Chapter 18: Yoga Lessons!
YEAR AND A HALF LATER!
Two and a half months after the funeral, Brittany, Alvin, and Dave left once again to continue on their tour. Before they left, they sorted out Miss. Miller's personal belongings; furniture and other things she might have collected over the years including placing her home up for sale. At first they tired to convince Theodore and Eleanor to move in to the house; unfortunately, they didn't feel comfortable with that idea, so their only option was to sell the place after they sorted and sold the future was to sell the house.
Once the selling was finalised and jointly decided upon; Brittany and Alvin felt confident enough to continue in their tour, starting from the city where they last left were - Vancouver BC, in Canada.
After months on the road, they had finally returned home. Alvin and Brittany start to plan their next stage in life together as man and wife. The arrangements for their wedding day had begun, the next three months they spent most of their time making sure everything was set perfectly for their big day. From the flowers and table arrangements, to the taste of the wine.
Thanks to Eleanor and Jeanette, the invitations were sent out six months prior to the date set for the Big Day, while Brittany was still on tour.
As the time drew closer and with nothing much on their hands left, the sisters decided to take a break from the preparations and get together for a morning workout from one of Jeanette's Yoga tapes. She recently purchased new one the other day and was anxious to give it a try.
The doorbell chimps, delighted Jeanette ran up to the front door. She was already wearing her workout suit. Jeanette opened the door and greeted her sister, Brittany.
"Hi Brittany." Her voice was breathless.
"Hi, Jeanette. Sorry I'm late. The traffic was really bad..." Brittany began to explain as she entered her sister home and took off her coat, exposing a workout suit that she wore underneath her coat.
"Oh, that's ok. You're here now, that' all that matters." Jeanette walks past her sister and heads for the living room.
"Jeanette? Did you lose weight?" Brittany asks, as she was able to look at her sister clearly.
"You noticed?" Jeanette said with a surprised grinned.
"Well, yea." Brittany smiled. "Of course I noticed."
"Gee, thanks Brittany. It only took me five years to start getting my old body back." Jeanette let out a giggles.
"Hi Brittany! It's about time you showed up." Eleanor complained as soon as her sisters entered the living room. She too happens to be wearing a workout uniform.
"Hey, traffic was bad, ok?" Brittany spat.
"Come one you two," Jeanette said trying to claim them down, "I bought this new Yoga tape and I'm itching to give it a try." She cheered, trying to direct her sisters' attention away from the arguing.
"Your really getting into this Yoga thing, aren't you, Jeanette?" Brittany questioned her sister with an eyebrow raised.
"Well, as you can tell it has done wonders for my physique." Jeanette replied by addressing her new and improved body. "I admit, I'm still a beginner at this, but the moves that are being taught are easy."
"If you say so..." Brittany says in a dull tone and shrugged.
"Well, what are you waiting for, stick in the tape and let's get started." Eleanor cheers with a bit more enthusiasm.
Without any more delays, Jeanette sticks in the new tape and gets into position with her sisters.
"Namasté class, and welcome to another addition to easy Yoga and a fit body series. Shall we begin?" The young woman announced on the video.
"First lets do the 'Half Moon Posture'... Stand with both feet touching from the heel to the big toe, keeping the back straight and the arms pressed slightly against the sides with palms facing inward."
"This isn't too bad..." Brittany comments.
"Brittany, shush." Jeanette demanded.
"Now, bring the hands together at the chest with palms lightly pressed against each other. Inhale and raise the arms straight up keeping the palms pressed lightly together. Arch your body backwards keeping your arms alongside your neck and head, tilt the head backward and hold. Keep your knees straight while holding posture."
"Oof, this is supposed to be easy?" Brittany starts complaining.
"Slowly return to the tada-asana"
"The what?" Eleanor asks.
"Back to the first position, Ellie." Jeanette answers as she slowly comes back to the standing position.
"Phew." Both Eleanor and Brittany say when they manage to get out of that move.
"Next, the 'Lord of the Dance Posture'. Stand with the feet together and the arms by your sides. Inhale and bend the right leg backward grasping the left foot with your left hand while simultaneously extending the right arm straight out in front."
The girls start wobbling as they tried to keep balanced.
"Continue raising the right arm upward until it is about 45 degrees from the floor while lifting the left leg as high as possible with the left arm. Hold the posture while breathing gently through the nostrils. Keep your gaze fixed slightly above the horizon."
Brittany begins to lose her balance and falls flat on her face.
"Whoa!" She screeches just before she lands with a thud.
Jeanette and Eleanor almost fall out of position as well when they began laugh at Brittany.
"Remain in the nataraja-asana for about one minute then return slowly to a standing position. Repeat by reversing directions 2-4."
"Jeanette, do me a favour, and fast forward section?" Brittany demanded annoyance in her voice clearly stated that she didn't like this one bit.
