If I had to choose one ultimate truth to live my life by, it would definitely be that pizza is the greatest invention that mankind has thought of, since sliced bread. As a foodie, I find myself craving the company of complex carbohydrates more than human beings, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Unfortunately, the ratio of my love for food to my will to exercise has never been ideal and I am the only one to blame. Especially when it comes to one of the most effective workout regimes in the fitness world – yoga. Not only do I feel like my limbs are on fire with the strain, I am pretty sure I look like a sweaty and struggling potato when I’m doing the yoga poses, being nowhere as graceful as all those fit women who radiate positivity while they’re working out.
Reading my mind perfectly, artist Adriana Rodríguez León has come up with some of the most hilarious illustrations on what it’s like to struggle with yoga and I think I have just found my spirit animal in her drawings!
On the forefront, Adriana’s illustrations depict the yoga expert Adriene Mishler striking one graceful pose after another, as seen in her YouTube videos, while in the background, you can see Adriana’s caricature struggling with the same moves. Her struggle sure as hell looks too relatable to anyone who has either just started doing yoga, or just plain hates to work out!
Check out her drawings below, and try not to whisper “Oh shit, same!” as you go through them and painfully relate to all the situations!
1. Who said this is supposed to be easy?!
2. How does one do this without trembling like the last leaf on a tree?
3. In your face, yoga! (Literally)
4. Helplessly falling over in 3..2..1…
5. Oh yaas, this is more like it! Who’s killing it at yoga? Yes, I am! Look at me, healthy AF!
6. Nope, nope, nope, nope…I was wrong.
7. Oh, gravity, thou art a royal pain in the ass!
8. My body shouldn’t even be making these cracking noises! What am I, 90?!
While these illustrations had me laughing and wincing in equal measure, maybe I could give yoga another try! I applaud and respect every single person out there living the good life and embracing yoga as a permanent part of their healthy lifestyle, and hey, maybe it is time to say goodbye to pizza, right?
Haha, nope.