Morpheus must have had so much fun today! First he got to go outside with Mike and help pull out a few tree stumps and the roots that went with them. Mike said he was a really good helper. he helped dig in the dirt around the trees, helped pull on the roots, and then did victory loops around the yard whenever they got a big chunk of roots out. Mike said he was even digging and pulling at the right times and in the right places. how cute is that?
Considering digging and tug are Morpheus's 2 favorite activities, I'm betting he thought digging up tree stumps and roots was the coolest game Mike has ever played with him. :)
Then he got to go with Mike to the pet store to get cat food for his feline buddies, and then to Home Depot with Mike! (i stayed home in favor of not putting on bulky warm clothes, and thus letting my fresh tattoo breathe). Mike said Morpheus met a bunch of people and had a blast. He loves it when he gets to come along any time either of us leaves the house. He especially loves meeting other people.
i, on the other hand, have had a very sleepy day. i'm not sure if it's me recovering from getting up so early for work all week and trying to get back into the swing of it... or maybe my body's focusing on healing my skin after yesterday's big tattoo session... who knows, but i slept in, and then took a big nap this afternoon. i don't feel sick (knock on wood) so that's not it. otherwise i've spent my day watching tv & reading the Scarlet Letter. I've got to get Mike to show me how to log into my online classes too, because they start tomorrow! i'm about to get a whole lot busier!
this week should be a fun one too. i started yoga last Tuesday, and am looking forward to going back this week. i bought a 10 session pass - not that i'd need it to stay motivated to go, but it does save me money in the long run. i love yoga! Friday i'm doing my Film Noir & Pinot Noir night - and i'm so excited about it! and then next weekend Morpheus is showing in Puyallup (which will be his 2nd show - wish him luck!), and I've got a neat drawing session next Sunday... and a 3 day weekend even! and a totally fun one for me and Morpheus both! :)
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
muscle memory
i went to a new yoga studio in federal way tonight and did yoga for the first time in a little over a year. i have really missed it! i've been doing yoga on and off for about a decade now, i guess! crazy how time flies! i have always said that yoga is the one form of exercise that i don't need to be forced to go and do. i hate working out, and will try to avoid it by doing just about anything else - but it's different with yoga... with yoga, i'm motivated enough to put it on the calendar and schedule around it. the act of yoga is reward enough to motivate me to go. considering my attitude about working out, that's all pretty amazing!
there are tons of things i love about yoga. what drew me to the practice in the first place was a desire to become more flexible. as it turns out i'm naturally fairly flexible - it's just my hamstrings that are not flexible. they never have been. but when other people are trying to asses how flexible you are, they tend to focus on whether or not you can touch your toes... i can't. if i work really hard on stretching out my hamstrings over the course of a month or so, then i can (kind of), but it's never been easy - and therefore people assume that i'm not flexible. well guess what? turns out i'm flexible everywhere else, and good at it. my hips are open and crazy flexible, as are my thighs, and i can do twist poses like nobody's business... it's just those friggin' hamstrings!
yoga also builds strength. that's the one that i wasn't expecting 10 years ago when i first started doing yoga. i started to develop new muscles in places i didn't even know i had them. that was pretty cool!
my hands-down favorite thing about yoga, though, is that relaxed feeling immediately afterward... as if all of the tension, that i wasn't even aware of beforehand, has just drained from my body, leaving everything nice and relaxed and happy. My body feels like it's giving me one big huge relaxed thank-you after every yoga session i've ever had. yoga is one of my favorite ways to relax. body and mind both love it.
as i said, today was my first day back after about a year without yoga, and i've really missed it. this was a new (to me) studio about 20 minutes away from my house, and (obviously) a new instructor - i really liked her. i loved the practice, and i really liked her personality. she was very friendly and welcoming, and then she came and checked in with me afterward. I had not told her beforehand that I had done yoga before, but as I was gathering my things to leave, she came and asked if I had done yoga before. I told her that I had, and she told me that she thought so, because I seemed to know the poses pretty well and had nice form. that was pretty awesome! i've never had an instructor check in with me like that after a first session, and I really appreciated it! and even better, it was nice to know that after a year without yoga, my body still knows what its doing.
i've always found that interesting. once i've trained my muscles to do something, they don't forget. they haven't forgotten how to ride a bike (and i know because i tried it once a few years ago, after god knows how many years without bothering, and i didn't fall down. i could still do it)... it doesn't matter how long i go without drawing or painting - my hands still know how to do it with skill... and now i have a professional opinion on the yoga front: after a year without yoga, my body still knows the proper way to do a down dog. the human body is pretty cool isn't it?
there are tons of things i love about yoga. what drew me to the practice in the first place was a desire to become more flexible. as it turns out i'm naturally fairly flexible - it's just my hamstrings that are not flexible. they never have been. but when other people are trying to asses how flexible you are, they tend to focus on whether or not you can touch your toes... i can't. if i work really hard on stretching out my hamstrings over the course of a month or so, then i can (kind of), but it's never been easy - and therefore people assume that i'm not flexible. well guess what? turns out i'm flexible everywhere else, and good at it. my hips are open and crazy flexible, as are my thighs, and i can do twist poses like nobody's business... it's just those friggin' hamstrings!
yoga also builds strength. that's the one that i wasn't expecting 10 years ago when i first started doing yoga. i started to develop new muscles in places i didn't even know i had them. that was pretty cool!
my hands-down favorite thing about yoga, though, is that relaxed feeling immediately afterward... as if all of the tension, that i wasn't even aware of beforehand, has just drained from my body, leaving everything nice and relaxed and happy. My body feels like it's giving me one big huge relaxed thank-you after every yoga session i've ever had. yoga is one of my favorite ways to relax. body and mind both love it.
as i said, today was my first day back after about a year without yoga, and i've really missed it. this was a new (to me) studio about 20 minutes away from my house, and (obviously) a new instructor - i really liked her. i loved the practice, and i really liked her personality. she was very friendly and welcoming, and then she came and checked in with me afterward. I had not told her beforehand that I had done yoga before, but as I was gathering my things to leave, she came and asked if I had done yoga before. I told her that I had, and she told me that she thought so, because I seemed to know the poses pretty well and had nice form. that was pretty awesome! i've never had an instructor check in with me like that after a first session, and I really appreciated it! and even better, it was nice to know that after a year without yoga, my body still knows what its doing.
i've always found that interesting. once i've trained my muscles to do something, they don't forget. they haven't forgotten how to ride a bike (and i know because i tried it once a few years ago, after god knows how many years without bothering, and i didn't fall down. i could still do it)... it doesn't matter how long i go without drawing or painting - my hands still know how to do it with skill... and now i have a professional opinion on the yoga front: after a year without yoga, my body still knows the proper way to do a down dog. the human body is pretty cool isn't it?
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