Today we woke up to a seemingly sunny-ish day with a few clouds in the sky. Jill was going to try to go to 8 a.m. yoga, and then bum around while I took Craig Villani's 10 a.m. "master class" - a little backgroud - Craig was the director of my Bikram Yoga Teacher Training almost a year ago now in Acapulco. For me, his instruction and guidance resonated more deeply than anyone else I experienced at training. I learned so much from him, and so, when we arrived last Tuesday and saw he was teaching a class today, I was *there*! Jill, on the other hand, wasn't so keen on a 2-hour ++ class while on vacation, and who could blame her. However....We didn't wake up until 7:15 and so in the end, she joined me for the 10 a.m. class. Once we parked and got inside, the weather took an unexpected turn - we looked out to see hurricane like rain and wind that was insane! Just like that! The owner of the studio told all of us to move our cars off the street, as it tended to hold water and unless we were up high, our car may flood. Another woman who was in the 8 a.m. class (that was just finishing) ran out because she'd left the top down on her convertible.
Jill ventured out, barefoot in her yoga clothes, to move the car...I couldn't see her feet in the water that had accumulated in just those couple minutes. Some local fella drove up next to her and asked, "So, ya goin' for a swim?"
Class started a few minutes late and it was fantastic. The room was pretty much to capacity and the humidity was again, a lot for me. Still, the class was great. He started off saying "I didn't come up with the term "master class" and I don't look in the mirror and think of myself as a "yoga master" or anything like that, but I have some tips that I hope will help your practice." And from there, we started class. It was almost 2.5 hours long, but with some demonstrations and breaks. He pushed us in good ways and at the end, we both felt pretty exhilarated. Jill was glad she opted into this one, as it turned out too. :)
After, we went in the bumper to bumper traffic to Pa'ia for lunch at the Pa'ia's Fish Market - everyone whose been here that we know insisted on it. So we made it and stood in line and waited some more and then our fantastic lunches arrived! I had the Mahi & Chips, Jill had the "Obama Burger" which was a cajun blakened fish with all sorts of fixin's on a bun, with what turned out to be a giant blob of wasabi (re: NOT guacamole...ouch!) on top. The fish was fantastic and the fries delicious. It was community seating and we chatted with an elderly couple from Chehalis who were sitting across from us.
We then bummed around Pa'ia and took in some of the shops, one of the small buddhist temples there (which had a 6' tall prayer wheel inside!) and then had some locally made Ono gelato. We got a medium with two flavors, as they had a whole case of dairy-free flavors to Jill's lactose-intolerant delight. We couldn't even finish it, but it was tasty! Around 4:30, we headed back home...I went and got my toes re-done as they took quite a beating in the surf yesterday, and Jill chilled out.
As mentioned, Todd & Tanya arrived yesterday so we went to meet up and had Thai food with them for dinner. It was fun to see them and catch up! They are staying a little more south in Wailea (where we are moving to on Tuesday) and had pretty decent weather today. Tomorrow is supposed to be quite rainy, but we just figure we'll plan out the day once we see how things go. We've discovered some rainy day activities and both have books and sudokus to do! It's vacation, and we're happy to just relax and do nothing...
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Crazy weather (enlarge to see by clicking); Craig in class; Jill & I after class; Pa'ia Fish Market lunch - YUM!; pretty gelato above; Buddhist temple and Tanya & Todd, hamming it up!
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