Ouch

Everyday we will have a classroom at the school to do some sort of exercise...step, kickboxing, Biggest Loser videos, Insanity, etc.  Today started Yoga.  Every Wednesday we have a Yoga teacher come.  I have done Yoga once in my life and I just remember it being weird and kind of a waste of time.  I was a little skeptical about signing up but I did it because all my friends were doing it (Yep, I'm a follower sometimes).  The teacher is just a tiny, little thing, of course.  We set up our mats and started by sitting with our eyes closed and listening to our teacher sing some kind of song.  In my head I was thinking 'what in the world?'  Then she kicked in the stretches and made sure we were all working to our full potential and doing things correctly.

After the first 15 minutes I was sweating.  During each pose I felt like I was either in an earthquake or having convulsions.  My entire body was shaking so bad.  I am not a flexible person so these poses are tough to hold.  At one point she made us put our heels against a wall then back up all the way and make our legs flat against the wall.  OUCH!  Try it at home.  It hurts.

After 40 minutes we were done with the hard part.  Next was the relaxation part.  We all put out a blanket on our mat for our heads and she made us close our eyes.  She talked softly telling us to relax each body part.  At first I could feel my eyes going back and forth.  Finally I was pretty relaxed.  There was a time when there was no talking and I felt like it was forever.  Again thoughts entered my brain.  I was pretty sure this was a ploy to make me look like a dork and while I was laying there everyone else got up and walked out.  I finally had to open one eye and make sure everyone was still there.  They were.  I guess this really was what was suppose to happen. 

I'm hoping next week will be more relaxing and not hurt so much.

The Carrasco kids came up around 5:00 and stayed for about an hour.  The kids decided they wanted to play a game.   We all decided to play UNO Attack.  I helped Alejandro so he knew what to do.  But actually he caught on quickly so I really didn't have to do much.  He won the first game.  They played the second time and Alejandro won again.  He was a very lucky boy.  They all played Wii next for a little bit and then it was time for them to go back home.  They are such great kids.  Love when they all come up to our place.

So serious.

Oh no...Alfredo had a lot of cards shooting out.