Sunday 8am Bikram - Laurie - w/ Carrie!

I am so happy that Carrie is back in the city and we are back at yoges together. I just can't think that enough. Carrie saved me a spot again at the back. It was hotter today. Carrie was feeling nauseas but I didn't know this till the end of class. She didn't look sick.

I sat out for the second half of triangle again. My inner thighs are really tight. I noticed this significantly in jazz yesterday when we were stretching. I have totally lost my middle split. I know it will come back. I guess I just didn't do that stretch for ten months. Oh well it will come back.

My upper back is tight in rabbit but it always is in the morning. I got into it but it was really pulling. It felt good/bad to stretch it out. I am looking forward to an afternoon class when it isn't so tight.

Hmm... what else? Oh - the teacher was talking to me and I didn't realize so I pointed to my ears and then she made weird exaggerated and loud def person speak to me. hahaha! That was funny. I can hear you, I was just ignoring you because I am not trying super hard today.. cause I am recovering. I am doing my own thing for a bit and listening to my body. I didn't get a chance to tell this teacher at the start that I was recovering... because I didn't see her. Probably frustrating for her but I don't care - I know what I am doing. I am doing mama recovery yoges.

I didn't do any of the sit ups. I rolled over like a person with a back injury. And, when I laid down on my back I always used my elbows to support me and ease my way down. I have a very weak core right now... but that won't last forever.

Tomorrow - I dance again! 

Saturday 2-3:30 Jazz - Moe - w/ Whitley

Cierra was working the front desk. She is such a great mini - adult. I didn't realize that I didn't have any more 1.5 hour classes on my card and my membership had expired in October. So, I had to get that all fixed up.

Cierra ran out from behind the front desk to greet me, then Moe came and gave me some love, and Whitley - another high school dance teacher from Richmond was there too - so we stood by each other in class. She was sick and I am in mama recovery mode. Same as yesterday with Carrie.

It was a great class. I couldn't do the ab work. I did do some push ups - but slowly.

We did ATF. I went first on the first exercise. I should have gone bigger... but that will come as my body gets back to normal. I am in protection mode. I am focusing on the counts and the music. I thought about my ATF exercises I had been making for school and I think I will add in something where you have to dance to music that is not an 8 count - for the grade 12's. That will really f*** them up and make them think. The second exercise was a bit more awkward but I got it.. small again. We only did the two today. No jumps.

The choreo was good - I really focused on timing and it is so much easier to do that when I have my hearing aids in!!

Oh - and I wore my new socks. They are awesome, fun to dance in. I can't wait to get more pairs.

Ok.. time to feed the baby and relive Jon!!

Friday 9:30am Bikram - Lisa - w/ Carrie!!

Finally, Carrie and I are back at yoges together. She got there first and saved me a spot beside her at the back. She is still recovering from being sick and has a cough and then there is me in mama recovery.

The heat was the same as yesterday. It didn't cause me distraction. It was the perfect temperature for a Bikram class.

My quads were shaking during separate leg stretching when I was trying to keep the knee locked. My inner thighs were tight during triangle. My upper back was super tight during rabbit - but usually is in the morning anyways. I didn't kick out in standing head to knee. I missed one set of triangle. And, I did the alternate pregnancy exercise for locust to protect my milk jugs.

As for the warts and the fear of giving or getting them, I wore socks to my mat and took my socks off once I was on my mat. I put them back on to leave and it was as easy as that. I am always going to do this.

Great class!! When are we going back? Wait.. I did have one thought in my head... instead of yoging, dancing, and running all in one week... maybe I will do a week of each. I was thinking that would help me to get better faster but that isn't quite true because then I would have two weeks to get worse. I would also exhaust the muscles used for each particular exercise. No - my original plan was best - mix it up! Tomorrow I am going to dance! 

Thursday 8:15pm Bikram - Danny- My first class back in the hot room!

I got the all clear from Dr. Spehar today to go back to my activities but listen to my body. YAY! I have been looking forward to the recovery challenge for ... a long time. I was scared to go back to the hot room because it can be pretty rough in there but I lucked out. The heat was a perfect temperature for my first class back. Danny said there was something wrong and it was two degrees cooler than it was supposed to be. That two degrees made me have an awesome first class back.

Christian had been pretty fussy this afternoon so I only managed to squeeze in a half hour nap. Jonny got home from work and took over Christian duty and I pumped - not the full time because I was running late - and was out the door by 8. I arrived at 8:08 - there is only free parking for two hours and I made it no problem.

