Friday 1:30-2:30 Hip Hop 1/2 - Carlo

This is the first time I have taken Carlo's class. He is an awesome dancer. He was a clear teacher as well. The students in the class were all young girls - giggly. It was a smaller class and a lower level than I usually take. It was a slow pace and not difficult. It would have been more fun if I had some of my friends in class with me - but all in all it was a good class.

Asthma chest rolls. That was pretty funny and descriptive. It worked. 

Thursday 8:15pm Bikram - Danny

I had planned to go to class yesterday with Carrie but I was so tired... Carrie also hadn't slept in three days... so we planned to reschedule. I went this evening. It has now been one week that I have been back in action. I haven't run yet, but I have done yoga and dance. I am pretty happy to be back in action. I am pretty lucky that I have a husband that will watch the baby so I can run out and take class.

The class was packed tonight. It felt about the same temperature as it has always been. I had a good class and I made the same changes as I did previously. I am taking it easy still.

Monday 4-5pm RnB Hip Hop - Stu

First hip hop class back. I got the choreo. I need to be more precise and bigger. That will come with confidence which will come with more hours in the studio. I am tired today and feeling dozy.

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!