Since the goal of the 30-day yoga challenge is to complete 26 classes of yoga during the month of June, that means I’m finally past the halfway point. Woohoo!
Let’s take a moment to look at the numbers:
- How many loads of yoga laundry I’ve done: 3
- How many times I’ve had to say “Oh, I would love to join you but I have yoga class” to my friends: 4
- How many downward dogs I’ve done: 150 (estimate based on 10 per class)
- How many times I’ve promised myself a cupcake if I make it through class: 10
- How many cupcakes I’ve actually had: 1
- How many times I’ve been late to class: 0 <– This is pretty amazing for a Puerto Rican!
- How many days since my last run: 42 😦
- How many times I’ve asked Donnie if my shoulders look stronger: 3 🙂
Friday was my rest day and it’s a good thing. When I got home from work, I was exhausted from my day. I did a couple of things around the house, then lay down for a “minute” around 6 PM. I slept until 9 PM on a Friday night and work up starving! Nothing California Burrito Express couldn’t resolve.
Saturday I woke up feeling exhausted. My original plan had been to hit up a morning Hatha 1 class before I headed off to a very special 2-year old’s birthday party, but I just couldn’t move off the couch or say goodbye to my cup of coffee. I decided to double up my yoga on Sunday and take a second rest day.
Willow Tree Cafe
After the birthday party, Donnie and I drove over to historic Sanford and hit up Willow Tree Cafe. Since we had a few snacks at the party, we each got a beer and split some sausage sliders and potato pancakes. We asked if they could serve the sliders in gluten free bread (for Donnie’s sake) and they were happy to oblige. I’m sad I didn’t get a pic before we dug in… each sausage was served in a mini loaf of gluten-free bread! It was pretty funny looking.
The gluten-free bread was okay, but it didn’t taste as good as the bread they served at the start of our meal, so I popped my sliders into the table bread. I heart gluten.
Willow Tree’s bread is made fresh
The potato pancakes were yummy. I topped mine with both sour cream and apple sauce:
Yum.
It was a much needed rest day and I took it with pleasure.
Day 14: Hatha 1
Sunday I woke up feeling ready for some yoga. My first class was at 11:30. I was running on Puerto Rican time since I’ve gotten some stuff done in the morning, but got there two minutes early. Carolina from Peas in a Blog was there so we caught up briefly.
What I love about taking so many different classes is that the instructors all have a different way to explain a pose. It allows me the opportunity to take in all that information when I set up a pose. Our instructor that day has such a great way of explaining each pose, and it’s usually her voice I hear in my head when I get in position.
We seemed to have more core work than usual, which was torture awesome. That’s definitely a trouble spot for me, and a strong core is important for good running form so I tried not to curse in my head too much.
After class I headed home for lunch and to rest for a couple of hours.
Day 15: Yoga Basics
I arrived 10 minutes early for my 4 PM Yoga Basics class. I took those 10 minutes to do my ankle exercises. After the marathon I developed some tendonitis in my right foot and it seems the yoga has been exasperating it. No stranger to tendonitis in my feet, I started to do my exercises as soon as I noticed it getting worse.
The class surprisingly went by quickly. I had imagined that it would drag on because I was doubling up. The class was taught by one of my favorite instructors (the same from earlier that day) and since it was a beginner’s class I focused on really breathing and getting good form in my positions.
After class I headed off to Whole Paycheck Foods to do some grocery shopping for the week. Fresh shrimp and coconut oil were both on sale, so I snapped them up. I’ll tell you about the delicious dinner I made with them later.
I also picked up this little reward:
My favorite things: peanuts and milk chocolate
I’ve had a sweet tooth lately and we have nothing in the house to appease it. I bought this bar and told myself I can only have two squares a day as dessert from dinner. I did good yesterday and only had two squares.
I’m off to start what will undoubtedly be another crazy week. I’m going to focus on trying to get enough sleep every night and drinking lots of water and eating clean. And coffee… but I will try not to increase my intake.
How do you get through busy weeks?
I Sweat Pretty 
Ooh, digging those apple pancakes! I haven’t had them since NYC and I wish I could find some that were as good as Barney Greengrass’es latkes!
I never went to Barney Greengrass when I lived in NY, but I did spend a lot of time in the bier garden in Astoria. These are just as good as their potato pancakes!