by Diana Orgain | Jun 22, 2021 | Maternal Instincts Mysteries, Sneak Peek, Uncategorized
From Pampered to Death Chapter One How my best girlfriend, Paula, convinced me to take a yoga class was beyond me. When she’d told me about this spa, Pampered to Death, I’d envisioned something quite different. A massage, of course … a glass of champagne … a girlfriend’s brunch. And at the top of the list RELAXATION. Instead, I now found myself attempting to perform a yoga pose I couldn’t have done even pre-baby, while a stick-thin woman with the height of an Amazon, stood at the head of the class telling us to take the stretch just a bit deeper. Was this supposed to feel like torture? “Feel the burn,” the woman shouted excitedly. Oh, I guess so. “Breathe into the pose and feel yourself getting stronger,” she said. “Go deep within.” If I went any deeper, I wouldn’t be able to recover. How embarrassing if I were suddenly to cramp up and crumple to the floor. I imagined an ambulance pulling up to the spa and carting me off because I pulled a hamstring. No. I wasn’t going to let that happen. I stayed in my comfortable lazy stretch to avoid injury and humili‐ ation. I glanced over at Paula, who was right beside me, looking like she was some sort of Olympian. Not going to lie. I thought I might actually strangle her by the end of the day if I didn’t get some real down time. Paula turned in my direction, and seemed completely at ease in the bizarre one-legged king pigeon pose. “Isn’t this great?” Paula asked, a huge smile on her face. “Press...
