One of my goals is to find a new yoga studio here. I made my first attempt yesterday, taking a 5:30 hatha class at Anjali, a modern boutique-style studio about a 15 minute walk from my house. I wasn’t sure I’d know what the yoga teacher was saying — how do you say “downward dog” in Spanish? — but it ended up being fine. I just watched everyone else.
During our final meditation, the teacher, who had a soothing, deep voice, urged everyone to repeat this mantra in their heads: “Todo esta bien… todo esta bien.” I thought: “It’s all good? Really?” Bad yoga girl. I should have been clearing my mind.
After his third or fourth “todo esta bien,” two cars stuck in traffic outside decided to join in. The studio overlooks a busy intersection, and it was already rush hour.
“Todo esta bien…”
[Loud, screechy car horn] WAAAAA!
“Todo esta bien…”
WAAA WAAA WAAAAAAA!
The teacher ignored it.
Downward dog, by the way, is “perro cabeza hacia abajo.”
Oh, it’s too funny when the “real world” contradicts the yoga teacher’s message!
In the classes I’ve taken, they simply say “perro abajo.”