Yoga is a no-go in my house

Me, at the beach, doing yoga. Yep, it's a sight only made possible through Photoshop. (Don't you love it!)
I have never done yoga, though I have been talking about trying it for quite some time now. So a few days ago, a good friend, I guess to shut me up and get me started, gave me a yoga tape by the master Rodney Yee, a yoga mat to do the yoga ON, a strap for stretching….you know, the works.
I love it all. It looks nice on my living room floor in front of the television. And Rodney Yee is breathtakingly fit.
But here’s the thing. Having a yoga tape does not a yoga practitioner make. Not when it’s me. I put in the tape, and sure enough, before you can say “Reclining Cobbler” you will find me SITTING there, contentedly, glued to the vision of Mr. Yee contorting his gorgeous body into interesting positions on some lovely beach in Hawaii. But do I get down on the mat and start doing yoga with him. No.
This is my M.O. I am entranced by workout tapes. I have many. From Jane Fonda to Callanetics to, now, Rodney Yee’s yoga. I will even get into my workout clothes, put my hair in a ponytail.
I really mean to do the workout this time. I REALLY mean it. Just give me a minute. Wow, THAT looks painful. His voice is so soothing. I’m falling asleeeeeeep…..zzzzz.
How often have you heard my cohorts tease me during the newscast about what a ‘gym rat’ I’m NOT???? I am fair game, I know, because it’s been a long time since I was a regular at the gym. Oh, I still belong to one and pay my dues, and I carry my gym bag with me everywhere. Everywhere but the gym. And G often makes fun of the fact that I can't run 3 blocks without complaining bitterly and collapsing. If you are a regular viewer of our evening news, you have heard him tease me, more than once, "Kaity, when are you going to start warming up for the marathon?" That's his idea of humor?
So he's run in something like two thousand New York City marathons. Okay, 29. Wonderful event. Covered it several times for PIX from the comfort of a director's chair. I say, G, my friend, good for you! Just leave me out of it!
It’s not as though I don’t know how important exercise is. There was a time when I WAS a bit of a gym rat. Took aerobics classes, ran on the treadmill, lifted weights, had a trainer, all that good stuff. But for some reason, I have been remiss lately. Actually for the last couple of years. Just got out of the habit. Has that ever happened to you? And you have to force yourself to get back into it, but you haven’t quite gotten there yet? That’s where I am. Kind of stuck.
There’s even a yoga school called Laughing Lotus just a block from where I live. I keep meaning to sign up for a class there. It’s so CLOSE. The BEGINNER'S class! Come on, Kaity, you can do it! Just get your lazy butt OVER there! I get so mad at myself sometimes.
That’s when I know I need to de-stress. Let’s not get all agitated about signing up for a class right this minute, I tell myself. Just take a deep, cleansing breath, pop in Rodney, get yourself a nice bowl of cereal, and watch his tape. It’s sooooo relaxing.

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Kaity, that header photoshop photo of you doin' yoga is hilarious!
Hey,... don't be so hard on yourself! At least you look real good! Besides, you're in good company with all of the minions of folks who have the exact reaction to those damn workout tapes as you do,... "gettin' a nice bowl of cereal & being entertained by the tape!
Before my injury, I worked in a public school with autistic students as a sup-para. Some of the teachers had a morning class routine where they would have the students do some yoga exercises to start the day. I would always sit in the back until this part was over, (unless a student needed help lifting their arms up to stretch), 'cause there was no way I was going to be able to get into most of those positions!
The best physical shape I've ever been in was in the U.S.Navy way back at age 19, and I have no delusions of ever being able to recoup that feat through yoga or anything else.
So, Kaity,.. "pop in that workout tape & pass the milk & Cap N' Crunch!" "It's Rodney Yee Time!!!"
Chuck, thanks for understanding! You can thank our crack website guy, Andrew Ramos, for that hysterical picture!
The wonders of Photoshop :D Nice blog btw.
The most shapely, absolutely ageless, most beautiful, and very competent lady anchor (far better than Katie Couric) that TV audiences anywhere in the world have ever seen. A 21 year old son and she has always looked no more than 25! Even as of today! Yoga coud'nt have done that for her. God has simply endowed her with one in a hundred million everlasting shapely beauty set off even more by the black leather jacket & other such stunning outfits she wears on camera. Can't imagine why Mr Leslie Moonves has'nt yet made her the prime time anchor in CBS. Did'nt he see her before seeing Julie Chen?
Since you're paying your dues might as well just take advantage of the sauna and whirlpools there. Or take a dip in the pool in a nice back-float to relax...oh yeah, never mine.
Kaity,
That is so funny!! It would be convincing if your skin matched the body's skin. Mr. G should do one of those photo shoots!
By the way....is his name a secret? I've asked several times but it has not been revealed, what is G's name???
Kaity,
Yoga, workout, de-stressing or not you deliver a punch of energy, humor, and eloquence on a daily basis, together with Jim and G. You all look real, strong and positively confident. The only distraction I am happy to indulge with, and, I have to admit, mostly because you look so fine, which no yoga could take the credit for.
