Day 4: Sun 3/16
Time: 3:30pm/Instructor: MollyIt was about this class that I was really regretting not counting the day I decided to embark on this challenge as day one of the challenge - I could have been on day five already! And for some reason in that moment, five sounded so much better than four!
Anyway, I've taken this specific class several times and it's always a party. The room is always packed from end to end and the energy is always really high. Today was no different - people actually randomly got giggly during class. Giggles. During Bikram. WTF?! But sometimes that high energy is just what you need to carry through a long, hot afternoon. Molly says she's never giving up this class because it's always a party.
I made some significant progress on a few poses during this class - namely standing bow pulling pose and fixed firm. Standing bow pulling pose is my absolute favorite pose and I'm not terrible at it. Lasting muscle memory from years of dance make kicking up over my head not difficult, however, balance is not my strong suit. Anyone who has ever met me can confirm this; I'm a clumsy mess. So as good as I am at kicking, I am not so good at balancing. But today I didn't fall out of it once today. Not once. Also, I got completely flat on my back during fixed firm. I didn't actually intend to do that, I wasn't even thinking about it at all. Then the next thing I knew I was in it. It reminded me a lot of the first time I fell into a split in dance class - I had to be 9 or 10 and it just happened. I wasn't planning on it happening, but it just did. And once again, I made it through the entire class without a break. I certainly wanted a break, but I didn't need one, so I didn't let my mental game throw me.
Day 5: Monday 3/17
Time: 9:30am/Instructor: Jane
Okay. Lesson learned. Never, ever rely on my husband to be my alarm clock again. He was supposed to wake me up at 7am, so I would have time to eat something before the 9:30am class (I try not to eat within 2 hours of class because the feeling of food sloshing around is not pleasant). However, when I woke up on my own and rolled over to look at the clock I discovered that it was 7:58am and the hubby was still snoring away next to me. I knew I had to get water into my body ASAP, but I didn't know what to do about the food issue. I knew if I didn't eat anything I would risk passing out and I knew if I did eat something that close to class I would for sure puke. So I quickly decided to try some bone broth - I almost always have a stash in the freezer. So I scooped some out into a mug, popped it in the microwave and drank a big mug of it - hoping it would give me the salt/protein/calories I needed to get through class and would digest quickly since it was a liquid. Magically, it worked.
So class was very different today. I've taken class alongside Jane many times (remember the crazy person I talked about doing a double session on Saturday? Yeah, that was Jane), but I've never taken class with Jane as the instructor. Similar to Kaitlin, Jane was focused 100% on proper mechanics, but her tone - and the overall class tone - had a slower more motherly and calm approach. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't easy by any means - but the calmness helped my stamina and helped me focus more on mechanics. I noticed during this class that the turnout in my hips (that was so coveted as a dancer) really works against me in this class. My hip is constantly wanting to fall open making postures like standing head to knee and basically any of the head to knee poses difficult- which is frustrating. Beyond frustrating, but I'm working on it!
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