Why I don’t do Yoga

I started Pilates approximately 3 years ago with a husband-and-wife instructor team, very close to my home. This studio uses various Pilates equipment to torture me and my will to live three mornings a week. I have also not had the same class twice and I am honestly challenged far beyond my capabilities (noncaffeinated!) every time.

At the beginning of a class, I start my Garmin, and up till recently it loaded it as a Yoga activity, which I then had to manually change on Strava every time. And yes, a lot of people would just shrug their shoulders and say, “but it is the same, isn’t it?”. No… it is not. Please pull up a chair for my Friday rant. Please also believe that I am not saying this from my high horse, or reformer. Instead, I am noting and admitting and confessing what my issues are with Yoga, and maybe educating a little in the process as well (I certainly did not know all these thing before I started reading).

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The interruption of loss

I have been wanting to write about this for a few days now, but have not been able to… get it right, somehow. A friend passed away in the early hours of the 12th of July and as these things go, I have had to go through a few emotions. And although I still want to dedicate a post to her, this is not that post.

Yes, it was sudden. Yes, she was too young. No, I don’t know what happened. She was a little sick, and then became very sick, but it was unexpected.  Yes, we spoke every day. No, it is certainly not my grief and loss alone, but the process of grieving has left me lost at sea.

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