Doing yoga I feel like I am betraying the love of my life (karate).  However, to do karate effectively one needs strength and flexibility and a deep awareness of breath.  Since ballet is out of the question, I choose to ‘cheat on’ my karate with yoga.

Thank you to Kara Blattman Rock (pictured below) who represents all the wonderful yoga teachers I have known and taken classes from.  Kara started yoga lessons 22 years ago and has been going strong ever since.  A human pretzel, she rubs essential oils on our heads after her grueling classes, making the relaxation pose smell nice.

My grandmother took me to my first yoga class (a private lesson) in Belmont, Massachusetts when I was eight years old.  She hated it, but I thought it was great fun.  I only get to about 12 classes a year, but I do it daily, in the morning, in the privacy of my own home, to wake me up and relieve any DOMS.  Please, don’t tell my karate practice – I wouldn’t want to arouse any jealousy…