Peter’s Story….

Peter’s Story…..

Daddies do yoga too!

As a daddy, I must try to be the best role model for my beautiful daughter.   So what’s something healthy, calming, and positive that I could do both at home and outside that could influence my family in a positive way without putting my life on the line? Yoga.

I’ve tried every other type of exercise: cross training and body building. It would seem that yoga wasn’t to much of a stretch, right? The thought of bending all types of ways while breathing in a controlled manner seemed easy. I mean I use to spin on my head so this couldn’t be that hard.

My first yoga class put me in my place, literally. I went from a confident, know-it-all father to a clumsy, shaky man who didn’t know where to put his hand or other body parts. Sitting their in the room with mostly women I couldn’t help but laugh at myself.

Yoga? I’m sitting here doing… yoga. I went home thinking, maybe I should re-evaluate my manhood. Was there something missing in my life?

Looking for Yoga

The next day I started looking at some yoga websites, but that didn’t necessarily help my wounded ego. After watching some videos and finally finding other men who do yoga online, I started to feel a little better about myself. Ok…. Men do yoga, too, so I’m not that strange, right?

I Like This Yoga Stuff

Now it’s been over two weeks and I find myself doing yoga almost every day. My daughter thinks Downward Dog is the funniest thing ever! It affords her the opportunity to use me as a human slide. Savasana equals human trampoline, and Plank is a horse ride! Ha!ha!

After the second week, I realized I’m starting to like this yoga stuff. I’m not folded like a pretzel yet, more like a croissant, but hey, I’m trying!!!