Yesterday was not the best day. Without going into all the long boring details, it started with Jenna having cut her own hair, then we had some escalated yogurt throwing in the kitchen later on, some climbing on the counter to get cookies that I had said no to, and a shouting match over practicing time. Needless to say, I’m not too proud of my reaction to all this, I did too much yelling and ate too many cookies.
Today is a new day. So far there’s no hair cutting, everyone found their shoes on time and I went to a yoga class that they are getting started at our church. Even though it wasn’t what I’m used to, it was a good class, and fun to be there with friends. Tamra, who was teaching today, led us in some headstands. I pretty much gave up, because I kind of have a fear of going upside down, and honestly, I don’t think it’s possible for me to balance the large mass that is my body up in the air without the aid of my feet. But thanks to DeEtte, who kept nagging me to “just do it”, and telling me I could do it. She helped me “kick my legs up” and held me there until I got stable (it’s against a wall–it shouldn’t be that hard) and I actually did a headstand (or something quite similar) for several seconds. I wished at that moment I had a camera (or DeEtte had a camera, since I was upside down at the time) and could have a picture of me in the old headstand pose. Not that I would show it to you, because I’d be all yucky in yoga clothes, with my shirt kind of falling down revealing parts of my stomache that really should not be seen. But I would have proof that I did it-even if just for a second. It was empowering. I’ve never thought I could do that, and here, I just did it. Wow.
OK YOU are COOL!
Good for you!