FRIDAY!!!!

And as they say, THANK GOODNESS!
I am so ready for the weekend.
I went to the Y this morning and broke in some new shoes, very exciting, I know, hold me back.

Tomorrow I have my 4 mile walk.
And I feel a wee bit freaked out by it.
I know I will be fine but it still feels a bit daunting.
I am also meeting some dear friends at the Y and hope to have them help me put together a VERY VERY VERY simple strength training program.
Did I mention simple.
And by simple I mean like 5 maybe 10 minutes max 3 days a week.
I wish to dabble in the strength training.

WHY??? You might ask.

Well I'll tell you...I used to be very strong. Competitive figure skater strong. And now I feel weak. I am not wanting Michelle Obama's arms or anything. I just want to strengthen the muscle I have so I can walk better and do yoga better. I have to be very careful not to become too all or nothing about this.
SO...I have challenged two of my snarkiest, most biting and hilarious friends (who are also on a fitness quest and look FABULOUS!) to help me with this. We'll see what they come up with.

As promised, update on my new class. Had my new meditation class last night and it was fabulous. I was incredibly uncomfortable, tight and wound up. I must say, even my BODY resists me being in my body! After an hour and 45 min tho, I was relaxed.
but...
HOMEWORK!!!
So I ave to sit in corpse pose (OK, stretch out in corpse pose) for 10 min 3 times this week (preferably every day) and then sit for 3-5 min.
I did it tonight. And my mind just raced and raced. My chest and belly were tight and I had not one second when my mind stopped racing until I began to sit (10 minutes in mind you) and I had this beautiful, big, expansive moment where I felt my chest and belly open up and my breath come easily. And as soon as it was there it was gone. It happened twice more in that last 5 min and only for a few seconds but I look forward to many many more strings of seconds.

Tomorrow morning...4 whole miles. All together. At once. In a row. With no stopping.