Yoga was SO rough, but good. I think this is the fattest I've ever been when I tried to go to class, and some of the poses were straight-up bizarre-- my body hurts because I'm packing around all this extra chub, and the stretchy body underneath is screaming to be let out :p. I can't even do rabbit right now-- my boobs are too big, they collapse in on my face and I can't breathe! Going to keep taking it easy in class until this cold is completely cleared up-- had to sit out a couple of poses but I'm okay with that even if my ego isn't.

Bishnu Ghosh Championship Cup at my studio on Saturday... probably going to go to watch, I love watching dedicated yogis and yoginis.

An interesting quote from the Tiger Swami in "Autobiography of a Yogi":

"Mind is the wielder of muscles. The force of a hammer blow depends on the energy applied; the power expressed by a man's bodily instrument depends on his aggressive will and courage. The body is literally manufactured and sustained by mind. Through pressure of instincts from past lives, strengths or weaknesses percolate gradually into human consciousness. They express as habits, which in turn ossify into a desirable or an undesirable body. Outward frailty has mental origin; in a vicious circle, the habit-bound body thwarts the mind. If the master allows himself to be commanded by a servant, the latter becomes autocratic; the mind is similarly enslaved by submitting to bodily dictation."