11:02 AM
after almost 6 months of inactivity, i finally joined a capoiera class yesterday. this is not a story of a triumphant return, rather its a funny recollection of how you may have plans of how one thing may go while life may choose to go on a completely different albeit funnier route.
i went to the class with my sister. now, she was a total beginner and no match to my "expert" skills (or so i thought haha). i was in the zone, i was grooving it. it seemed like i had not forgotten my moves after all. my form was still good.acceptable. i even quote my instructor as saying that it was "beautiful" at times. ahhhh, can you feel the head swell?!:p
and then it happened. i felt weird. i dashed off to get a drink of water. it did nothing to improve the weirdness. it was hot and cold at the same time. i felt like maybe my necklace, my top was choking me. i had to sit down.the world went spinning and black for a few moments and then my arms went numb and tingly.after that, a stomach pain comparable to dysmenorhea started. tiny came over. "you look really pale"she said, "rest".
so i rested. rested while the rest of the class grooved some more. rested while tiny made those killer handstand push-ups. rested while she was proclaimed "a natural" and called by her new capoiera name.
in the end, a combination of losing weight much too quickly, not having enough sugar in my body, low blood pressure, mvp and having my 1st day period did me in. i made attempts to get up and join back in, but the wave of dizziness was much to strong, and i opted to stay in my comfortable and stable fetal position instead.
and that was how sam got her groove back, capo style, and i suppose how tiny got her groove on too. this is not the end of me though. just you wait, maybe this thursday, i will make it through the entire class. my capoiera spirit lives again, fueled by a piece of candy and mcdonalds drive-thru that my sister forced me to take. you've gotta give it to life sometimes, and to sisters too :)
Labels: capoiera, groove, life, sisters, tiny
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