It’s funny how things come around.
I was talking to a fellow student on the yoga teacher
training course and she mentioned that she didn’t mind mirrors in a yoga studio
– they help her with alignment. We
chatted about people who are very uncomfortable with them. Drawing back to being in the dance studio
facing the mirrors ALL THE TIME I told her that the key to making friends with
mirrors is not seeing the reflection as you but simply as a body in motion.
Didn’t follow my own advice.
I went to a studio that has mirrors along the back
wall. Very easily ignored. Until….
I was settling into warrior II and looked back to check the alignment of
my back arm when I suddenly and very accidently saw myself. OOOpps!
Who the hell is that fat chick doing yoga? Ugh.
Self esteem level = zero.
No more alignment checks.
Throughout the decently challenging class I celebrated my
ability to hold plank in any number of variations (on finger tips! One arm!
One leg!) and I held some strong side plank variations. I seriously rocked it.
But….
With every self high-five there was the caveat, “even a fat
girl can do this.”
The theme of the class was superheroes. I need to be my own.
