"is this just lust, or could it be the dawning"

got some early graduabirthday gifts from my bestie David

look familiar?

uh wow, everyone else has a pretty tough act to follow 🙂

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Successful Day 6 & 7 of my 22 day yoga challenge!

thoughts from day 6 (vinyasa @ yoga vida)

— IT WAS SUNNY OUT!

hello glorious sunday weather. you were very appreciated!

— I couldn’t help but wonder, will I get bored of this by day 22? At the beginning of class I had the “didn’t I just go to yoga” feeling, like when you watch the same episode of a TV show twice in a short period of time. While I don’t know how I will feel on day 22, as day 6 went on I felt anything but bored with the class. There is still so much to be explored with each pose and things I simply cannot do but hope to some day.

— oh hey, I finally learned how to correctly do a shoulder stand! My toes have been hovering over my face instead of away from it. It is amazing when you click into the correct position after doing a pose incorrectly day after day, you feel the shift of energy and the “a-ha, this feels awesome” moment.

–I tend to get obsessed with things– boys, broadway shows, trapeze, and now yoga…. but I hope this is one of those obsessions that last longer, because I am definitely benefitting from it mentally and physically

thoughts from day 7 (sunrise salutation @ crunch)

— Today I technically didn’t have to be anywhere until 2:30pm. I kept my permanent 6:15AM monday alarm, if I seriously wasn’t motivated I would allow myself to go back to sleep– there was plenty of other yoga class I could take before 2:30. At 6AM i bolted awake, did I miss my alarm? Do I really now have an internal clock that goes off that early!? oh god, I know it is still a few days til I turn 22, but am I getting that old?

— After taking lots of afternoon classes, most of them post dancing and sweating in other capacities, a morning class felt SO WEIRD. At first I was wondering why my body wasn’t being bendy, but hey it’s 7AM, you just woke up.

— My mind kept telling my body “this IS the best you can do right now”. It is how I pushed through the soggy, sweaty class this morning, reminding myself that as long as I was doing the best I could do, it didn’t matter what things and variations I wasn’t doing.

One week into the challenge and I’m going strong!

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After yoga this morning I decided to try out LaBlast at Crunch. Online description: Created by world champion and ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” dancer and choreographer Louis Van Amstel, this class will lead you through various dance genres combining exhilarating body movements and creative fitness routines to burn fat and blast away calories. No experience and no partner necessary.

I get oddly nervous before taking a new fitness class, wondering if it is going to kick my butt, if it is going to be too easy or if it is not gonna be my cup of tea. I was pleasantly surprised to LOVE LaBlast. It follows a similar formula as zumba. The big difference is the sequence of the choreography. In zumba you match the part of the song to dance moves– so every time you hear the chorus, you do the same choreography. In LaBlast we did 8 or so steps repeating the full set throughout the song. The dance styles were also similar to zumba, both include cha-cha, salsa and swing. I loved that like zumba the steps were constantly changing, if you messed up whatever you’ll probably get another shot. I like fitness dance classes that don’t feel like a competition, it is about the sweat, not mastering choreography. It was the perfect 45 minutes of cardio that I was craving– something fun and more motivating than the treadmill.

I high recommend LaBlast to lovers of zumba and other dance fitness variations.

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Considering I didn’t have class or homework all day it was a jam packed day of yoga, LaBlast, guitar lessons and my final college performance– a musical theater cabaret. It is so weird to now REALLY be done with my last show at college. So happy to have a relatively free week now where my biggest concern is what yoga class to take….

And one final final thought, I ampraying the weather gods keep May 16th sunny and warm– I do not want rain at Yankee stadium for graduabirthday!