i'm a yogi bear! as in yoga, yogi. not picnic basket, yogi.

did i ever mention that i started doing bikram yoga?  i got a groupon a while ago.  and then put off going, because it's always a little scary to go the first time by yourself.

and then in december, maybe, i went and almost died.  it's 90 minutes of 105 degree weather.  they told me my goal for my first time was just to stay in the room.  and that was a lofty goal, not even kidding.

so i didn't go again until after i went home for winter break.  when i came back i planned to go about 3 times a week.  but i put it off and so had to go for 4 days straight the last week before my groupon expired.  of course, i didn't want to waste my money so i made myself go every day.

i was so dreading the last week.

and then, suddenly, on day 3, it turned from torture to therapy.  it was amazing.  i felt amazing.  i started figuring out the postures.

day 4 was even better.  it even started to feel cool.  i seriously wondered if they turned the heat down.

so i bought a membership.  and i got a discount because it was january.  and because i was on the last day of my groupon.  and because i'm a student.  and now i get to go whenever i want.

i'm working on doing many days in a row again.  and i think i'll keep going for a while.  i had a rough day at school the other day and was all mopey and didn't even try to drink a lot of water because i was too pouty to go to yoga.  then i woke up from my nap and wanted to go, because it seemed like it would make me feel better.  and it did!

the only thing is, is that i'm finding it hard to fit in my running....have to work on that, i guess.

so here is one of the poses and how it's supposed to look:

and here is how i look (plus a little bit of torture on the face):

but it's cool, because no matter how much you do, they still say you're awesome and that you're benefitting, because "you're trying."

they should probably be motivational speakers on their days off.