Alive after Pilates
This picture is a picture of the original Pilates studio. In the picture is Joseph Pilates (creator of Pilates) and his niece Ann.
I promise that this blog will not be all about my work-out issues, but I wanted to update you all on the first Pilates class. It was AWESOME! Actually it started out really funny, but then, as it went on, it was intense.
So the funny parts came at the beginning when we were "meditating." The instructor said, "Now some people like to repeat a mantra to themselves like ‘ohmmm,’ or some other personal mantra." All I could think was that I was not going to be able to contain my laughter if someone breaks out with an ‘ohmmm,’ or other “personal mantra;†it was too cliché. I thought I was going to lose it, luckily, no one said anything out loud. Then the instructor said, “one way for us to center is to focus on the space in between our eyebrows, picture your third eye...†What third eye, are you kidding me?!? At that point I DID have a personal mantra, “please don't laugh, I know this is funny, but PLEASE don't laugh! Grow up; this is supposed to be relaxing, not hilarious.†Later, talking to Kelly she said, at the third eye part I was thinking, “What have I gotten Brooklynne into.â€
But once the meditation time was over and the work-out started, it kicked our butts. It was great. I loved it. I can't wait for the next class... which is Wednesday.
Is that a workout room or some kind of alien examination room?
for me, the humor really started when it was like 6pm (time for the class to start), then 6:03, 6:05, etc. and the room was still dark! where is the teacher i thought? are we going to be the only ones in the class? and then we walked over to the room, where they were already conducting class in the dark. yep, no lights for the whole class.