"What's the matter, Brittany? The taste of the carpet isn't to your liking?" Eleanor teased and then snickers.
"Ha, ha, very funny!" Brittany grumbles.
"Ah, here we go...the next exercise...and look Brittany, I don't think you have to get up from the floor." Jeanette tells her as soon as she finished passing the one they were just doing.
Eleanor starts to giggle again over Jeanette's comment.
"You two are really starting to challenge my patience today, aren't you?" Brittany warns.
Before the lesson starts Jeanette joins Eleanor and Brittany on the floor.
"Ok, now lets really start getting into the warm up." The instructor says.
"What?" All three of the Chipettes cry out.
"Our next move is the 'Scorpion Posture'. This is one of my personal favourites."
"I don't like the sound of this..." Eleanor trailed off.
"Kneel on the floor and lean forward placing the elbows and forearms flat on the floor with the palms facing down. Your arms should be placed about shoulder-distance apart." The instructor begins. "Extend your head forward and lift it as high as possible. Raise the buttocks and place the feet firmly on the bottoms the toes. Inhale a swing the legs up and over the head while maintaining your balance. Bring the legs straight up over your head. Slowly bend the knees and drop the legs toward the head being careful not to move too quickly or drop the legs to far while maintaining balance."
Brittany, Eleanor, and Jeanette haven't even moved from the first position and stared at the TV with their jaws hanging down in disbelief.
"You have got to be kidding." Eleanor says.
"That's it! Jeanette, shut it off! I'm done." Brittany said letting her hands fly in the air.
"Uh, Jeanette? Are you sure you have the right tape for beginners?" Eleanor asks.
"It should be..." Jeanette started to reply as she reached over for the tape cover. "'Simple Yoga...For an Intermediate Workout' ...Oh dear. I must have dropped it in the cart before reading the whole cover."
"Why did you do that?" Asked Eleanor.
"Oh, I had to catch Vincent before he knocked over a display of canned corn." Jeanette answered sheepishly.
Both Brittany and Eleanor took a deep breath and sighed. It would figure that at least one of Jeanette's kids would inherit her klutziness.
"I don't know about you two, but I've had enough Yoga for one day...why don't we go out for a latte?" Brittany suggested.
Eleanor and Jeanette looked at each other and smiled. "Ok." The both chimed at once.
The three Chipettes get up off the floor and giggled as they got their coats and headed out the door.
"Boy, that was kinda funny though..." Eleanor said before her sisters told her to shut up.
YEAR AND A HALF LATER!
Two and a half months after the funeral, Brittany, Alvin, and Dave left once again to continue on their tour. Before they left, they sorted out Miss. Miller's personal belongings; furniture and other things she might have collected over the years including placing her home up for sale. At first they tired to convince Theodore and Eleanor to move in to the house; unfortunately, they didn't feel comfortable with that idea, so their only option was to sell the place after they sorted and sold the future was to sell the house.
Once the selling was finalised and jointly decided upon; Brittany and Alvin felt confident enough to continue in their tour, starting from the city where they last left were - Vancouver BC, in Canada.
After months on the road, they had finally returned home. Alvin and Brittany start to plan their next stage in life together as man and wife. The arrangements for their wedding day had begun, the next three months they spent most of their time making sure everything was set perfectly for their big day. From the flowers and table arrangements, to the taste of the wine.
Thanks to Eleanor and Jeanette, the invitations were sent out six months prior to the date set for the Big Day, while Brittany was still on tour.
As the time drew closer and with nothing much on their hands left, the sisters decided to take a break from the preparations and get together for a morning workout from one of Jeanette's Yoga tapes. She recently purchased new one the other day and was anxious to give it a try.
The doorbell chimps, delighted Jeanette ran up to the front door. She was already wearing her workout suit. Jeanette opened the door and greeted her sister, Brittany.
"Hi Brittany." Her voice was breathless.
"Hi, Jeanette. Sorry I'm late. The traffic was really bad..." Brittany began to explain as she entered her sister home and took off her coat, exposing a workout suit that she wore underneath her coat.
"Oh, that's ok. You're here now, that' all that matters." Jeanette walks past her sister and heads for the living room.
"Jeanette? Did you lose weight?" Brittany asks, as she was able to look at her sister clearly.
"You noticed?" Jeanette said with a surprised grinned.
"Well, yea." Brittany smiled. "Of course I noticed."
"Gee, thanks Brittany. It only took me five years to start getting my old body back." Jeanette let out a giggles.
"Hi Brittany! It's about time you showed up." Eleanor complained as soon as her sisters entered the living room. She too happens to be wearing a workout uniform.
"Hey, traffic was bad, ok?" Brittany spat.
"Come one you two," Jeanette said trying to claim them down, "I bought this new Yoga tape and I'm itching to give it a try." She cheered, trying to direct her sisters' attention away from the arguing.
