I still have to catch up on your journal (which I'm doing now) but this was too awesome to wait to share. A friend asked for pattern mixing advice on a fb thread today and when I offered it her response was this picture. I almost snorted out my diet coke.
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Bwahahaha...I love that!! It's too perfect.
Ok, now back to the actual discussion. I love doing yoga but I tend to have issues with my wrists feeling really weak sometimes. Like I feel like if my wrists weren't little brittle things I could hold some of those poses longer. So all the standy-up or lungey things I tend to like better than the bent over things. And headstand has never happened for me no matter how hard I try...my body likes being upright I guess.
Yeah, I had issues not so much with my wrists, but my hands...apparently I wasn't spreading my fingers out widely enough or something. That and the cushier mat helped...not sure what can be done about wrist stuff though.
I was a gymnast in another life so my body is somewhat familiar with being upside down, but normally I go up against a wall because I don't feel like falling over onto my back and getting the wind knocked out of me - this time I wasn't against the wall, just went up into the headstand without thinking about it. It was not very zen, it was more like, "holy sh!t" and then I thought about it too much and came back down. But not on my back, at least!
I took a pregnant yoga class when I was pregnant and everything was so gentle and zen and it was warm, that I almost fell asleep. So when I went back to regular yoga a year later I was like "oh wait...there's some tough stuff happening." I almost felt the need to just go back to the pregnant class and pooch out my belly and enjoy relax time again. (don't worry, I didn't do that.)
That's more what I was expecting from my warm slow flow! It did not happen.
You should totally sneak back into the pregnant class (my place calls it "pregnant goddess flow" or something), just stuff a pillow under your shirt. No one will ever know!
I 100% approve of the monkey shirt. I am a monkey and it is the year of the monkey right?
Yes, that must be why it speaks to you! I am a Rat...I'm curious to see how INKnBURN can create a beautiful Rat shirt in 2020.
Just got my wine n dine information email from rundisney even though I am not going. And I had to delete it to not tempt myself. Especially after I looked at the challenge price. EEP. So now I can justify getting a hotel downtown for either the Chicago rock n roll weekend of the hot chocolate I think...because that's how money works in my head.
Oh hey...no email for me!
I did see the AP page though, and it's updated now with Wine & Dine information (no links, yet), so it looks like registration may actually be happening tomorrow...EEEEEK.
I totally know what you mean about those emails being tempting...every single time I get one I have a fleeting thought that I'll sign up. I've been mostly good.
I think you deserve a downtown hotel for resisting the runDisney temptation. That's heroic stuff.
Did I mention you are rocking your training... No? Ok, you are rocking your training!
Oh hey, thanks! Some days I feel like I am, other days, not so much. Today was a good day though.
Y'all sure are being nice to me about it!
(also don't tell anyone but I may have bought another pair of leggins...that remind me of alice in wonderland...ooooooops)
I aprooooooove, pictures???!?!?!?!?!?
) is completely adorable. 
I do love Remy and Lumiere...
So that's my task for next week.
