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"Ummm...how do I say this? Right, I already did in the title of this blog. But let&amp;#039;s rewind for sec. By no means would most people consider me a shy person. That said, I also don&amp;#039;t like to be humiliated in front of a room full of people I don&amp;#039;t know. And last Friday, my ultimate fear came true while I was positioned in &amp;quot;Boat Pose&amp;quot; in yoga class. I squeezed my abs to crunch up and, well, let&amp;#039;s just put it this way: my abs weren&amp;#039;t the only thing that got squeezed because I let out a tiny fart. Though it was tiny, it was definitely audible--I was certain my fellow exercisers heard. Immediately, my yogic, calm trance was interrupted by supreme embarrassment. I don&amp;#039;t know what&amp;#039;s worse: the fact that it happened, or the complete silence that followed (it was an awkward situation and I think everyone was trying to be mature). So you won&amp;#039;t be surprised to learn that my next move was to nervously laugh in silence and try to determine if my direct neighbors noticed. Any yoga fans know that the whole point of yoga is to quiet your mind. With 15 minutes left to go in class, mine was screaming, &amp;quot;OMG! I farted in yoga! And the teacher is cute! And he heard! And the girl behind me must be dying to crack up too! And I&amp;#039;ll never come back to this class again! OMG, OMG, OMG!&amp;quot; So I tried to compose myself in &amp;quot;Corpse Pose&amp;quot; and I decided to face the humiliation head on. I walked up to the teacher and asked if he&amp;#039;d read this book I just finished reading. I didn&amp;#039;t own up to the fart, but I felt that by talking to him, for a brief second, I was kind of admitting it and he was kind of accepting it and telling me it was no big deal. So my friends, what can be learned from this? Farting in public is embarrassing at first, but really, it&amp;#039;s just air...and everyone does it! Even Angelina Jolie. Tell me, who has a story like mine? Or one that&amp;#039;s more embarrassing? Let it out (sorry, couldn&amp;#039;t resist!)! xxoo, Emily, associate beauty and fitness editor "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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