Down-Dog

Since I got my spinner bike I've been getting up at 4:30am to ride the bike, lift some weights and so some yoga. At first, the spinner bike fascinated Randi and Earl; they mostly wanted to try to lick me as I was riding. Then they realized that bike riding was pretty boring and they just went to sleep. (Sarah never really got into the routine; she mostly just paced back and forth from the living room to the bedroom.) Today the puppies slept through the hour bike ride and the 15 minutes of weight lifting, but when I decided to do yoga...yoga awakened their Inner Mischief. My yoga practice was rather short today because in my first Down-Dog Earl decided to join me. He used the couch as a prop to achieve greater balance and a deeper stretch. Literally we were both in Down-Dog on the yoga mat at the same time; though admittedly Earl had wiggled his way underneath me. Then we practiced Give Dog Lovies Pose, a deeply relaxing posture. In my second Down-Dog Randi joined me. Again I tried Give Dog Lovies Pose and even Advanced Give Dog Lovies Pose, but when I swan dived down into my next Down-Dog, she moved effortlessly from peaceful Mountain Pose to Lick You Everywhere Pose which is probably my least favorite yoga pose. Lick You Everywhere Pose is best followed by Take a Shower Pose, which is how my yoga practice ended this morning about one minute after it began.