I did it. Today, I went back to the gym for the first day since July. I was a bit stunned when the guy at the front desk said, "how was your summer?" when I checked in. I actually didn't realize it had been that long since I had been in. But there it was. The reality. Where had I been? What had I been doing? Hoop practices. Meditations. Work. So it was a nice day to be back. Of course they had lots of wicked new machines that looked crazy space age. I hopped on one at casually selected level 14 for 35 minutes. By the end I was a sweating, heaving wreck. Crunches, arm weights ,stretching then left. Especially after teaching two classes tonight, I can literally feel the connective tissue in my knees and legs humming. Winding down from a day at work... anticipating tomprrow's holiday...