Sunday: yoga and five mile walk

Well, today's 'fitness' pursuit included a yoga class and a five mile, causal, walk with T and the little dog. We walked around 'the pond' (a lovely paved trail around a pond) near our house. The distance is 1.5 miles and it's .7 to the pond (and .7 back). So, we did two loops and with the trip there and back I'm fudging a little by calling it 5 miles, but it's nearly 5. It was a nice day of movement...though admittedly I all too often struggle when I don't work out 'hard' with intensity. Usually the absence of this results in poor body image, negative self talk and poor emotion regulation. As such, you can probably easily imagine how easy I am to live with tonight. Alas, I will return to my 'regular' gym time tomorrow after work.

Oy Vay, what is my deal?

In my first post I mentioned the difficulty I have felt in locating a gym sin my cross country transplant. I can and have located MANY gyms in Boston. Gyms with meat heads, gyms without meat heads. Gyms with fancy equipment and gyms with worn, tattered equipment. I have seen and used neighborhood gyms and fancy downtown gyms. I have joined three, and have left three (or rather, I have left 2, but the third is on its way out). And I continue, despite my love for movement, fitness and exercise, to miss that lovin' feeling that I have had with prior gym spaces.

This displacement has resulted in diminishing workouts though I continue to move this body on a daily basis. The weather here is beautiful in the summer and I walk daily for 3-5 miles. I do however miss group fitness yoga, group strength training classes and kickboxing classes. I run and do the 'basics' on my own, but I miss the sense of belonging and 'social time' that naturally comes with attending a class or being a member at a gym.

I have been considering a 'scary' proposition, one that I have not ever considered before. I am actually considering foregoing the gym membership per say and continuing my daily movement and exercise on my own, and joining a yoga studio instead of a 'gym'.

Any suggestions?