Thank you for being there... GREAT JOB!
Kaity, you still look great...forget the Rodney Yee tape...you do not need it, you are now and always have been a beautiful Lady. A friend encouraged me to take a couple of yoga classes with her, I had just gotten through the big "D" and she thought it would help me to relax. Yeah, right... I couldn't walk for two days! So I decided instead to buy the "total gym" you've probably seen all those info commercials on t.v. Just 10-15 minutes a day and I'm already beginning to see a difference. I commute daily from Long Island into Lower Manhattan so I don't have much "free time" on my hands. It's a great little machine for people on the go... I recommend it...not that you need to get in shape...from my HD T.V you look marvelous...Jim is one lucky guy! Enjoy your cereal, I think I'll have a cup of Breyers Ice Cream instead. :)
16. Hi Kaity,
Before i read this blog, i knew there was a certain oddity about this picture. Very hilarious blog by the way. Liked it.
Ok, i may be a little controversial here, but i don't see the purpose of yoga. I feel yoga, a ridiculous exercise technique, was propogated by a conspiracy whose objective was to scam people out of their money. If i had to choose as well, I definitely would sit, eat some cereals and watch the video rather than participating in it.
It is almost virtually sedentary serving no cardiovascular function whatsoever. Ok maybe a tiny tiny tiny tiny bit. The main purpose of exercise is stay healthy and fit, and the heart rate must be increased. So it is useless for overweight people.
For the elder folks, it is a disaster. I wouldnt recommend anyone trying those preposterous positions.
Why would people waste time doing such a pathetic and absurd exercise with disadvantages, instead of partaking in simple cardio and bodybuilding with tremendous benefits...
I had to youtube Rodney Yee to see who that is. And yes, he is fit. But whoever believes he got that way doing yoga is very naive. He definitely did bodybuilding and gymnastics before.
Just my views people !!!
Haha, it's posts like these that are the reason I come here every day...
Loved the pic--so funny ! I have the Rodney Yee beginners tape--have had it for a several years and I could do it--not as well as he does it--but started later in life and I am an older person--found it relaxing. I think if you start at a very young age --you have that flexibility- I can no longer do it. Arthritis. Walking is still the easiest and best cardio--but whatever you are doing--or not--you look great :)
I'm glad that you're taking yoga seriously, but if you didn't tell me that was photoshop, I'd have been fooled. You always look great on your newscasts, so, I thought you'd been practicing for awhile.
Good luck. I'm going to get back on the slant board as soon as I can and do some crunches. Thanks for the inspiration.
John
I can relate. Like, totally.
And, I have never aspired to be a human
pretzel.
Thanks for another funny and entertaining blog
to liven up the day, Kaity!
I am hopeless at yoga, glad to know there's someone else out there who looks as great as you do that can't quite get it together to do these things that are supposed to be so good for us. Oh, well, there's always tomorrow.
I would love to try it-----but i'm tired
Kaity,
Thank you! You have made every couch potato in the city feel a lot better about ourselves and our sedentary ways. Try to find a gym that is closer yet to your home that would be even more convenient for you to avoid.
Never mind the yoga, Kaity...
How 'bout giving us viewers a night by night fashion show of all of those "black jackets!" ;-)
yes, yes, yes! more de-stressing tips such as listening to or watching exercise tapes that lull you to sleep -- the best de-stresser of all!
LOL
lotus position, yes, but can you do that
and also twitter simultaneously?
roflol :)
Lady, there's a saying that kinda goes like this: Use it, or lose it. The human body is like a machine of sorts, it's the same dynamic. You can either hit the gym or the Yoga circuit (or both, they're actually very beneficial to one another) or you can wake up one day and listen to all your joints snapping and popping like wet twigs. Just putting that out there. LOL But who am I to talk? I haven't been to the gym myself in three months and my thighs are starting to jiggle like warm jelly so yeah I'll just shut up now!
You look GREAT each night on the news and do outstanding with your reports, so what you don't go to the gym either do I. Just enjoy your life & life will show you the way. God Bless you.
At least you're honest about it and with a reporter's schedule, who can blame you?
Need to relax? Try a Cosmo and a massage... it's low impact! ;-)
i'm guilty of procrastination too, kaity!
i just say that i'm conserving energy, gotta do the patriotic thing, right?
I have never done yoga either but I know for sure I can do it the way you did it in that picture! Photoshop. What a great idea. Then all my friends will be impressed with my fitness abilities. I'm hardly a gym rat. In fact, I don't like the gym. Walking the streets of New York (in a wholesome manner, of course!), that's where I get my exercise. Then maybe I'll do a sit up or two after work in the evening. But that's about it. I like your style!!!!
Could you please heed the suggestion by kman on June 10, 2009 at 10.27PM? I still don't understand why Mr Leslie Moonves did'nt get you as the CBS anchor instead of Katie Couric given your extraordinary competence and your astonishing looks that the camera completely captures. Everyone ages, but not you, and yoga is certainly not the reason. Please give us the secret of your breadthtaking eternal youthfulness. The only one other like you is also a Taiwanese American and a mother of 3 children.
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