“Ohmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm”

C: How was yoga with K last night?
Me: SO weird. Everyone started singing. SINGING! We almost started laughing.
C: Hahaha. The “ ASHANTI! ASHANTI!” song right?
Me: YEA! Freaky stuff. When the class started she put some sort of ointment on my hands. Random liquids make me uncomfortable…but it smelt good so I went with it.
C: Ointment?
Me: And then she put some green tea bags on our eyes while we lay down and then OHHMMMED some more.
C: Really?
Me: Yea, and at first I wanted to walk out because the whole thing was so creepy and I decided I wasn’t going to take it anymore, but then she started massaging my temples. That felt SO good and everything seemed much better.
C: Until everyone started wrapping their legs around their necks right? That always happens next.
Me: Precisely. One minute it was like, “Stretch your leg and point your toes,” the next minute it was like “Okay everyone needs to contort themselves until they can form a crow with their bodies.” And then people were upside down against the wall balancing on one finger…I’m pretty sure I saw someone levitate too.
C: Well, how did you feel when you were done? It makes you feel like you are in detox mode right?
Me: Totally. And makes you want to consume ONLY whole grains.
C: And drink tons of spring water.
Me: And wear free trade organic cotton.
C (wistfully): Yea, it feels great.
Me: I mean our yoga teacher was so flexible that K and I were discussing how she could probably dissociate her torso from her legs. I’m pretty sure she could spin her upper half in a circle while her legs stay still.
C: Yea, I can totally picture her torso doing a 180 rotation while her legs just stand there; it was like that in hot yoga too.
Me: I totally forgot you used to do hot yoga. What’s the deal with that?
C: With hot yoga, the heat softens your muscles so you can do things you couldn’t normally do. You can basically fold like a pretzel.
Me: OOoooooh…
C: Yea, it’s kind of cool.
Me: Can I go with you next time? Where’s the hot yoga place?
C: Sure, up 14th Street; right next to the Whole Foods.
Me (rolling my eyes): Of course it is. The studio is probably in Whole Foods… in the middle of the whole grain aisle.
C (dryly): Yea, right between the quinoa and the flax seed.


Photo Credits
Green Wise
L*U*Z*A, Flickr