This just in: I am a very tense person.

Shocking, I know. Who woulda thunk it?

I had my first yoga class today at Old Town. After all the twisting and contorting and posing and shaking and sweating (anyone who thinks yoga isn't work -- try it. You'll see.), there came the time for relaxing. The instructor walked around telling us to "let your shoulders feel like they're melting into the floor... let your hips sink into the mat... fell the tension leaving your fingers and toes..." as he tweaked our positioning. So I'm laying there, feeling like a little puddle of calm and serenity, when he comes up to me and whispers "relax." And I'm think "what are you talking about? I am relaxed. See? Blissful puddle. All relaxed. No tension...." and then he pushed down on my shoulders, which were apparently up around my ears without my even knowing it. And I, being me, pushed back and tensed up even more. Sigh.