do yoga every week for a year

i didn’t go because i had a head cold, and there is nothing worse than doing downward facing dog with a sinus infection.

BUT last night made up for it. there was a substitute instructor that decided that i was going to do an hour of killingmyself instead of the normal hour of yoga. she was really a pilates instructor, not yoga, and it hurt. my arms were shaking and my legs were shaking and ever since two weeks ago when i did pilates and dropped the medicine ball on my face and split my lip open i have been a bit scared of pilates and people who like to do them. alas, i faced my fear with a slave driver of an instructor with cute pony tails all in the name of maintaining this goal.

because i did pilates tonight and i feel good about it. it was raining really really hard around the time that i am supposed to leave for yoga, and i didn’t really want to drive in sc where people are really stupid in the rain and it would take 20 minutes to drive the usual 5. but because i made this goal only yesterday i thought it would be horrible if i fail so early. so i broke out the dusty yoga/pilates videos and moved the coffee table. good tara, i win. i hope my abs hurt really bad tomorrow.

i tried to think of a good reward for myself if i manage to do this goal.

1) get the tattoo i want
2) get a spa treatment package
3) go on a trip – maybe put off the seattle trip