I miss my yoga practice and my stinky mat this week! I only made it once to yoga this week due to the final taper week. I run the Rock 'n Roll marathon in San Diego, this Sunday. So that has meant tapering my physical activity to a bare minimum this week, in order to let my body repair and rest before I destroy it again on the course. Lovingly destroy it. Let me tell you sitting on your bum is hard! I also felt bad about not fully sharing in the hard work I was hopefully guiding my yoga sculpt students through on Thursday morning. I'll work hard for them on Sunday and be ready for them next week.  

While I love hitting up hot yoga or hot vinyasa at LifePower and Moksha, I knew that the best yoga for this week was a non-heated gentle or multi-level class that offers modifications. Finally, after years of knowing about One Yoga, I went in on Monday. One Yoga is actually a non-profit studio that allows for a sliding fee scale and provides yoga opportunities in the community, especially in under-served communities. 

I met One Yoga teacher Amy Patee a few years ago at a mutual friend's Super Bowl party. Thus, I was excited to finally get to take a class with her; she offered one after 8a, but before noon on a day off work. I wanted to sleep in but not necessarily feel like a lump on the couch too long. Anyways, Amy's multi-level started with some breath and meditation work which totally fit the rainy morning that flowed through the windows. Then she lead through poses one at a time at a time connected with a vinyasa. What a great way to work on the basics and refine what you'd like each posture. A couple of twisting poses and hip postures, ending with a long savasana rounded out a the just-right class for the final taper week purposes.