I have always been an athletic person and started working out in the early 1980s when Jane Fonda called us to aerobic dancing and told us that it was the key to live forever. I run, lifted weights, biked, danced to African music, you name it, I have done it.
Except YOGA. I avoided yoga with all my heart. I found it boring, did not think it was a real exercise. Plus, new age music and the incense they burnt made me nauseous.
As I matured or shall we say, as I got wiser in my choices, I realized my body was aching and my knees were hurting. I knew I had to find a gentler way to work out. I thought swimming was a great option. That lasted several months as my chemically processed hair turned green, I realized that i was spending too much time and money at the hairdresser.
20+ years later, here I am in a 90F degree room with bunch of sweaty people. I am following the stern but detailed directions of my instructors. I try my hardest to bring my baby fingers together, making sure my hips are even, my legs are straight, and I am working on pressing my forehead to my shins without leaving any space between, I want to look like a grilled cheese sandwich, nothing hanging nothing loose, upper and lower body parts pressed to each other. Yes, my friends I am doing Bikram Yoga and loving every minute of it.
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