Competitive spirits and warrior poses

Alex showed up this afternoon convinced that yoga would be ‘easy’ since he’s in decent shape from all those weekend basketball games. Twenty minutes later, he’s sitting on my mat questioning his life choices while I try not to laugh.

Competitive spirits and warrior poses

Apparently there’s a difference between being able to run a 5K and actually having any flexibility or balance. Who knew? I started him with basic mountain pose and he was already wobbling. By the time we got to warrior two, he looked like he was trying to solve calculus while standing on one foot.

Backup plan: sitting meditation

This is him accepting defeat and asking if we could just do the ‘sitting part’ instead. Jake’s been watching from the kitchen trying not to crack up, but I caught him taking pictures because this is definitely going in the group chat later.

Next week he wants to try again, but ‘with better preparation.’ I’m thinking we start with child’s pose and work up from there.