Sunday, February 21, 2010

Day 52: The kid joins me


That's my beautiful daughter. Two years ago she was coming with me to Bikram yoga quite regularly. She really loved it. She was popular with the teachers, they adored her. Of course she enjoyed the attention, especially from Frank and Dray. (who wouldn't?) Eventually her interest waned and it's been a year since she's been in that hot room with me....until today. Her knees have been bothering her for quite some time, and are worse since volleyball season ended. I took her to a orthopedic doctor and he just said she's got tendinitis and prescribed physical therapy three times a week. The p.t is pricey, and also with her father and I both working full time, difficult to get to. I had a discussion with her father about bringing her to yoga with me three times a week and surprisingly he was quite enthusiastic about it. He agreed with me about the benefits of her stretching her knees out in that hot room. So I looked at the schedule and saw Frank was teaching the 5pm tonight at Summerlin. Perfect, she loves Frank. I brought her there and coworker Fran showed up for class as well. Fran stays toward the back so Ash set up by her. I was in front of them. All through class I kept glancing over at her and she was calm, gracefully moving in and out of postures. She sat out one set of triangle and did everything else! After class she said she felt great. She looked at me and said "why did I stop doing this in the first place mom?" I just chuckled and said "I don't know, but I'm glad you came with me tonight. You did so good!" She's coming with me again on Wednesday night. She agreed to go three times a week for four weeks and see how her knees feel.

p.s~ I had a friend in town and missed class Saturday. Now I'm three behind. **again**
I guess I'm a glutton for double punishment, because now I have three of those suckers to do!


13 comments:

  1. Aw, yay! That is so sweet!! I've started poking at my MOM again trying to get her to give class a try... poke poke poke poke... c'mon Mom, it'll be so good for you! I'm psyched that your girl is back in the saddle! Get 'em hooked young, that's my philosophy...

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  2. "Why did I stop doing this?" That is so awesome! How fun to do the yoga together.

    And J, let me know how it goes with your mom. I known this yoga would be so good for my dad, but he's loathe to try it (or anything new, for that matter ;-). I don't want to push tooooo much, but a little pushing now and then is OK. I think :-)

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  3. Your daughter is beautiful, just like her Mom.
    I love to see families practice yoga together. At my studio, there is a daughter, mother, grandmother group that will occasionally all come to class together.

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  4. your daughter is beautiful! You guys look a lot alike!

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  5. YAY GO ASH!

    :D

    She should be competing in nationals in the youth division! woot!

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  6. Who says doubles are punishment. :-) Twice as much fun in such a small package, it's got to be great. Only half kidding, approach it as if you'd want nothing more than a double and hopefully it'll be great. As Sanjai would say, just do the postures with love.

    J, TT final week such a nice place to shall we say think about the people around you. :-)

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  7. You are both beautiful inside and out! What a wonderful post!!

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  8. Best parent ever. I wish someone dragged me to yoga when I was in High School!

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  9. I'll go with Johan, Doubles ain't punishment, they are fun!

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  10. That's great, I hope it really helps her :)

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  11. You and your daughter are stunning! You must be so excited that she's practicing yoga regularly - isn't it so awesome to introduce your loved ones to this yoga? Sending good vibes for your doubles - bet you will rock them! :D

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  12. M, your daughter is so beautiful just like her mama!!! So happy that she decided to join you and enjoyed her class. What a great way to bond. Yay!!!

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