should i go to yoga?

 

I was thinking this on my drive hOMe last night after prenatal yoga.

 

In the hours/minutes leading up to class I debated going. I was in a bit of a cranky mode. And sometimes when you're in a cranky mode some part of you wants to linger longer for some crazy reason.

 

Should I go to yoga? I asked myself. Over and over.

 

Conversation with myself sounded like this....

 

"Do I reallllly want to go? I did yoga already this morning at home. Do I realllly need to go? Gosh, traffic is gonna be bad when I leave. What if my belly starts growling during class? My appetite is on overdrive these days. I'll probably have to go to the bathroom like 9,000 times. Do I reallllly want to do that? Or just go home and get cozy on my chaise lounge? Hmmmmmm."

 

Ultimately I decided I didn't want to stay in cranky town. What I wanted was to feel a mental shift. I wanted to spend some time with myself and with yogababy.

 

And you know what.....

 

My belly didn't growl.

I didn't have to go to the bathroom even one time.

Traffic wasn't crazy driving home.

 

Most importantly, I felt tons better.

I felt more at peace.

The pieces of me felt more whole, like pieces of a puzzle had been put back together.

 

Body, mind, heart, yogababy.....

All better integrated.

 

Not a surprise to me, but a wonderful realization in that moment.

 

Then I realized, not once can I ever recall leaving a yoga class feeling worse than when I started.

(Actually there was that one time years ago at a gym, but that was totally my own doing. That's it. Promise)

 

Has there ever been a time you left a class feeling like you shouldn't have gone? Or left feeling worse than when you started?