Bikram comes after my butt.

I have survived my first hot yoga class.

Barely. 

I have sweated profusely and cleansed myself of toxins.  I may have burned 12-hundred calories. I'm pretty sure I watched my belly fat melt before my sweating eyeballs.

The workout is one thing.  Getting used to contortion in humidity more suited to a eucalyptus steam at the spa, is quite another.

At one point, I actually thought I might collapse. But ego would not let me down.  My weakness would be kept from my hardbodied classmates.

I have been told  5 to 6 times a week for as little as 3, and a firmer version of myself will emerge.  I'm also counting on the better sleeps and emotional balance that came with running.  I've been pining for those goodies since a bad case of plantar fasciitis, (a foot pain as bad as its name makes it sound), made me hang up my runners for now.

So back to Bikram I go. By the way, the Bikram studio at Lansdowne in Richmond, is offering a special introductory rate: 2 weeks, $30, for all the hot, sweaty yoga you can handle.

My Pro Photographer, My New Best Friend

Jeff and I decided to supplement our wedding picture collection with some pro shots taken during the day, in a more relaxed setting, in better weather, in one of our favourite spots in the world. 

So on Friday, we got all dressed up again and hit Jericho beach with the fabulous Leanne Liakos. 

With beehived hair and false eyelashes applied, without a girdle and with tremendous gratitude, I just managed to squeeze back into the gown. 

I'm not sure how many pics Leanne took (still waiting for the final product).  But even she agreed we might be on to something.  We saved a ton of dough (just happened to catch her Spring Portrait Special), we were spared the pressures that family can sometimes add, and we were minus any strict timeline.

The results as we've seen them so far, are brilliant.  Leanne captured  the essence of who we are together.  She made us look pretty great. http://www.leanneliakosphotography.com/