Now the next time I drive over the Bay Bridge I'm gonna be all freaked out, man.

Sorry! I can still drive it but it is scary to me.

One of the things that has surprised me is how unfriendly-seeming the yoga teachers are and how few alternative-prep poses they offer for those of us that can't always get into the full pose. Also, I don't understand how people learn anything in some classes I went to -- the teacher just stands there and calls out a pose but never gives any hint as to how to enter it, proper positioning, etc., in case anyone is having trouble

Ack! Wish you were a bit closer and then you could go to my super awesome yoga school of awesome teachers (tm). What kind of yoga were you taking where the teachers weren't demo-ing at all? Was it Bikram? Becauase I know that's a Bikram thing and it's one of the (many!) things about Bikram that I hate.

Not Bikram. I've been trying Astanga/Vinyasa/Ansura kinds of places. I had a really wonderful teacher in Berkeley, and I miss her. Sniff.

super awesome yoga school of awesome teachers (tm).

Send info,please! Maybe I can take a workshop or something with them every once in a while to renew my faith in awesome.

Insent, Sparky!

It's this place:

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There's 2 locations--one midtownish (near the train station) and one down here in Fells Pt.

FTR, I hate the (Bay Area) Bay Bridge. Now that I have wheels (OMG, I have wheels!), I'm figuring out what routes to take to avoid the thing. NO BRIDGES!

vw, much ~ma to your friend.

Yeah, I used to run under the bridge all the time. It's a very pretty route. Argh. OH! Oh, no. Also, there's a huge homeless encampment in that area during the summer. Oh, fuck.

However, the one I was most worried about - Carl - checked in. I think my people are in the clear.

My friend Sara did a seven-day water fast last month, and she raved about the benefits.

FWIW, my mother, who's been a phys. ed. instructor and a Weight Watchers leader and is just generally All Up In That, despises those fasts as absolutely unhealthy in the long term. So, I don't know.

re: the bridge

I listen to Minnesota Public Radio a lot because it's my home. I turned it on at 5:30 this morning and heard them talking about a bridge that collapsed. Thankfully, before I realized which bridge, I got an email from my mom that all our family in MN are safe.

Still, like I posted in my LJ, I used to drive over that bridge all the time when I lived there and just thinking about it gives me "Ellie trapped in her carseat underwater" anxiety thoughts.

FTR, I hate the (Bay Area) Bay Bridge. Now that I have wheels (OMG, I have wheels!), I'm figuring out what routes to take to avoid the thing. NO BRIDGES!

Sniff. Was hoping wheels would bring you over to this side of the bay a bit more - can't see you going all the way down to San Jose and back up this side just to visit. And that would only get you close to my place without going over a bridge.

I cross a bridge or go through a tunnel every day. Living on an island, that is just how it is.

Glad you have heard from your peeps, juliana.

FWIW, my mother, who's been a phys. ed. instructor and a Weight Watchers leader and is just generally All Up In That, despises those fasts as absolutely unhealthy in the long term. So, I don't know.

Yeah I don't really understand the point of them from a nutritional perspective (I get how psychologically they might be helpful).

Stephanie & juliana, I'm glad your people are okay!

Ellie trapped in her carseat underwater" anxiety thoughts.

okay that just made my heart skip a beat and I don't even have a child. yikes.

I'm going over the Bay Bridge after work today. Dammit!

So, Bitches, I have yet another financial question. Should I buy a condo? My aunt and uncle think it's a good idea for me to buy a condo, live in it at least five years, and then sell it, as I would come out ahead, as opposed to throwing my money away in rent. The Bay Area housing market is guaranteed to pay off, they say.

"Ellie trapped in her carseat underwater" anxiety thoughts.

One of my worst nightmares. Honest to goodness. I dread the day we have to drive over the Mackinaw Bridge with her. t shudder

That's what my brother did. He bought a two-bedroom condo just out of college, split the cost with a roommate for a few years, then sold it and bought a house, using the equity he had built up. It worked very well for him.