Saturday, December 14: Yoga, Posture, Class, and food

This morning we got up at 9:30 AM because we have an 11 o’clock hot yoga class and then right after that posture class with Zane. So we had a quick

 breakfast got dressed and went down to Hot Yoga , Philadelphia for things 75 minute class. I was very stiff Because that’s how I am in the mornings 

with my postures. Class was good though it’s nice being taught by someone different every so often. Things are pretty skilled

 instructor that’s for sure. I found I didn’t eat enough for breakfast but made it. I did OK. Next came out 30 minute break between the ending of class and the beginning of the posture clinic. Mary 

and I went to Marathon diner and got ourselves a green monster smoothie. That was very tasty for sure. I also took a quick shower at the studio and got ready for the posture class. That posture

 class was very informative. She taught us to think about the connections between different postures
and how some of them linked directly 

to each other. Everything is based on the core/abdomen abs. We got classroom style instruction, but we also were able to demonstrate poses and watching in real

 time as she Made modifications and gave us pointers on what I should do and what other should do. I got very stiff because the room wasn’t hot and we were doing a lot of sitting I loosened up, 

however when we did a few posts and she helped me with one particular pose in which reach for your feet and hinge your head down towards the ground. She encouraged me to use my hands to 

hang onto my toes to start, which was good advice in my opinion. Next to after this class, we showered up and 
went to the formally vegan Chinese restaurant, which is right around the corner from the studio. Merry first got a coffee at the Starbucks the 16th and Chestnut. I was so hungry that food hit the spot. I had Topher 

with curry and it was spicy. I enjoyed that and that’s for damn sure.  It’s now 6:11 PM Mary starting to prep the vegetarian chili and I went to the corner 

store around the block and got two bottles of seltzer and a Pepsi for myself. I relaxed in my seat well, Mary prepared the vegetarian chili. She got low black 

beans and I went around the corner at a place called food and friends, and got a couple cans of black beans to fill out the stock pot of vegetarian chili! Well, we ended up watching 

a Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall movie called to have and have not. It was kind of the same plot as Casablanca. There was a bar where everybody hung out exotic music and a love interest and   World War II. It was entertaining. It’s funny so how some of the same actors are in both movies. It’s bogus and Baca.

Saturday April 6: Yin Intensive

Good morning everybody got up at 6:15 AM. Had a nice slow breakfast at the

 Dorchester and then we headed down to yen intensive which started at 8 o’clock. Just had her first little break around   🕙 10:00 AM. We’re out back to classroom 

and ready to get going. Well, we had a really good class. We did poses and lessons intermingled which
is really cool. There was a truck that kept 
honking torn all through the morning class and then at one point some bicycle horn went that sounded like both of the clowns horn. It was pretty 


funny. Anyhow, it’s 12:40 PM we’re going to the marathon and getting some lunch. I’m treating
 myself to salmon burger and Mary is getting 

what she’s getting and we’re gonna do some Nidra yoga  for  10 minutes 

I guess I’ll be cool because that’s really chill and relaxing. It’s been a very interesting 

experience. anyhow, we did that went right back to our lesson and that

 was good. We had to come up with sequences for postures. That was something I 

mean that was really something. I was a little bit intimidated by 

that but they didn’t call people to give their sequence, they just opened it up to 

questions. Both of them are really cool and it was a good class. It’s a 

good training session. I got some pretty good pictures some not so great so they’re

 not going anywhere, but I want to do this experience the best

 I could. Obviously, I couldn’t record the whole thing cause I’d kind of and I don’t have
that kind of time and I’m not expected to do that. Afterwards we had our favorite Chinese place down right to block two doors from the yoga studio that was good.
Mary and I were talking about this song afternoon delight from 1976. It was midst of the 70s cheese. Oh my God, the video is hilarious but the comments are even better. The song is goofy

 but the comments on YouTube are just absolutely hilarious. Here's one that caught my eye enjoy. 🤣🤣🤣 "I was 7 and I just assumed it was about going into space in a rocket in the afternoon!" 
https://youtu.be/wu1UXCdyNo0?si=wnetdiSwvCI9KTvu

Anyhow, that inspired us to

watch anchorman the legend of Ron Jeremy. I don’t know remember the guys last name

anyway it was good and funny. We needed some light entertainment after the intensity of the day. I put some stuff on Facebook and Instagram. I think they were safe.