Yoga in Spanish class in West Palm Beach

Yoga instructor Monica Hornung assists students
in the Yoga in Spanish class.

Como se dice "downward dog" en espanol?

I didn't know either, that's why the Yoga in Spanish class intrigued me at the seventh annual Yoga Day in West Palm Beach. The full day of free yoga took place Sunday, Feb. 24, at the Meyer Amphitheatre, near the recently redeveloped waterfront.

I also wanted to experience yoga in another language, trying to feel like a  foreigner in my own land. When I couldn't understand what the instructor was saying, I looked at the students next to me for clues on what to do.

For longtime yoga instructor Monica Hornung, it was the first time she taught a class in Spanish in West Palm Beach. She's taught in Spanish when hosting yoga workshops in Mexico and Venezuela.

She also said there are several ways to describe the yoga positions, depending on what dialect of Spanish you prefer. Plus, there are the Sanskrit position names, which she also gave in Spanish.

Lake Clarke Shores woman checks off private farm tour from bucket list

Husband John pushes Susan into the van
for ride to Green Cay.

Susan Spencer-Wendel didn't know a private farm tour would be part of her bucket list, until Nancy Roe offered one.

Nancy, who runs Green Cay Farm west of Boynton Beach, operates the farm through the community supported agriculture program. She sells subscriptions "shares" to her farm, and in return, subscribers receive produce that she and her crew grow. 

One weekend each February, she opens Green Cay to her subscribers and their friends to see how they grow the vegetables and the innovative methods used to control pests and provide water to the crops.

Nancy graciously offered the private farm tour as an option when I asked whether the farm tour was wheelchair-accessible.

Lake Worth cyclist uses Strava to have fun while competing

Bill Bove (photos provided)

Cyclist Bill Bove was surfing the web one day when he found Strava and tried the app.

"One of the things I like most about the app is I can compare my times on the courses that we race with the times of the younger guys and the pros who do the same race but in different age groups or categories," says Bove, of Lake Worth.

The "performance website" just ended a cycling challenge to its members to ride the most miles in the month of January. 

Over 46,000 riders around the globe participated. Bove came in 16th, riding 2,237.6 miles, the leader from Guadeloupe rode an astonishing 4,029.2 miles. Total miles ridden by cyclists: 12.2 million.

Inflatable colon returns to West Palm Beach waterfront

I wondered whether the inflatable colon would return to the Meyer Amphitheatre for Saturday's Undy 5000. I was happy to see it because the tunnel provided some relief from the winds that were whipping around the West Palm Beach waterfront. 

It was a mere 54 degrees when I left my house in Lake Worth. 

Inflatable colon provides relief from the wind while showing colon cancer cells as scary red blotches.

But I did not go inside the tunnel. Last year, I learned my lesson while walking through that inflatable: Colon cancer is scary ugly, something you definitely don't want to have growing inside you.