Back in Yoga!

I have finally gotten back into Yoga. My several month departure left me reeling in anxiety. I really rely on yoga for a reality check. Calm my body, calm my mind, feel taller, and have a fresh perspective on the world. It's amazing--I can't remember a time where I left the school feeling anything but joy, even on the coldest, bleakest of days.

This time I signed up for prenatal yoga. My favorite teacher was teaching it and I thought--how perfect. I'll get the peace and calm I need, stretching in, a way to tone my body, and a focused path to prepare my body for childbirth. It turned out I was the only person to sign up and after the first class Kim (my teacher) asked me if I would mind terribly coming to her anti-aging class, the same day just earlier so that her day could end sooner. I was more than happy to. The class is mostly older women (not too old, 50's and 60's) who have coincidentally the same aches and pains I do. Their hips hurt, they don't bend like they did before, and sometimes their balance is off.

Today after four weeks, I noticed that my legs were starting to tone up--it was really exciting as my belly is starting to push out and my pants don't exactly fit me any more, what a relief that the weight gain is not only limiting itself to my mid section--but that rather my legs are more trim than before.

The biggest note to make is that--at the end of class yesterday--after an hour and a half of intense stretching and posing, we were all laying silently, eyes closed, lights off, on our backs. The final fifteen minutes of class where you rest your body and sink into the floor. I usually enjoy this so much that I fall into a blissful contentment. Yesterday we'd been in this motionless position for about five minutes when I felt a small sensation in my belly. Like butterflies fluttering around, and then sure enough the feeling continued for another 30 seconds or so. Amazing, the peace this class has given me, and an opportunity to feel my baby move for the first time.