The studio was packed when I walked in. That is ok, I wanted to be at the back anyways. I have been going to the doctors every week now to have those little warts burnt off the bottom of my foot. I put duct tape over the holes in my foot and wore my flip flops right to the door. I don't want to pass them to anyone. The piece of tape on my heel fell off during triangle. damn! The rest of the class I was wondering how I would get to my flip flops. Then I realized I could just walk on the ball of that foot. As I became up close and personal with the guys feet in front of me... hairy toes, nicely groomed toe nails.. and what is that? WARTS on your heel??!! Why am I so worried? GROSS!! I am not the only one. Now I know where I got them from. Wear your flip flops in yoga!! I am going to bring socks tomorrow to walk from my shoes to my mat. Once these buggers are gone I do not want to have to go through this again.

I have talked so much about everything except the class. I had a great class. My thighs were shaking. I didn't do the sit ups. I did the alternate exercise for locust. I didn't kick out. I focused on locking the knee. I did have too much moisturizer on and I was slippery and had to cheat with my hand towel. That is about it.

I am going back tomorrow morning at 9:30 with CARRIE!! YAY!

Thursday 3-4:30 Home Bikram

I got a copy of the normal Bikram class and I edited it all together not including the savasanas and the final breathing... getting it down from 90 minutes to 70. I wanted to try it at home before I get the all clear to go back to the hot room so I could learn what my limitations might be once I get there.

Jonny was playing his music, Christian was in his jiggly chair, and I put my yoga mat right out in the living room with the boys. I watched Christian and he was sleeping until after standing head to knee. I gave his his soother and tried to do cobra but he wasn't having it. I picked him up and fed him and hung out with him until Jonny took over. Then, I moved to the bedroom and let the boys chill in the living room.

Here is a breakdown of what might be a problem for me in class next week:

Standing head to knee - This one is not included in the pregnancy yoga so I hadn't done it in a long time. I held the foot for the first set and didn't try to kick out. I tried to kick out on the second set but this is also when Christian was starting to fuss so I didn't have the focus required to hold it. I could also feel some flexibility loss. I am not worried about this posture. I had it before I will get it back in time.

Triangle pose - my inner thigh on both sides really pulls during this one. I cheated and put my elbow on my knee instead of between my toes so I could achieve the depth in the bent knee. I won't be able to get away with cheating in class next week...

Standing separate leg head to knee - keeping my head tucked in made my diaphragm area muscle cramp - so I had to come out early to stretch it out. This is not an unusual problem for me and I am sure it will go away with time and a more consistent practice.

Toe stand - I haven't done this since before the ankle - so I tried today with little success. Again - time will cure this as well. I did't have a problem with it before the ankle and now that the ankle is "better" I will get this posture back in time.

Sit-up: I didn't do the sit-ups - waiting for the all clear from the doctor next week. I rolled onto my side and up.

Spine strengthening: Whoa!! BOOBS! They are so in the way!! I can't lay comfortably with my head down so I might do the pregnancy savasanas in class. I could manage all of these exercises except for locust. I will do the pregnancy version in class unless the teacher has another option for me.

Here is an article about Bikram Yoga and breastfeeding.

Saturday 9-10 Pregnancy Bikram

I did the pregnancy Bikram again this morning. I took advantage of Jonny and Christian still sleeping in the bedroom. Again, I was careful with the backbends and I took it easy. I wonder if Carrie has the real version? I know she had a DVD. I wonder if she has the audio. I might like to try the normal version without the heat to see my limitations before I go back to the hot room in twelve more days (hopefully!).

Tuesday 8:30-9:30 Pregnancy Bikram - first time since Pregnant!

I decided to just try my pregnancy Bikram this morning and it went really well. There were some postures that were so much easier now that I don't have a belly. It made me excited for the future of going back to the real class. (Although I am afraid of the heat - no joke those first few classes are going to be really hard!) I took it easy and I especially didn't push it on the backbends. I hardly bent at all - I just looked back and focused on my spine stretching to the ceiling. I could feel all the abdominal muscles stretching just doing that. I wonder how long it will take before I am back to normal? Jonny says - nine months in nine months out. If that is the case... I should be good by the end of August. I am voting for me being above average healing and will be good by June. Why not? A girl has to have goals!

I did my yoges in the living room with Christian in his jiggly chair. I had to stop a few times to deal with fussy man and for the last posture I brought him on the mat with me and we did some baby stretches. He is being fussy again right now!! But... grossly enough.. I am pumping. Eww.. I am such a cow.