Alpha Mom Takes Yoga Classes

Each generation has its own description of the "do-it-all" mom...from Super Woman to "Alpha Mom", the latest in the monikers for the stretched thin, incredibly organized, super MOM. Good Morning America has talked about her, USA Today has written about her, and now I have met her (AKA "Alpha Mom") in person.

It all started when our new yoga studio needed a babysitter for the 8:30 am vinyasa yoga class. In walked two seemingly normal moms--you don't know an alpha mom until you actually see the diaper bag. It is also very organized, just like their life. They transport the little one to other hands, promptly close the door, and they have just adjusted to 1 hour of bliss, sans (without) the little bambino.

Now, one was an alpha mom, latest style of clothing, cutting edge of technology (iphone), hot yoga clothing and the other, well, she was "just a regular mom". Ask alpha mom her plans for the day--well she wakes, gets son ready for school, says goodbye to husband, packs up new baby, off to yoga class, back to house, change, feed baby, meet business friend for lunch, work at 1:00, 5:00 grocery store, dinner at 6:00, homework at 7:00, husband time at 8:00, sleep at 10. I am awed at her amazing ability to get everything done in one day and juggle all of her responsibilities with such apparent ease----I can barely get one person (me) ready, much less juggle 4, a job, yoga classes, house, and do it with such grace and smiles.

After one hour of my yoga class babysitting, my hats off to alpha mom. She is a goddess, we need to worship the ground she walks on....and I learned another important lesson...she takes at least one hour every day just for herself. She loves the yoga because it makes her grounded, stretched and relaxed. Whether it is yoga, or a walk, or a rerun of her favorite sitcom, or a book, she takes one hour every day for the alpha mom that she is.

Take one hour every day just for you! Breathe, stare at the ocean, read a book, have a massage, take a yoga class!