Today, however, I learned of a new yoga benefit. We were doing a pose - the layman's term is "hurdler" - it kind of looks like this (no this is not me unfortunately).
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The main point is that you are holding your weight and splitting your legs. The girl who was next to me (Pam) is a dancer and she is disgustingly flexible. So she was doing this pose to it's utmost potential, really showing me up, when the teacher yelled out: "Hey look at Pam! She's getting a free episiotomy today!" Now if you haven't had kids and haven't had the pleasure of the episiotomy experience, feel free to check out the link. I don't think I'll go into the gorey details on this blog, if you know what I mean.
Changing subjects even though I know you love the episiotomy talk...today I got some samples from Stoneyfield Farm - their Greek Oikos yogurt - to try and to review on this blog. At the risk of sounding pretty cool, I think I am the best person to try and review this yogurt, because I lived in Greece for four years, and Greek yogurt was a staple in my diet. But more on that and my Greek adventures if you tune in next time...
I think my heart skipped a beat and my butt cheeks clenches at the same time when I read the definition!
ReplyDeleteNo, do write more about it! I think it's a topic for another blog post.
Yoga rocks!
All I can say is that looks painful. I don't think anyone is supposed to be that flexible, are they?
ReplyDeleteUm, the episiotomy I paid for was bad enough, thank you very much.
ReplyDeleteGood for you if you can even get halfway into that post . . . I might be able to get there, but I wouldn't be able to get back out without some sort of mechanical assistance.
Just reading the words "episiotomy" made me cringe. I wonder if that's how boys feel when they see another guy get hit in the balls?
ReplyDeleteOh Beth, you are so talented and GOOD! I'll pay you a million dollars if you can get me in shape, and motivate me to STAY there! Will you climb Long's Peak with me???? I want to do that...and need you to get me there! BTW, I left you an award today! :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the advice! Headphones are banned during my marathon, so I'm hoping the scenery and other runners will entertain me.
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