In Search of Yoga- Found!

My quest for Yoga in Las Vegas is mostly concluded.  I have found this magical place called the YMCA.  At the YMCA I can attend my own fitness classes while Pants goes to Kids Gym, Bub goes to a Y-Kids class called CATCH, and Bear can attend class with me or go to CATCH with Bub.  It is just wonderful.  I am not sure why Utah County is not filled with YMCA’s.  They are a Mormon mother’s dream come true!  Perhaps that is why they are not in Utah County, it would be busting at the seams with all the Mormon kids.  I do miss going to yoga class in a yoga specific studio but for now, while my time is parceled out by children, this is working.  Bear and I attended Aqua Zumba together today.  I love having her as my little pal.  We both wore our hair in high buns (twinners!) so that it would not get wet.  Well, my hair stayed dry.  Another benefit that we are enjoying is the military family discount, 50% off every month.  I do value exercise and I want my children to grow up having positive memories of being active.  I want it to be our family culture.

I am also finally teaching ashtanga yoga again.  I cannot believe how much I have missed it.  My first class at the Warrior Fitness Center on Base was attended by 17 people. I was very encouraged.  I like listening to the military conversations around the room; spouses talking about their husband’s assignments, discussions of TDY (Temporary Duty Assignment, I have no idea what the Y stands for), and transfers to and from other bases.  There certainly is a culture here that I feel I barely understand.  I am happy that yoga is so popular on the base.  When I was completing my expensive and time consuming training, Josh was losing his job.  He was not being paid as the company did not have any money to pay him.  We were paying money that we did not have for the training and to the babysitter.  Josh was so supportive of me, saying that I should be able to teach anywhere we were.  That seems to be true and I am grateful for his foresight and his support.  

Las Vegas Temple

Bub's Kindergarten graduation. He had glitter on his head for days!

Lagoon day in Utah