Anne vs. Hot Yoga - Day 1

I've decided to resurrect the blog for at least 30 days, because I am doing a pretty intense challenge that I want to share (and will be asking for encouragement about!!). So I have been taking this insane hot yoga class - it's actually called Bikram Yoga, but I like calling it hot yoga - it has a nice ring to it. LIke you could be talking about something other than the temperature of the room. "Anne you are HOT stuff doing that yoga!" Anyway, it's 26 postures in 105 degree heat and 40% humidity. It's 90 minutes long and very intense. Some days i love it, some days I hate it. The first day I went, back in May or so I thought it was torture. I remember saying that I think they could get more valuable information out of terrorism suspects by making them do hot yoga than waterboarding them, but then I went to a few more classes, got used to the heat, and it's been slow and steady positive progress every since. It seems like it's been good for me, and I've decided to do the challenge they have at the studio, to go to a class every day for 30 days.

That brings us to day 1 today. Went pretty well, no complaints. I have had a lingering hamstring pull that I think I aggravated a bit, but nothing a little stretching, and RICE (Lewis and Jean thank you for your vigilance in promoting the RICE program - they'll be happy to give anyone a full rundown of what it means if you don't already know) won't cure. However, the physical aspects of this aren't going to be nearly as hard as the mental so I anticipate no complaints on day 1. It's day 20 that's going to get tough! I will post every day, with updates on how I'm doing. I might even include a daily hot yoga picture, but I didn't take one today, so maybe we'll start that on day 2. AND who knows, maybe the blog will extend beyond 30 days again!