Day 24

Well, my 30/60/90 day challenge is progressing quite nicely, if I do say so myself. However, I missed a day a few weeks ago and have yet to do a double to make up for it. I might do it on Wednesday. I’m nervous.

Here are some observations that I’ve made about Bikram Yoga thus far:

- My whole life smells. This may seem like an obvious observation when it comes to something that involves exercising in a 105 degree room, but it still amazes me. My Bikram clothes have a very distinct smell unlike regular sweaty clothes. And even though I take more showers now than ever, I still feel like it hangs on me. Sorry, real life friends, you still have to hang out with me. And sorry, all my many male suitors, you can't stop swooning. I get it. I’m too sexy for this shirt blog life.

- For those of you who run – do you ever sometimes feel worse when you stop running? It’s like, you’re running along creating a breeze for yourself, and you’re tired but you don’t know how overheated you are. And then you stop, the breeze is gone and suddenly it feels like your heart is pounding in your face. This is how I sometimes feel in savasana, a position which involves lying on your back doing absolutely nothing, and it’s supposed to be your rest in between the floor postures. Sometimes it feels great. Sometimes it makes me feel like crap and I’d almost rather forego the 20 second break and just move on to the next posture. Focusing on getting your arms and legs to do the right thing is a nice distraction from thinking about how f’ing hot you are, which is pretty much the only thing I can do while in savasana.

- If you start doing crunches at the end of class, I will have the desire to twist up my sopping wet towel and smack you with it, like we used to do in sleepaway camp when we were 13.