Oh, so, much, has happened today…..
For one, the weather went from one extreme to the other. Pouring rain and cold to sunny and warm. Thanks New York! At least it felt like spring for a portion of the day
—> Today began my 22 DAY YOGA CHALLENGE! What better way to start than with a late night class with one of my favorite instructors?
Thoughts from day one:
First of all I love doing yoga at 9pm. There is something very relaxing about using a class as the last thing I am going to do that day and using it as an opportunity to totally unwind. I felt very off tonight in class though, a bit jittery and unfocused. My arm has also been bothering me more than usual so I decided to take it easy on a few poses.
I started thinking about flexibility. For as long as I can remember my body has been less flexible than most. It has been a struggle for me in dance and flying. A teacher at college last year told me that there are two types of bodies, flexible bodies that will never look as muscular and there’s strong muscular ones that will never be as flexible. I believe my body composition reflects the latter.
Flexibility is more than my body though, it is a way of living life. I am not a flexible person in life either. I like schedule, follow rules and having an order to how I do things. When I stray from the schedule it gets me incredibly anxious. So I am not a very spontaneous person. If I said I was going to do homework during that block of time, I won’t take someone up on a dinner offer. If i said I was going to the gym during a specific time, I won’t change my plans for someone else. There are definitely positives and negatives to my inflexible but regimented way of life.
Some of this I think is unchangeable, it’s in my nature, but I want to try to exercise a bit more flexibility in my life. Every so often stray from the schedule. Be able to quickly adapt when things do not go according to plan. Something to think about and work on, as I am making my body more flexible, how can I also bring this into my mind.
So exciting that today is only the beginning.
—>Today was TONY NOM DAY! For the first time ever, I got to watch as the Tony Nominations for this year were announced. I am fully aware that the majority of the world could care less about these people, but for me they are my celebrities and superstars. And so begins Tony Season 2012! I personally am rooting loud for Peter and the Starcatcher, a beautiful, innovative and new play.
—> Today I took my final final EVER! this means I am [essentially] DONE WITH COLLEGE! say what? I am in shock that this day has come. I am finished with all homework—- all that’s left is a cabaret I am performing in for my program…. and graduation!
It is a weird feeling, essentially being done with college. It feels perfect to use a quote from Green Day’s “Holiday”. In the musical, this is when characters Johnny and Tunny leave suburbia behind for the city. I feel a similar sense of thrill to those characters– we don’t know what is in store for us as we move onto the next phase of life. and that feeling is terrifying and thrilling all at once.
Kayla in the City 
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