(Day 34 – 332 To Go) February 3, 2008
I went to my first bikram yoga class today. I spent much of the class doing my best to avoid vomiting or passing out. There were about thirty in the class, and wow was the studio hot. I was the only “gravitationally challenged” person there, which is okay.
I went to breakfast after the class with one of the owners of the studio, my friend Patrick. Patrick asked me what I thought the unique challenges were, facing “fat people.” Patrick explained that he was considering offering a “Yoga for Fat People” class at Yoga Energi. I said that one challenge was that the only time I ever look at myself in the mirror below my chest is in a yoga class, and that’s a full ninety minutes of torture. Another challenge would be having one of the very fit/slender yoga instructors teaching a class full of fat people. It just wouldn’t fly.
I suggested that they call the class, “Yoga for Weight Loss,” and that they have a heavy person teach it. Patrick then invited me to become a yoga instructor and teach that class. I accepted his invitation. I’ll keep you posted on my progress!
