#GeekSpeak: The sometimes random misadventures of @Abby_Cake

<editorsnote> Nerds, meet my buddy Abby. I met her in Chicago at the #20SBSummit, and this chick is raaaddddd!! She considers herself more of a nerd than a geek - but I think she's just all shades of random and awesome. Oh and FTR, the TNTML stance on nerds versus geeks are that nerds are products of a genetic predisposition, and geeks are raised. BOOH-YAH!!! I only have one more thing left to say ... HIT IT ABBY!!! </editorsnote>

#TalkNerdyToMeLover's @Abby_Cake

If you follow me on twitter you may have noticed that I started up my yoga practice again this month (it's National Yoga Month after all!) I have done all types of yoga: Bikram, which is basically yoga inside of a kiln, Hatha Flow, etc. Along with that lovely month when I decided to stop paying for the classes and buy some yoga DVDs off Amazon.com. My attempt at being frugal was not as prudent as I hoped it would be.  Apparently to properly balance in some of the poses you need flat  ground, not carpet, which is only available to me in the bathroom and kitchen. I chose kitchen.

The instructor was all, "Okay, get ready to reach your head toward the  floor and pull through your legs." I'm like, "I can do that." Position  attained! "Reach your arms like this and twist this way" "Wait what?!  I'm sorry, I can't see you on the other side of my breakfast bar with my  head between my legs facing the oven." "Don't quit now!" "I'm not  quitting bitch! I just don't know WTF I am doing! And I think the salt  and pepper set is laughing at me..."

So yoga at home -- not so much.
 

My favorite pose. ^

But fortune smiled upon me, and I found a studio in my new town that offers $5 classes, or 10 classes for $40 (I know, I thought she was crazy too), and I decided to start going twice a week.

My first class was only five people, and I am definitely the only one under 40. The initial objective was for me to impress my teacher with my youthfully flexible spine, should be easy considering the competition -- ha! I forgot how out of practice a year or so without yoga can make you. MAN, I was out of shape, flailing all over the ground like a sardine. Even my mountain pose was tremulous. But I did it to the best of my ability.

After class I thanked my teacher (namaste style) and we had a brief conversation about my yoga practice. I confided that it had been quite a while since my last class and could no longer contort myself into bow pose. I extolled the virtues of her amazing prices, explaining the only way I could afford yoga previously was with my teacher discount.

She then began asking about my favorite poses and I told her, at the end she asked if I wanted to sub for her at some point. I assumed that she was so impressed by my ability to push through class with great form, despite my recent lack of practice, that she wanted me to inspire other students (I obviously need to keep my ego in check). I said yes.

I realized when I got in the truck that she had probably mistaken my "teacher discount" for "yoga-teacher discount" when in fact... it was not. I taught English, which means I can spell yoga correctly. #footinmouth

So the outcome is either: I stop going to class, I take a yoga teacher training and pretend I know everything (this is the one I was leaning toward, obviously) or I keep going and act like I am "not ready" to teach until I leave for Korea, then run to the other side of the world. I will keep you updated on my #yogashenanigans in the future. Namaste. 

xx, @abby_cake

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Comments

[Lindsay]

love so much <3 I'm an at home yoga-er (i think its yogi but I don't care) since I can't find inexpensive classes like this!