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| Utkatasana aka Powerful Pose aka Chair Pose... aka Ouch! |
I'm reeling from a Twitter comment comparing my recent Red Eye appearance -- with my baby bump -- to that of a Sumo wrestler. The Sumo comment knocked me off-balance because, in many ways, I'm in the best shape of my life. That's due to my new obsession: prenatal yoga. Today's class was so hard! Not only did we hold several lunges and warrior poses until our quads were burning, but then we held the Utkatasana pose (photo above) five times longer than I thought I was capable of... and then we did a couple of wall sits, you know, just for fun! I challenge you to get up right now and follow these directions for Utkatasana: Bend the knees as if you're about to sit down on a chair, bringing your thighs as close as parallel to the floor as possible. Now stay there for, say, 30 seconds. Rest for a moment. Now repeat!
While you put out the fire in your legs and get your heart rate back to normal... I'll try to develop the thick skin Kelly Ripa, Sherri Shepherd and Elisabeth Hasselbeck must've formed to survive the daytime TV spotlight. I'm not sure how they did it! I guess I'll start with an Ommmm. (Which, unlike Utkatasana, I'm actually able to pronouce!)
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