Yoga and Tornadoes

Last night I had my first prenatal yoga class.  Now for those who have gone to yoga with me in the past, you know that I do not excel at the art of relaxation.  I have always left yoga more stressed than I started because I push myself too hard.  Needless to say, I was hesitant to do prenatal yoga but decided it was a good idea to find something active to do and possibly meet other pregnant women in the area.

My first class was not what I expected.  We sat around for 40 minutes talking before any yoga ever occurred.  Our instructor is a doula and seems very informative about the birthing process.  She told us 3 birth stories from women who had been taking the class and had their babies over the past week.  It was interesting to hear them and I even learned a couple of things.  After the stories, we went around in a circle, stated how far along we were, and any aches/facts that were happening related to our pregnancies.  The dula gave a few women advice and other class members occasionally gave feedback as well.  Although it seemed a little too chatty for me, I think it will be good for me to attend and hear about other pregnancies and child births.

While we were talking the electricity went out for a minute and it started to rain...at the time I didn't think anything of it.....

The yoga itself was actually very relaxing!  The poses were much simpler than other yoga classes I had attended.  Additionally, I could tell that the stretches were helping at just the right places.  I was especially happy to learn a pose that will help stretch out my stomach which is rapidly expanding.  Also, since there were many full-term women present, I knew I wasn't the worst yoga student in the class!  Who says you can't be competitive at yoga :)

At the end of the class, I was very relaxed and happy to see it wasn't raining outside.  I grabbed my cell phone from my bag and saw I had quite a few missed calls....and all of them were from Ryan.  Apparently while I was relaxing in yoga, Ryan was trying to get Oli into the basement because the tornado sirens were going off by our house.  I had never told him what time yoga was going to end and he assumed I would be home earlier.  While he was worrying and I was relaxing, there were reported tornadoes and flash flooding throughout the Madison area.  I felt horrible that I had caused Ryan to worry about my safety.  At the same time, I realized how wonderful it is to have a great husband who cares so much about me.