Diana went down to yoga last Friday, 10th May, only to find no one there, not even the teacher. She left a slightly aggrieved voicemail on the teacher’s phone asking why and got a text back explaining that it was the new moon. There are no lessons on the days of the new moon and full moon.
This, said Diana, explains a number of things. It explains why the dates of new and full moon are printed on the back of the yoga calendar. It explains the vaguely new age chanting with which each lesson begins, which Diana avoids in the same way as hymns at church weddings and funerals and for much the same reasons (allowing for the fact that reason does not have a lot to do with new age chanting or church services.)
Strangely, it leaves unexplained why new and full moons prevent lessons. The explanation is therefore left, as the saying goes, as an exercise for the reader. Clearly there is one outstanding answer. The ‘new moon’ part is a diversion to draw attention away from the ‘full moon’. And what has problems with full moons, as any fule, or viewer of Being Human, kno?
The yoga teacher is a werewolf.