We arrived early to the old brick building on Second Street and were greeted by the warm staff. The place smelled good, was clean and all the ladies were dressed in white sweat suits. It was pretty groovy. Then another woman came up to us and said that she was from the Lexington Herald Leader and that she was doing a special story about Yoga Day, and could she ask us some questions and take our photos while we did yoga. I said that as long as she was discreet with the photos of our butts and/or belly bulges that is was fine that our photos appear in the article.
Little did we know that the photographer would be present for 40 minutes, taking pictures of us as we posed. He had set up one of those portable flash devices that illuminate the room and with every photo (there were probably about 100) my closed eyes would explode briefly with light. Needless to say, there was a decidely non-yoga vibe going on in that room...That said, the photographer and reporter were very nice and the teacher of the class was very apologetic about the experience. I remarked that considering that the class was free, we had no right to complain.
At the end of the class, during the the Savasana relaxation, the teacher led us in a meditation that placed us on a tropical beach, standing in the darker space where the waves meet the shore. She described the breeze and the way that our feet felt slightly unsteady under the sinking sand. As she began to describe the cry of the seagulls, an ambulance passed outside on Second Street and the screeching siren aligned perfectly with the bird call, the way that a night-time rain storm might provoke dreams about rushing water.
All in all, it was a nice little practice in downtown Lexington on a Saturday morning.
i like the pictures. you two look like you are having fun. good timing to be there when the press showed up. it is good to have fun things to do together. for jeri and i it is playing bridge!
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