Friday, December 08, 2006

Scattered

Had a student send me an email about a new form of yoga called "Laughter Yoga". It's where students walk around squawking like chickens until they dissolve into giggles. http://www.comcast.net/news/health/index.jsp?cat=HEALTHWELLNESS&fn=/2006/11/30/531683.html&cvqh=why_yoga
Anyone who takes my classes knows that this is not a new fad. In fact, we must be extremely trendy as we have doing this for years. Just mention "releasing your toxins" to any of my students and they will instantly turn 12 and start giggling.

Last night before yoga, my family and I were watching Rachel Ray. If you don't know who she is, she has some kind of cooking show where she talks incessantly. She has a real grating voice, like someone from the Bronx who has smoked for 50 years and a deviated septum. Anyway, we begin mocking her (I can't believe how un PC this post is!) laughing and joking about how funny it would be if she was a yoga teacher. "NOW! GATHER ALL THE LOVE IN THE ROOM!!! NAMASTE'!!! PEOPLE!"

I guess you had to be there. So I'm closing my class last night, my people are all peaceful, soft Christmas music letting them float and you guessed it.....I can't stop laughing.....and it's one of those 'not supposed to be laughing in church' things so of course it won't stop. And I'm keeping my head bowed so they can't see it but I'm sure they thought I was having some kind of seizure.

After class I was telling some of them what was up and my good buddy Johnny Chaturunga says, "You really are just a big kid, aren't you?"

And I thought about sticking my tongue out at him.

That would have confirmed it, huh? Instead I put my hand up, wiggled it back and forth and said, "I'm 5 years old". That was mature.

Can you tell I'm a bit scattered lately? Feel like a chicken pecking around the yard. Gotta go shop. Ugh. I am so not a shopper. Sensory overload. Linda. Stop typing and just do it!

I'm 5 years old.

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