yoga!

So I finally decided that I *need* to have a blog entry. I've started a few and never gotten a chance to finish. This one will be concise so I won't have that problem.

I went to yoga with Jessi today. I'd tried yoga before- but never in a class, just from a video. Usually I get bored and impatient with it, and get annoyed that someone is trying to *make* me relax. However, I really enjoyed the class environment. I went to a mixed levels class even though it was my first one, and it was definitely a challenge. Jessi says it was easier than the class she did yesterday, but it was hard enough for me for now. It was good- started slow, accelerated, and then went back to slow. The philosophy of the studio - blissful monkey- is to move quickly enough not to be boring and still to be enjoyable.

I think I liked it for a few reasons

1) It was trying something new: that's a lot of what I want to get out of this year, a wide variety of new experiences.
2) It was a combination of relaxing, physical, challenging, and mental
3) It was something that I previously didn't like that I've grown up enough to appreciate

Afterward we went back to her apartment and made a delicious dinner: chicken sausage, tomato & mozzarella salad, and sweet potato fries. Overall it was a really refreshing evening. Enough so to keep me up to work on some homework now- just as long as I caffeinate tomorrow!