After leaving Guayaquil, Ecuador at 1:30 in the morning and changing planes in Miami before landing in Dallas, my muscles were cramped up and I felt a wee bit cranky. With one more flight to go, I figured I could at least walk from DFW’s D gates to the A gates instead of taking the Sky Train. But when I rounded the corner where the B gates started, I thought I was hallucinating. The DFW Yoga Studio? No way!

This was the best surprise during a long, long day of flying.

The space, screened off from the main drag, has enough room for at least ten yogis to salute the sun simultaneously. You can follow along with a nonstop yoga video, do your own stretching routine, or take a long savasana. I considered this last option but worried I’d fall asleep and miss my flight.

According to stuckattheairport.com, the DFW yoga space opened up last spring, in conjunction with the airport’s “LiveWell” walking path. San Francisco’s airport also has a space allotted for yoga.

I wasn’t wearing yoga clothes, but I was desperate enough to not worry about splitting my pants. Fortunately, it didn’t come to that.

While at DFW, I also checked out vegetarian and vegan dining options. On my outbound flight, I ate at Au Bon Pain. This near ubiquitous (at least at DFW) restaurant has outlets at gates A25, A38, B22, C22, C33 and D27. It offers several kinds of veg sandwiches, black bean burgers and a vegetarian salad with chickpeas and feta. They clearly mark which soups are vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free and/or low-fat, which I greatly appreciate.

It’s not exciting or glamorous, but my heart soars when I see black bean soup clearly marked as vegan.

On my return flight I ate stir-fried vegetables and steamed white rice at Manchu Wok (gates A25, C22, E15). They also offer greasier veg choices, such as vegetarian egg rolls, fried rice and fried noodles.

Other reasonable choices include: 360 Gourmet Burritos (gate D18) for design-your-own burritos; Qdoba (A16) for burritos; Subway (gates A33, B16) for an always reliable vegetable sandwich; Red Mango Yogurt (gates A25, A39, C22, D22) for dairy lovers; Ice Box Café (gate A14 ) features both healthful prepared vegan salads and deliciously calorie-laden desserts; and Grove Natural Snacks (gates A39, C14, E6) for your airport-priced trail mix.