auspicious coincidence

As I readied myself for bed last night I felt a little pissed off that I had signed up for this immersion class. It was only day two and I noticed that I already felt done with the whole leaving the house at 6:00am business. My irritation remained this morning but I reminded myself of all the reasons that I really wanted to do this whole thing as I poured myself into an "I grew up in the Pacific Northwest" outfit: Jeans, a thermal shirt, and the vegan boots that I tend to end up wearing even on the days that I think I'd really rather wear something else. When the instructor began the class with her standard little dharma talk she said, "It's hump day. Also known as grump day!" I could so relate to that statement! She explained that we would focus on heart openers today as part of the grump day practice, and I have to say it was totally awesome. I loved this morning's class despite the fact that getting into some of the asanas feels like such a far off goal I can't even imagine that far ahead in time. Chaturanga may be the new bane of my existence, for example. However, it seems that I am able to do certain poses that I think are impossible, so it may be that I just need to work on allowing my mind to be flexible enough to let things in my body happen. Speaking of which, guess what I did today? A forearm stand. I'm telling you, that was a completely awesome experience. Truly exhilirating.