I don't know about you, but I go to yoga to have a quiet hour of deep breaths, stretching and strengthening. And for the most part, that's what happens. Oh, and let's not forget the all-important period of relaxation at the end, which is my most favorite part.
Because I'm going to a yoga studio where I can attend as many classes as I want to during the week, I have been bouncing around to the different classes and trying out different teachers. So has another woman, whom I have come to think of as the Water Buffalo. This has nothing to do with her size, her grace, or her ability to do yoga. She blends in with the rest of us. This has to do with the time at the end of relaxation when we return to sitting, feeling mellow, and our instructor asks us to join her in the sound of "ohm." Some people struggle to find the pitch, and in today's class people were all over the place note-wise. That I can deal with. The water buffalo woman bellows, as if she would like all of downtown Dover to hear her, and holds the ohm with remarkable lung power. Any feeling of quiet meditation ends abruptly.
So what is the yoga etiquette regarding asking this woman to pipe down????
The fact that I'm even wondering about this is reflective of the fact that this week crawled out from under a rock somewhere, and it would be best if it went back where it came from......
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