"Your really getting into this Yoga thing, aren't you, Jeanette?" Brittany questioned her sister with an eyebrow raised.
"Well, as you can tell it has done wonders for my physique." Jeanette replied by addressing her new and improved body. "I admit, I'm still a beginner at this, but the moves that are being taught are easy."
"If you say so..." Brittany says in a dull tone and shrugged.
"Well, what are you waiting for, stick in the tape and let's get started." Eleanor cheers with a bit more enthusiasm.
Without any more delays, Jeanette sticks in the new tape and gets into position with her sisters.
"Namasté class, and welcome to another addition to easy Yoga and a fit body series. Shall we begin?" The young woman announced on the video.
"First lets do the 'Half Moon Posture'... Stand with both feet touching from the heel to the big toe, keeping the back straight and the arms pressed slightly against the sides with palms facing inward."
"This isn't too bad..." Brittany comments.
"Brittany, shush." Jeanette demanded.
"Now, bring the hands together at the chest with palms lightly pressed against each other. Inhale and raise the arms straight up keeping the palms pressed lightly together. Arch your body backwards keeping your arms alongside your neck and head, tilt the head backward and hold. Keep your knees straight while holding posture."
"Oof, this is supposed to be easy?" Brittany starts complaining.
"Slowly return to the tada-asana"
"The what?" Eleanor asks.
"Back to the first position, Ellie." Jeanette answers as she slowly comes back to the standing position.
"Phew." Both Eleanor and Brittany say when they manage to get out of that move.
"Next, the 'Lord of the Dance Posture'. Stand with the feet together and the arms by your sides. Inhale and bend the right leg backward grasping the left foot with your left hand while simultaneously extending the right arm straight out in front."
The girls start wobbling as they tried to keep balanced.
"Continue raising the right arm upward until it is about 45 degrees from the floor while lifting the left leg as high as possible with the left arm. Hold the posture while breathing gently through the nostrils. Keep your gaze fixed slightly above the horizon."
Brittany begins to lose her balance and falls flat on her face.
"Whoa!" She screeches just before she lands with a thud.
Jeanette and Eleanor almost fall out of position as well when they began laugh at Brittany.
"Remain in the nataraja-asana for about one minute then return slowly to a standing position. Repeat by reversing directions 2-4."
"Jeanette, do me a favour, and fast forward section?" Brittany demanded annoyance in her voice clearly stated that she didn't like this one bit.
"What's the matter, Brittany? The taste of the carpet isn't to your liking?" Eleanor teased and then snickers.
"Ha, ha, very funny!" Brittany grumbles.
"Ah, here we go...the next exercise...and look Brittany, I don't think you have to get up from the floor." Jeanette tells her as soon as she finished passing the one they were just doing.
Eleanor starts to giggle again over Jeanette's comment.
"You two are really starting to challenge my patience today, aren't you?" Brittany warns.
Before the lesson starts Jeanette joins Eleanor and Brittany on the floor.
"Ok, now lets really start getting into the warm up." The instructor says.
"What?" All three of the Chipettes cry out.
"Our next move is the 'Scorpion Posture'. This is one of my personal favourites."
"I don't like the sound of this..." Eleanor trailed off.
"Kneel on the floor and lean forward placing the elbows and forearms flat on the floor with the palms facing down. Your arms should be placed about shoulder-distance apart." The instructor begins. "Extend your head forward and lift it as high as possible. Raise the buttocks and place the feet firmly on the bottoms the toes. Inhale a swing the legs up and over the head while maintaining your balance. Bring the legs straight up over your head. Slowly bend the knees and drop the legs toward the head being careful not to move too quickly or drop the legs to far while maintaining balance."
Brittany, Eleanor, and Jeanette haven't even moved from the first position and stared at the TV with their jaws hanging down in disbelief.
"You have got to be kidding." Eleanor says.
"That's it! Jeanette, shut it off! I'm done." Brittany said letting her hands fly in the air.
"Uh, Jeanette? Are you sure you have the right tape for beginners?" Eleanor asks.
"It should be..." Jeanette started to reply as she reached over for the tape cover. "'Simple Yoga...For an Intermediate Workout' ...Oh dear. I must have dropped it in the cart before reading the whole cover."
"Why did you do that?" Asked Eleanor.
"Oh, I had to catch Vincent before he knocked over a display of canned corn." Jeanette answered sheepishly.
Both Brittany and Eleanor took a deep breath and sighed. It would figure that at least one of Jeanette's kids would inherit her klutziness.
"I don't know about you two, but I've had enough Yoga for one day...why don't we go out for a latte?" Brittany suggested.
Eleanor and Jeanette looked at each other and smiled. "Ok." The both chimed at once.
The three Chipettes get up off the floor and giggled as they got their coats and headed out the door.
"Boy, that was kinda funny though..." Eleanor said before her sisters told her to shut up.