Fluid Heart…coming Soon

So, here’s the deal. I’m not the most in-shape gal around. I’m just not, and I’m okay with that. I love Dr. Pepper too much – and that battle is another story. But last summer, I decided to quit my full-time job of 10 years. With some of that extra time, a friend and I started going to the gym almost every day. Both of us are very type-A, most comfortable in fast-paced business environments, and very restless (to put it mildly). Doing 30 minutes of cardio and 30 minutes of weights every day just wasn’t going to keep us interested enough to keep going. We thought it best to switch it up every day and do something new. We had a short stint with racket ball, a longer one with Zumba, and one Tuesday she dragged me (yes, dragged me) to a Vinyasa Yoga class she had tried the week before.

I had been to yoga before. It was boring. I was only doing this because we didn’t know each other quite well enough for me to protest that early on in the game. I had to act somewhat tough and reasonable if I wanted to keep her as a gym buddy, and better yet, as a friend.

That first class about killed me. I had NEVER worked that hard in my life, and I played soccer in high school. Stick me on a treadmill and make me run for hours, but please don’t make me go to that class again! Sweat was dripping down from my chin onto my mat (which led do a couple of slippery falls), I was shaking, and I was nauseous. I was ready to call that my one and only try. But again, didn’t know my friend well enough yet to be a quitter, so when she suggested it the following Tuesday, I happily (not) complied. And that led to me enduring a few more weeks after that.

One day, it was 4th class, I started noticing that I was actually enjoying the way the asanas (yoga poses) were feeling. And even more – how fun the flows were! Oh man, now I was noticing how great the music track was! That downward dog felt so relaxing! Why did I think I was going to break my wrist in downward dog last week? Wow, did you see that vinyasa I just pulled off? And ahhhhhhhhh, that savasana was HEAVEN – I think I might be able to take on the world today.

All of the sudden, yoga wasn’t that boring class I had once taken. This yoga class was full of movement, strength, soul, and amazing music. This was Krisin’s Vinyasa Yoga class. And I have been going twice a week (showing up early to fight for a spot in that oh-so-full Tuesday morning class) ever since.

You may remember the teaser post (here) about Kristin launching her website soon (oh, and us trying to freeze her out there barefoot and in tank tops, in February, in the desert). I’m so excited for her and the creation of Fluid Heart. I know I said I would wait until the site was up to share the rest of the images, but I just couldn’t wait. I finally got through editing over 130 images out of the 700’ish we took over the course of 2 days, and wanted to share a few of my favorites.

Here she is. One of the most amazing women I’ve had the pleasure of knowing. And I’m honored to now call her a friend.