1. The decision
It’s the end of a looooong day at work – a day which was so stressful that you completely missed lunch and only managed to chow down on a couple of Monte Carlo biscuits for afternoon tea. You’re feeling simultaneously wound up and exhausted, which is never a good combination. You can’t even fathom the concept of dragging yourself to the gym.
But wait… your gym offers yoga at night. And yoga is supposed to de-stress you, right? And there’s that whole mindfulness thing, which you don’t really understand but surely it can only be a good thing. Okay. Yoga it is.
2. The crisis
You have literally nothing to wear to yoga. Yes, you have exercise clothes, but nothing adequately yoga-ish to really capture the essence of mindfulness and peace you’re hoping to achieve. All your tops are too tight, and all your pants suck. And you’re not sure if you have any clean socks. And what shoes are you supposed to wear? You can’t remember what you wore to yoga last time.
You pull on a t-shirt and a random hoodie and some trackpants and resolve to go to Lululemon on the weekend to invest in some kind of proper yoga outfit. Even if you have to take out a mortgage in order to do so.
3. Pre-class
Everyone at yoga is wearing Lululemon. In matching pastel colours. And they all have their own yoga mats. You’re going to be the only amateur that has to use the sweaty gym-provided yoga mats… and you forgot to bring a towel. Ewww. You mentally add a yoga mat to your weekend shopping list.
The doors to class open, and everyone confidently waltzes in and starts setting up their mats and confidently settling in to various yoga poses. You walk in, pick a spot near the back, spend ages trying to straighten your yoga mat on the floor, and then have an extensive internal battle about whether or not you should leave your socks on.