Thursday, June 4th - Goodbye NYC, I'll be Back Soon

My last day in New York City – I was going to miss both the city and the yoga studio and was determined to get one last class in before check-out.

I had a great class – it was with a teacher, who was also a former dancer. She was very aware of who was in the class – recognized that she'd never taught me before and introduced herself and checked in with me (almost a measure in my mind of a good teacher – and so many Iyengar teachers do this).

The class was excellent – again, very clearly a level 3 class. One of the things I've really liked about the studio is that they have single level classes versus the mixed level classes. A level 3 class is different from a level 2 class – there are different expectations and it pushes me in a different and good way. Both Monday and today's classes were more like some of the workshops I've done and it was nice to have the opportunity to revisit that style in a class. Her demonstrations were excellent and the class just had this very active energy to it. I left with a real spring in my step.

Then back to the hotel to finish packing and reclaim my car ... one of the downsides to driving to both NYC and DC is the extortionate cost of parking at hotels e.g. $50+ / day ... so in NYC I'd decided to go independent as there was a parking lot just a block and a half away – one of those cool places where they put your car in what looks like storage for toy cars ... I walked by many times and chuckled when I saw my car about 4 stories up! It was quite a relief to have the car safely away – driving in NY terrifies me – just far too busy with too many people, cars, crazy drivers and one way streets. Give me the metro any day!

I managed to get out of the city – thank you Jane – and had the same surreal experience going back through the Lincoln tunnel that I had coming in ... as I was leaving, I promised myself, I would be back much more often – every couple of years at least – I've concluded that it is the perfect 'girls weekend' city – lots of great theatre, food, shopping, yoga and cafes – what else do you need! And I think I have some takers for next spring – anyone else want to join?