30-Day Yoga Challenge: Day 1

It is time.
I am putting it into the universe that I am going to do yoga for 30 days straight, beginning today.
Part of the reason I am doing this is to bring down the price per class of my new $130 unlimited month-long membership at Yoga Center for Healthy Living in Brighton.
The other reason is that it's simply time.
It's time to shed the baby weight. It's time for me time. It's time to prove to myself that I can commit to something, see it through, and hopefully change myself in the process.
It's also time to return to yoga, the practice that has sustained me for the past 20 years. I have been a fickle yogini, but I'm back.
So, my husband and I worked out a loose schedule and I started the challenge this morning.
I have to admit I was anxious. I woke up at 5 a.m. and used the time before 8 a.m. Vinyasa to bathe and do a mini-pedi to get my toes up to yoga standards.
When I arrived at the studio, owner Lee Ann Louis-Prescott greeted me at the door. I hadn't meant to share my intentions, but she was so nice I heard myself blurting out my 30-day challenge. Lee Ann gave me a fist bump and a hug and proceeded to pay special attention to me in class - even introducing me at one point. I never expected such a warm welcome. It's an encouraging sign that the stars are aligned.
Lee Ann is all about classic yoga - fire breath, Sanskrit and all. Her class had lots of vinyasas, balancing poses and advanced options.
At 90 minutes, the Saturday morning Vinyasa is the longest class at the studio. If I got to Savasana there, I can get through anything.
But tomorrow I'm doing Hatha.
I am going to be sore!