Today was a busy day. Women’s bible study in the morning, dentist all afternoon, and 4 pm yoga. I even wore my yoga clothes to the dentist to make the 4 pm class. I ate a Nutra System lunch bar at noon and went on with the day. After the dentist I still had a few extra minutes so at 3:30 I decided I should stop home and eat something. I knew in my mind this is a no-no. Your supposed to eat light two hours before class. Two hours before class my mouth was full metal instruments – I don’t think that’s what they had in mind. I strictly adhere to that and I have never been sick in class. Until today. Poking about the frig, I spied a container of Banilla yogurt that my daughter left in there. There was only a few spoonfuls in the bottom of the container and I thought this would be perfect to get me through the class. Bad thought. Bad choice.
The yoga room was extra hot and extremely humid because sometime during my busy day, the humidity decided to return to Cape Cod. I sat on my mat for 10 minutes and was as wet as I normally am at the end of the warm-up series. The sweat was pouring off my head and face. This has never happened before. My stomach started to flip. Class started and I spent everything I had in the warm-up poses. The standing series required balancing on one foot in every pose. My stomach sickness made me dizzy. There’s no way to balance on one foot when the room is spinning. The teacher opened the window next to me, but that didn’t help. I spent most of the standing series sitting down, and finally, after triangle, I just laid down and kept my eyes closed to still the room. Once we began the floor series I was better, but had little strength.
This has to go on record as the worst class I ever had in my two years of practice. Why? Not the heat. Not the humidity. Not the teacher. Not the room. Why? Simple. Because I did not follow the procedure. When people who know what they are doing, give you a procedure to follow to keep yourself safe and comfortable, follow it. Food is not recommended thirty minutes before class. You can bet that’s one rule I’ll never mess with again – there are consequences.
And so, as another day goes by, today – I was my own worst enemy, tonight -rehydrating to come back and do it right tomorrow, and… I have written.
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