The Goat and yoga

I am the most physically inflexible person on the planet. At least I feel like I am and feeling like I am may be worse than actually being the most physically inflexible person on the planet. Sad thing is I didn't used to be. I used to be really flexible; able to kick tall people in the head and kick faster than a speeding bullet. But that was a past life and this is my new life as a runner. Well it really isn't that new but I am always finding out new things so in my mind, it is new. Every day is a new day of running and adventures.

But I digress. Back to me and the inflexibility bit. So here I am, the inflexible one, trying to do yoga. After shamefully not being able to do certain things in a class with other people I bought a DVD so I could feel horrible about my inflexibility all by myself in the comfort of my own home. So far I have used it three times. After hill running today and my hamstrings were tighter than violin strings (and they didn't sound that good either) I decided that I should incorporate some of the yoga moves or postures or whatever they call them into a nice little cool down exercise.

Somehow when I break yoga down into smaller parts I don't entirely feel horrible. I feel like I am making minute steps towards being flexible again. If I do it for an entire hour I am exhausted and cranky because how can something that doesn't make me sweat make me tired. That is as wrong as wrong can be. So I try to imagine being a mountain goat and balancing on the edge of a cliff and if I lose my footing I fall to a horrible death. For some reason that motivation works very well. And with my run away imagination, it also scares me to death.

So for now I am keeping with the yoga and hoping that I will someday be flexible again. Much like a goat.