I'm hoping the third time's a charm.
I hit my head at yoga. Then, I did it again and, shortly thereafter, once more.
These three hits happened accidentally on purpose as part of my efforts to drop into a backbend from standing.
It’s scary, but I am not ready to stop. I console myself with the thought that hitting one’s head is supposed to happen in three’s so, hopefully, I’ve also hit my quota.
Read MoreI've been seeing stars at yoga.
As soon as you see the floor, put your hands down!
The instructor is standing in front of me, holding my hips. My hands are in prayer at my heart.
The plan is for me to bend backwards and look for the floor, tilting over and saving myself last minute with my hands.
I think most people can probably identify a time when they’ve had to save themselves last minute. Such challenges can just be part of life, the part where you learn, the part where your head spins and you see stars.
Read MoreYoga can either improve your mood, or “let loose a flood of sufferings of which no sane person ever dreamed.”
This, according to The Washington Post, is what psychiatrist Carl Jung thought about yoga.
I look at my yoga as a workout. It keeps me in shape. In fact, I only started yoga because a studio opened nearby, and I lost my last excuse to not work out.
Read MoreAnne Samit is an author and a yogi, moving every day and writing it all down along the way.
