Off day.

I haven't struggled so much in a yoga class since I started. There were a couple of new people there today, so we wound up holding some of the early poses longer. I also think pranayama took longer; by the time we were done I was pouring sweat and my neck was tired.

I held on through standing head to knee; at standing bow pulling I had to take some deep breaths and go easy. Instead of two sets of trikonasana she did one set of warrior II and one set of trikonasana. I had to keep my arms down most of the time and during the second set of trikonasana, I had to sit down. During tree I really thought I was going to faint, so during the second set, I sat down.

When we finally got to savasana I just collapsed. I felt weak and faint and not even strong enough to keep my eyes open. I felt a little better as we started the floor series, but when we got to camel I just got into the pose, stayed for a second, then came out into child's pose.

Man, I was wiped. I guess I was dehydrated. I'm trying not to beat myself up for it. It happens, right?

It's a beautiful day today and Lee has gone somewhere with the boys. I'm going to finish assembling a pot of chili in the crock pot, then take a shower and walk to the CD store downtown, where everything is 20% off, and buy Lee the new JJ Cale/Eric Clapton CD for Christmas.