Our usual yoga instructor is away, so we had a locum up from Nelson to teach our class on Wednesday. <\/p>\n
She seemed very nice, and I learnt a few useful things from her. My downward dog is much improved, for one. Unfortunately she kept confusing my name with another student, Kendal, who is far better than me. This was mildly amusing on the night, but I\u2019d love to see Tessa\u2019s face when she gets back from her retreat to find a report from the interim teacher saying that Kirsty is an excellent student, and shows much promise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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