Hot Yoga with Kenneth Brannagh! x

Tonight, I went to Hot Yoga with Christina my friend and new boss at Republic. Firstly, I made the almighty mistake of wearing really sheer DKNY leggings - note to self they need to go to the charity shop as I have probably shown Christina and a class full of yoggies my bare bottom ooops! Sheerness is not always good even if they are DKNY - they have got to go - embarassing.

We thought we were going to Bikyram Yoga which I learnt tonight when done in London the room temperature is set at 105 degrees and two people have died from this practise. Grinning and laughing in the face of danger, Christina and I explained that we were practised Plankers and people die from that pass time too - so there. We showed no fear! We were out ranking our sport to the most weird Yoga instructor I have ever had the experience to meet. I used to have a cool blonde dreadlocked Yoga instructor who was brilliant and really fit but this yoga instructor looked a little like Kenneth Brannagh and practised his theatrical Yoga in the style of a Shakesperian actor. He explained to us how we could hurt ourselves if we sat up wrong, if we bent over incorrectly, if we stretched too hard on short hamstrings etc which I think I may have, he even acted out this eventuality so we really got the message (he deserved an oscar for tonights performance - he really knew how to project, bless him). It was like a health & safety thespian heated yoga session, set in what looked like a church hall on an industrial estate in Knaresborough which is in the middle on nowehere. It was truly random but great for getting rid of the cobwebs - haven't been the gym for a month and will probably ache tomorrow but was quietly surprised how flexible I still am, maybe that was the benefit of having the heat from the fan heaters strategically placed around the hall. Bless, the Yorkshire Yoga Centre is run on a shoestring and at the beginning of the session we were all asked if we would volunteer to do the admin for the classes. Christina was supervising me so I did not volunteer my services - I was up for it if it was simply writing a few names down but they wanted you to commit to 2 hours every Monday, never really going to happen, I never know from week to the next what I am doing! Maybe I need to find focus after my yoga lesson and start settling down, we shall see!

Thanks for tuning in

Stan xx