I think I fell asleep during wind removing pose today… I can swear I had a very short dream. Don’t ask me how I managed to continue pulling and stretching and lifting my legs, but I got a little bit of sleep.
For the second time, Bikram showed an Indian film, this time it was the story of Mahabharata. I did try to understand the 2 hour lecture before the film started. I really, really did. But at 10:30pm, after a full 4 hour lecture, and 2 Bikram classes, I had a really hard time finding my focus. What I did find, was that EVERYTHING was absolutely hysterical. I’m talking, laughing in church kind of funny. I couldn’t help it. And when I would look over at my roommate, the laughs would come up again! We couldn’t look at each other, which actually made me laugh more. Having the urge to laugh in a silent room is really torture. Bikram enthusiastically told us the history of Indian life and religion, detailing the same story of Mahabharata that we would begin watching at 11:30pm. This film was 3 hours. It was not an easy watch folks.
We have been finding sleep when and where we can, which might mean during the middle of a posture, or on the floor between the rows of chairs during the midnight Bollywood movie. I felt like I was 16 again, getting in trouble at a sleepover. The staff walks around and wakes people up if they are slouching or sleeping, and makes everyone get off the floors who have found a spot to hide.
It is Day 2, Week 2. I feel like my body is operating outside of my head. It feels so sore and so tired, but it keeps walking down to that damn yoga room, and keeps taking me to lectures, I seriously don’t know how it is doing it. More amazing, is that other people here, manage to look quite well put together. Doing their hair and makeup regularly whenever outside of the yoga room, their outfits matched and unwrinkled. I can barely manage to get there with my pants on so I will have to swap secrets with these ladies (well I guess it is considered a swap if they are also wanting to know how on earth I achieve this look. I’ll tell them, don’t try so hard to match your socks, completely neglect your hair, and pay no attention whatsoever to the bags under your eyes. That really should be their first 3 steps).
I have foggy brain too. And final savasana is the best place for a nap. And the movies are killing me! I rarely watch movies in my regular life, let alone lose precious sleep for it! And my roommate NEVER leaves our room. I haven’t even seen her shower! So I never get a moment in the room to myself. And I am never hungry, but have to stuff my face because I am afraid of not having enough strength in Boss’s classes. And, being told we can’t bring a blanket into the freezing lecture room?!!! Argh! Ok. I am done bitching now. 😉
@ Desiree. How in the world are you up at 7am, girl? Seriously! Amy and I rolled out of bed at 8:05. I’m perfecting how to get ready for yoga in 3 minutes.
@ Amy. I loved it. Hilarious!!! Totally brings me back to our laugh attack. I haven’t had one of those since junior high. I feel like a kid again and it’s fun as hell.
I’m trying to figure out when you can possibly find the time to write these blog posts…. But I’m glad you do. Hang in there! Cheesecake awaits in what, 7 weeks? XO
Ohhhh Cheesecake! Ohhhh!!!
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Thatah, Girl! You go Amy!!! Ummm…Dana’s Kitchen super chunk cookies! I am so glad you and Shirley have connected and she has been instrumental in helping you learn the dialogue. I will have to give her a hug when she returns for helping my baby. Sappy, I know, but, I get to be a mom…just a little bit.