Yo, Gah.

I've absolutely positively loved yoga since I started doing it at 3 Jewels in NYC. It's fun and stretchy - and I'm a strong believer that everything that has the combination of fun and stretchy is a good thing. Examples:

1. Fun Colored Spandex

2. Stretch Armstrong (until the gooey stuff started leaking out...)

3. String Cheese

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If I have a really good class I almost feel high or intoxicated after. But life was busy and I went maybe once a week because I, as a human being, enjoy sleeping and eating dinner. And if I went more than that I would not be able to sleep or eat at regular human sleeping and eating hours. Thank you MSKCC. Now, I am not a "Yogi" but my practice is getting so much better so fast. I feel like you can tell a person is actually good at, and focused on, yoga when they can do the really fun stuff like headstands. 2 days ago I could not do a headstand. To be perfectly honest I still cannot do a headstand. However, I've made a breakthrough and I'd like to share it with you.

Picture it - Diamond Mountain Temple. Kim Siejak on a yoga mat. Preparing to try to do a headstand like usual. Ready to turn into a sweaty, red, struggling little ball of fat unable to do anything that looks like a headstand. Tamara, my yoga parnter for the day, super sweetly encouraging me. Me thinking "yeah, mmhmm, ok, like I'll actually be able to do it. Then I think to myself: Kim, just first picture yourself doing it. (I didn't believe myself) Then I get ready and prepare to come up like I was taught. Then all of a sudden I'm floating up. Seriously, like floating. It seemed so easy to do this thing that I've never before been able to do. But then.. of course.. I floated back down just as quickly. I came right back down because I didn't even know I was doing. I was so shocked by the sensation of this pose actually happening like it was supposed to that I didn't know what was happening. So then I tried again and the same thing happened. Of course, my partner had to help support me and I was still a big ball of sweaty redness after. But still - kinda cool.



I must now go and try to get back to the schedule that I set up for myself for today that is no longer working out. The freedom to do so many cool things here is awesome but it also means that time gets away from you soooo quickly.



Love.