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Written by Sara Curry
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Friday, 08 December 2006 |
Oh Mama! Too long without yoga. I felt like the tin man. Monday morning at training. Tight from the first half moon. Ouch, but so good. I got to experience a yoga high again...something I haven't felt in years. Just like the first time. Kicking out in Standing Head-to-knee: hurts so good.
Bikram always said to us that a pregnant woman could come back to class
and do the regular series as soon as she was out of bed. He never
touched on what to do about the lochia. You can't wear a pad under a
pair of Shakti shorts!
I was supposed to wait another week, but my sister was off to class
this morning and I just couldn't resist. What a great feeling to
sweat, lay on my belly. I got my payback for all of those years of
saying, "Your arms are supposed to hurt like hell," in Locust. Son of
a blank! Pain! Just like my first class. Come to think of it, I
hadn't done Locust in 7 months. No wonder.
For the nursing mamas, the cobra series was uncomfortable to lay on my
breasts. I kind of did a half-roll to the side to take some of the
pressure off. B-cup to a D-cup makes a huge difference. Now I can see
(feel!) why the bustier women can barely get their head to touch the
floor in the belly-down savasanas. Locust was a joke. Boobs
everywhere and so much pressure. Forget about arms underneath you like
you're bumping a volleyball. How about do locust while you're
balancing on two volleyballs. It'll work itself out once my breasts
aren't quite so sensitive and new to nursing.
One other thing I noticed it that I was THIRSTY in class. Makes sense
with the nursing, but I definitely drank more often than I was used to
drinking. Afterward, too, I drank another liter in the next hour, no
problem.
What an endorphin rush! I'd been walking all along, but nothing as
whole body as a good Bikram class. I felt good, high, alive all over.
Great way to battle any baby blues.
And then, being a mom. I had no idea. No one can ever explain what it
feels like, what takes and what it gives you. It's the best experience
of my entire life. Jaylon and I keep saying to each other, "Now I
understand..." I look over at her sleeping at night and think, "I am
so lucky."
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