All about my body...

[flexagon]

I've been body-centric lately. Last night was my first Friday night class at the Dahn place (whose cultish associations I have been unable to prove, and have therefore decided not to worry about). Fridays are a bit different from the other classes. First there's the chaotic dancing part where you just bounce energetically and then move randomly as your body seems to feel the need... I've never ever felt remotely loose when doing anything like dancing around other people, but somehow in that atmosphere I did, and it was shockingly effective for release of tension. I can easily imagine doing the same thing alone in my living room with the lights out and, say, the Mortal Kombat soundtrack playing. Then we moved on to do this long isometric exercise meditation holding a 'sleeping tiger' position, and I thought my quads were going to leap screaming from my legs and fall to their deaths. This was shockingly effective in causing me pain. Both experiences gave me some things to think about.

Today I got a 1-hr massage from the nice lady in Watertown apfelsingail introduced me to a while back, and then had lunch with hiddenbear. It was all good, very good. I love getting massages mostly just for how good they feel, but also for how much they teach me about where I store tension. Sometimes I have no idea until I feel the clever fingers crunching over a knot. I'd love to work something like that into my monthly budget, but yikes... if I was going alone and not getting the discount for bringing a friend, that'd be well over half the cost of a yoga membership. :o

The only other thing I did today (besides sex and weightlifting--I told you, it's been all about the body) is draw up some origami instructions. I've never tried that before... it's really hard. I have a whole new level of respect for origami books.