Yoga in the Park with J

So last night J and I went to Yoga in the park together. It was the first time he and I had been out together (just the two of us) in a long time…

It has been a long summer that had me behaving (as I said in an earlier post) like a domestic goddess and him…well…not exactly like a doting boyfriend.

Needless to say, I was VERY excited to have him join me. Neither of us has been very consistent with exercise this summer and we struggled though a lot of it, but we did enjoy and don’t have regrets about going.

Whew! (I had so much fun with it last week that I was hoping I would continue the love of it this week too).

Will J go with me again?

I have no idea…I hope so, but he isn’t quite as open to driving into the city after work just for a Yoga class as I am. I hope he goes, but either way, I don’t see me giving this up…

Anyway… that’s not what this particular post is all about…what I want to talk to you about is how much FUN this was for ME.

There was a point in the class (oh…and by the way…it is a combination of Yoga and Pilates with 90% of it being Yoga) where we did Laughter Pilates.

Yes…Laughter Pilates.

The instructor told us we were going to feel a little silly at first because we were going to have to force ourselves to laugh but soon it would be pure, simple laughter.

Picture this…because during Laughter Pilates, you are balancing on your butt (sit bone as she called it) with your feet off the ground and your hands stretched out to the sides…you must have that image in your head to really see what this was like…

Got it?

We’re balanced on our sit bones…

Then…she starts the fakest laugh I have ever heard in my life.

It sounded ridiculous!

I laughed (that pure, simple authentic laughter she was talking about) INSTANTLY.

She kept her fake stuff up.

I laughed harder!

I actually couldn’t stop laughing.

I looked over at J and he had tears rolling down his cheeks he was laughing so hard.

And balancing.

Ever try to balance on your sit bone while laughing your butt off?

It’s HARD…REALLY HARD.

And yet…it was so much fun…so pure and simple and authentic…so natural and real…

When it was over, we had trouble getting it back under control (although she did take us right into a calming meditation which was interesting…one minute after laughing our butts off, the whole place is silently meditating…interesting) but it felt SO good to laugh like that…

Real belly laughter…

With about a hundred or so other people…

And honestly…it was probably the BEST ab workout I have ever had in my life.

My guess is…it worked some additional happiness into my heart as well.

I know for me…I hope she does that one with us again next week!

Personally…I’d love to see a class where Laughter Pilates was constant for at least a half hour…oh the six pack we could create…

Has anyone here ever done Laughter Pilates? I’d love to hear your experience with it.


Much Love,
Mercedes