Ok, anyone who knows about my fixation with yoga, or shares it (you know who you are) – this post is for you. Everyone else can just skip to the next post…

Let’s travel back in time to St. Pete where I had a (mostly) daily practice at some of my very favorite hot spots (quite literally) –
The Body Electric: http://thebodyelectricyoga.com/
and YogaBlue: http://www.yogablustudio.com/
and Yoga Energy: http://yogaenergy.me/
and YogaEtc: http://www.yogaetcstudio.com/
and Perfect Circle Yoga: http://www.perfectcircleyoga.com/.

Yes, this is a shameless shout-out to all my yogi friends in St. Pete. There are a lot of you…

In St. Pete, life was good, I felt balanced, and (mostly) calm.

Then we travel to NH for the summer and I get to see all my old friends at Moondala Yoga: http://www.moondalayoga.com/MOONDALA/casa.html in beautiful Wolfeboro. My NH friends are a hardy, cold-loving bunch, so the studio temperature hovers in the mid-70s. There’s some major schvitzing going on when the mercury hits 80. But, still, it’s all good.

Fast forward 6 weeks and many, many miles later to Seattle and I swear, Peter and the girls are just begging me to find a yoga class. The dogs aren’t beneath begging either. The cashier at Safeway is giving me funny looks. The guy at the gas station eyes me suspiciously. The lady in line in front of me at Subway (Summer’s favorite lunch establishment) seems anxious to get out of there. Even placated with my beloved Starbucks, I’m grouchy and irritable. I NEED yoga.

Enter Fusion Hot Yoga: http://www.fusionhotyoga.com/home.html in the lovely Seattle suburb of Bothell, and all is well in my world again. The studio was promoting a 30-day challenge, in which they challenge you to take 30 classes in 30 days. There were several people in class who had already completed the 30 classes (only 28 days in) and there were several who were on their second class of the day, trying to make up for a missed day. There was even one guy on his THIRD class of the day. I’m on my third this MONTH. It was humbling, but inspiring too.

Aside from the obvious benefits of yoga, one of the things I like so much about the practice is that you can feel at home in pretty much any studio, anywhere in the country. We have lots of miles left to travel before we head home, but I’m looking forward to checking out other studios along the way. And giving them a shameless shout-out.