Day 13 Okay, I’ve got space issues

So today my practice was easy, straight-forward and relatively pain-free. Didn’t feel the heat, balance was good, endurance was strong, my limbs loose and flexible. Just goes to show how different one day can be from the other. Or maybe it was the Naproxen last night.

However, a few thoughtless yogis made my practice less than optimal today. (When I say thoughtless, I mean stupid and wrong.)

For newbies, keep the following etiquette in mind:

1. Keep your mat in line with the ones beside you. It’s not difficult. There’s lines on the floor. Don’t think “maybe I’ll just stagger mine down a bit.” It’s like taking two parking spaces. Someone might key you. Someone should key you.

Can you see who messed up this class? Don't let this be you.

2. Look in the mirror at the people behind you; if you’re directly in front of them, move sideways, so they can see themselves in the mirror. Maybe you think you’re doing them a favour, but they might actually want to watch themselves instead of your ass.

3. Don’t blow y0ur nose into your towel.

4. Don’t be so oblivious to the person behind you that you kick them in the head. Which probably wouldn’t have happened had you parked in your proper space.

5. Whenever possible, don’t grunt or moan or fart or even talk. (That’s why the sign says NO TALKING outside the studio door. Geez.)

6. Leave the class quietly at the end, ie: don’t thunder about like a stunned giraffe. It ruffles the centers of those of us in our final savasana.

7. And finally, brush your teeth before class. And maybe lay off the garlic the night before or whatever you ate that makes you smell dead. (FYI perfume only makes it worse.) Oh and here’s a thought: maybe I wouldn’t be able to smell you, no matter what you’d rolled in, ?if you’d parked your mat in the PROPER SPACE.

Namaste.