course, she couldn't balance like that, so she would fall forward onto her left hand, and then try to push/bounce herself back up.

Once we got into Savasana at the beginning of the floor series, she started talking to the girl next to her. They whispered throughout each Savasana. I heard the word "shower" a couple times. I assumed the conversation was something along the lines of "I am so sweaty that I can't wait to have a shower." Then, I heard "If we go now, we'll have more time." And just like that, the 3 girls stood up, grabbed their towels and left for their showers while the rest of us did the Sit Up before the first set of Camel. The boys (in the midst of their 35-minute savasana), took one look at the girls, looked at each other, and then stood up and did the same. Their poor gym teacher! He made it through the 2 sets of Camel, and then left as well - I think he was worried what they would all get up to without supervision.

While I was distracted throughout class, I was just happy to be there, and to not be completely exhausted like I was yesterday. Claire (who taught yesterday) was at the front desk when I came in this morning, and I told her I had fallen asleep in class. She told me that during teacher training, she once fell asleep after the first set of Cobra and woke up during Camel!

Today's yoga class was entertaining, if nothing else. :)