an altogether different dog

I took my first Yoga class last night, which to the best of my knowledge makes me the very last person living in Park Slope to get into downward facing dog position. I think it was pretty much what I expected, but I'll need to do it one or two more times to see if I want to stick with it. It's hard to focus on something when most of the time you're looking at other people to see what to do next, and Yoga is supposed to be about focus, right?

Anyhow, I had no idea what I was doing, but in a few minutes I'm going to read up on focus this and breathe that. The namaste spiritual gumbo is lost on me altogether as of now, but it is an interesting workout otherwise. I had an absolutely incredible run today too, and while having had 3 days off to rest my ankle probably helped there, I can't help but think maybe the yoga....Anyway, I'll probably go again Thursday.