So how did I spend my day?
I started off bright and early going to "Core and Conditioning" class with Anna. I'm so glad she went too - we did a lot of stuff with partners and I wouldn't have liked the class nearly as much if I were partnered with a stranger. Although it wasn't the hardest workout in the world, I was glad I went because I never do body weight exercises on my own (pretty much what we did the entire class).
After the gym it was time for work... that went by relatively quickly and wasn't too painful... one of my two meetings was cancelled... score!
I flew out of work to go to Bed, Bath, and Beyond. I saw a painting there last week that I really liked and haven't stopped thinking about it. I decided to treat myself to it as a half birthday present to myself. Stay tuned for a picture... Andy liked it too so it will be going up in the living room - I will take a picture once it's on the wall.
With the painting purchased I made a quick stop home to eat dinner and change clothes. Note on food: I've gone 4 days now following Seetha's plan. :-) Sometimes are harder than others, but on the whole I'm feeling pretty good. Go me!
Part of Seetha's plan was to meditate, which leads me to the best story of my day. At 7pm, Anna, Lisa, and I met to attend our first meditation class together. Since we were brand new to meditation, they were very nice and talked a little about the purpose of meditating and gave us some tips for our first time. The tip was when you notice your thoughts wandering, try to bring your attention in and focus on your breath... keep that in mind.
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| Namaste |
Ok, so here's how meditation class went...
First we did two "group chants" - those were basically singing songs, and I really liked that part. Definitely my favorite part of the class. Next we sat in silence (in a room full of strangers) with our eyes closed for 25 minutes. She warned us that being alone with our thoughts for that long could be startling. I guess I'm just not that deep of a thinker. This is basically what my flow of thoughts looked like:
- I like those songs we just sang. I should sing them in my head a bunch so I don't forget them. (which I did...and of course now I've forgotten them)
- I shouldn't be singing the songs, I should focus on my breathing. (start paying attention to my breathing)
- Dear God I'm going to pass out (I was breathing too much). What if I fall over in my chair because I pass out and disrupt class?
- Ok don't focus on breathing... wait... now I can't breathe normally!!!
- Girl you look better with the lights off, better with the lights off ooooo ooooo (yes, I started singing this song in my head)
- uh oh.... I feel a rumble below... I hope I can hold it in....
- hey shawty, hope you don't take this the wrong way, cause you look better with the lights off
- crap my eyes are watering... if someone looks they'll think I was thinking something really dark and that I was crying, when really I'm just singing songs
- you're a dime, so beautiful, top of the line, so unusual, words can't define... heeey
- crap... I really might fart... stupid Calm drink!!
- Who even sings that song anyway? Who cares, I like it.
- Girl you look better with the lights off, better with the lights off oooo ooooo
*bell rings signaling the end of 25 minutes*
Then it was time for a 10 minute walking meditation where everyone got up (in silence) and started walking very slow laps around a table (in silence). Onto those thoughts...
- Wow this lady in front of Anna is walking way too slow
- Anna has nice legs (I was behind her and basically staring at her heels the entire 10 minutes to make sure I wouldn't walk too fast and run into her)
- I'm so happy your mine...top of the line.... words can't define... (yep, still singing it)
- This is nice carpet
- I can't wait to write a blog post about this
- Girl you look better with the lights off oooo ooooo
*bell rings signaling the end of 10 minutes*
Now at this point we were supposed to go back and sit in our chairs in silence for another 25 minutes, but Lisa wasn't feeling it, so we put on our shoes and left. They told us at the beginning we didn't have to stay for the whole thing... I think they recognized that was a lot for a first timer to go through. So... we got frozen yogurt instead. :-) Andy was able to join us for that part too.
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| They're doing creepy poses again!!! |
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| I caught on... |
All in all, a good (althought slightly weird) half birthday. And here's this in case you are unfamiliar with the song that I realized I am actually not all too familiar with myself (I only seem to know about 4 lines worth of lyrics lol).
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