First Post

Well, here it is, my first blog. Do I have nothing better to do than to share my thoughts with semi-random strangers? Well, I would like to share my thoughts on yoga with the Ashtanga community. My struggles, the lessons that I've learned and the wonderful experiences that I've had while coming to my mat day after day like so many others to share in this transformative practice. Every day going deeper, every day feeling that this is where I belong even though I have placed so many obstacles for myself along the way. Having been a marathon runner who never once did even the most cursory of stretching, I came to my first yoga class with hamstrings of steel. Shortly thereafter I had an actual steel rod rammed into my tibia due to a non-union stress fracture from running those marathons (and probably not stretching.) And after my first yoga class I was in love, even though I was tight and shook in every pose because I pushed sooooo hard (that's what you do when you run!) So I pushed and pushed until finally some brave teacher finally told me that wasn't the way to do yoga. And I began to learn.