winding down the weekend...

well, our day and a half of R&R is coming to a close. not that i got a whole lot of rest, but a decent amount of relaxation. we got up a half-hour early yesterday morning, at 5:30, because on saturdays our morning class (the ONLY class) is at 8 instead of 8:30. a nice little kick in the ass before you get the rest of the weekend off. class was actually a really great one, dale was teaching - pretty much our "training guide", he's the "enforcer of ridiculous but necessary rules" - and i liked his style. it was a straight up 90 minute class, primarily dialogue, not a whole lot of bull-shit. it seemed like the majority of people had a pretty decent class, i know i did. i was able to fully go into triangle - which has been my trouble spot for the past week. i don't know what the problem is, i haven't had issues with triangle before (and i am not bringing expectations from my previous practice - not freaking out like "omg, what's wrong with me?! i can always do triangle!") but i quite possible may be holding something in my hips, something that hasn't been broken down yet. who knows. its progressively getting better. 

i didn't do much all weekend, other than study. spent quite a bit of time just laying by the pool. yesterday danielle and i started out on the beach, but its so overwhelming to be bombarded by vendors trying to sell you everything from sarongs and beach cover-ups to cheap silver jewelry to 4-wheeler or horse-back rides that we just said "screw it, we'll go to the pool". not to mention we didn't necessarily want to leave our stuff unguarded on the lounge-chairs while we went into the ocean. and it was *freaking hot*, so we definitely wanted to get in the water. after spending some time by the pool we headed down the beach to this little cabana shop where we had been directed (by casey - this totally adorable texan red-head) to buy cheap bathing suits. it was so funny, her business card says "maria shop - we won't rip you off too bad" haha. she sold us a bathing suit and two really cute authentic mexican dresses for $70. i thought it was a great deal, i've been looking for a dress like the one i bought since i was in tulum back in 2005. its a wearable souvenir. i really want to get a massage, and some of the other therapists and i have discussed doing an exchange, but quite frankly i am just too tired to be working on someone else. i need to pampered. loren, i wish u were here with your big, strong hands :*(  they are giving us a "deal" here at the spa, but the prices are still crazy-expensive, and i've been told the quality is not at all impressive. and i am kind of a massage snob - but, hey, i'm allowed to be. one of the other therapists told me she got a pretty good massage by one of the ladies on the beach - for cheap. i think i'll hit that up next weekend... i'll probably take some hand sanitizer and provide my own oil, though... just thinking ahead. i don't know what kind of oil they use or where their hands have been before on my back... the last thing i need is some weird skin fungus... 

then we met up with allison, kara, stroud, isaac, and chris for dinner. after that was bedtime. and i was sooo excited to sleep in. maybe i was just so excited by the prospect of sleeping in but for some reason i couldn't fall asleep for shit. and when i finally did i tossed and turned all night long until 8am when danielle got up for her massage. i just got up and went downstairs planning to enjoy some coffee and internet, but instead of getting connected i ended up sitting down and having a long convo with stroud for almost 2 hours. but it was definitely worth it, we had a great discussion. i am meeting some of the most amazing people down here. i'm so glad we're all sharing in this journey together. some people have really shitty/snarky attitudes, and its definitely a bummer. but screw them, they're the ones making it worse for themselves. i'm nice to everyone until they give me reason not to be. even then i'm not going to be a bitch, but i for sure am not going out of my way to be friendly. i have to put enough effort into remaining calm and collected in the yoga room to try and worry about someone else's shitty attitude. 

after doing a little shopping at wal-mart (pretty funny, that's our escape) i came back to the hotel and lounged by the pool for a few hours, studying my dialogue and getting my tan on. i have the next two postures down - through awkward. thats my game plan for internalizing the dialogue. i am going to try to stay one step ahead of schedule. i think we'll be doing about 3 postures a week, so if i really familiarize myself with the up-coming postures the weekend before i should be spot on. time will tell if that plan of attack works. just had dinner with the gang, now its bed-time. starting the whole thing over again tomorrow.