There was a time when all our group of couples went away to celebrate something or other. I think someone had a 'big' birthday perhaps. Whatever it was, we all made sure that kids and pets would be well looked after while we were away, and we prioritised a weekend trip in a big house share that we rented for the occasion.
Being an exercise enthusiast, I knew that I'd want to do at least something while I was away, but also understanding that it might get quite raucous, and there may well be a hangover involved, I only packed the bits and pieces I'd need for a yoga session. Calm, sedate, but taxing enough to make me feel I'd done enough.
The morning after the first night's celebrations, I was up as planned, and ready to go. I was a little surprised to find some of the other women in the group also up and apparently waiting for me. A few drinks and a loose tongue the night before and I'd mentioned my plan to be here in the morning. Apparently, a few of the girls had decided to join me. One of them had even dragged her husband out of bed for the workout.
We got down to business, with me taking the role of unofficial leader of the group, the others were looking to me to take them through the sequence of movements. The early morning sun was shining on the glass walls and roof of the little conservatory room, and it quickly got too hot. I felt more than safe removing my cropped training jumper, since I knew that underneath, I had on my all-in-one bodysuit that I brought especially to do the session. It was completely backless and perhaps a bit risquΓ© for a normal class, but I was comfortable here with friends. What I hadn't appreciated is that while I was stretching and contorting, the somewhat lower-cut front of the suit had slipped, and both my nipples had popped out over the top.
I quickly hoicked myself back into place and checked around quickly to see if I had got away with it. I was pretty sure I was quick enough, and no one had noticed. Though, perhaps I did see a raised eyebrow look between the wife and her husband. A little embarrassed and more than a little conscious that it might happen again, I continued the session carefully. We didn't rush it, but we definitely finished sooner than I anticipated, and we all went off to enjoy the day's celebrations.
The next day, unsure if there would be a group waiting for me again, I went back to the conservatory early(ish) in the morning. This time the dynamic in the group had flipped, and there a group of men and only one other girl. Even at the time, I thought that it was pretty strange. A man or two in a yoga group is a fairly regular thing, but a group made-up overwhelmingly of men is pretty much unheard of. I also had the fleeting thought, but dismissed it quickly, that the husband from the day before might have mentioned my boobs popping out to the other men and they'd turned up to see if there'd be another show?
In hindsight, maybe I dismissed the through a little too quickly. As we got into the session, every time I moved into something like a Crescent Lunge or an Upward Facing Dog, anything that had me stretching upwards and backwards, pushing out my chest, my cropped top was riding higher up my bodysuit. I could very much feel I was being watched.