I am moving through the class movements when I hear our instructor Anna say to the yoga class, "Relax your shoulders and pull your tongue back from the roof of your mouth." It takes a few seconds to register what she is saying, and then I notice my tongue is, in fact, stuck to the roof of my mouth. I pull it back and coach my body to be in a more relaxed state. I look away from the mirror in front of me that accentuates a very unattractive part of my torso.

"Yes, Christy."

I am so deep in the uncomfortable yoga pose, I am not certain if Anna really said my name out loud. It is hard to believe that in the posh downtown Seattle yoga studio filled with extremely fit, body-conscientious humans, she noticed my yoga pose and complimented it. Read more of this post