The Sonia Show

Yeah, so, I had a pretty good yoga class last night.

The schedule has been shifted around and there are some new teachers. Starting about a month ago, a man named Brad started teaching the Thursday night class. Every teacher so far had been a woman, and I think the class, which is primarily full of women with just one or two guys, was put off by him.

The first time I attended his class he spent more than 20 minutes talking about breathing and standing up straight. It was kinda annoying, because like a lot of people in the class, I’m taking yoga to stretch, get tone and exercise. I get that the breathing is part of it, but we all felt that he spent too much time on it.

Last week, he had us do jumping jacks. Jumping jacks! I’m pretty sure jumping jacks is not one of the postures. I tried to be a good sport, but some of the ladies could barely hide their annoyance. Some of the women are taking the class because they have bad knees and jumping jacks are not what the doctor ordered, so they had to sit it out. No one wants to pay for a class that you can’t fully participate in.

BUT, this week was Brad’s best class yet. No over-obsessing about breathing. No jumping jacks. Plus, Brad isn’t afraid to get in there and readjust you if you are doing something wrong.  I could tell when the class was over that the ladies were happier and so was he. He even told the class that they rocked and many of the ladies took the time to thank him and tell him what a great class it was.

Whew. This is a huge relief, because I can only go to the class on Tuesday and Thursday. I didn’t want to either suffer through or start skipping the Thursday night class.

So anyway, this is my broke week since I paid my part of the mortgage. Sugar daddy Chris will be buying my meals all weekend. I suspect we will spend a lot of time staying home and watching all the things on my DVR and “Battlestar Galactica” and “The Lives of Others” on DVD. Of course, we are going to Alice 97.3FM’s Now & Zen concert in Golden Gate Park on Sunday afternoon: Joss Stone (yay!), James Blunt (blech) and Gin Blossoms (blast from the past). Hopefully, the weather will cooperate.

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