The conference was fascinating, just the right mix of people. There were the hard core, vegan, dread-lock wearing, deodorant hating, yoga fanatics. On the opposite side of the chakra rainbow was the made up, Ugg wearing, big jewelry (toe ring and anklets included) more money than god yoginis.

I of course fell right in the middle, boring old "average" me. Didn't wear make-up or flashy jewelry, but I do love my Uggs and worship deodorant. My limited budget did have me balking at the high priced concession stands.

I missed my first class with Rodney Yee due to being very sick. I really thought I'd kicked this f-ing cold but I was sadly mistaken.

I dragged my ass out of the hotel bed for my class with Baron Baptiste, in hind site I should have stayed in bed. I knew I was in trouble when I started to sweat profusely before any asanas even began. I kept up, but at a terrible price to my body which is still recovering 2 days later.

My favorite teachers turned out to be Sean Corn and Sarah Powers. They are amazing women and very inspiring all around. For that alone I'm glad I went and struggled through feeling like crap to attend their classes.

All in all it was kind of a weird experience for me. I had been so looking forward to the "escape" and when I got to the hotel I had a huge meltdown with lots of crying. I'm still sorting it out, but I know it was from missing the boys, worrying about them and all we have been going through at home in terms of their development/language. All the fears of Logan possibly having Autism, them starting pre-school this week and some hard choices I need to make in the future. It all sort of came crashing down around me that first night. It was so bad I almost got and my car and drove home. I'm glad I stayed, I learned a lot about myself and about the way I internalize things. I have a lot to work on and this past weekend was just the platform I
needed to jump off of and back into my life.

The really good news is that I had 3 days where I got 8 hour blocks of sleep, un-interrupted I might add. The bad news, now I know what I've been missing out on the past couple of years!