Excluding the most recent 2 posts

Hi There,

So in a custom sidebar im listing posts from a category called inspiration but i want to exclude the two most recent posts that get posted in that category ?

here is my code so far

<?php $my_query = new WP_Query('category_name=inspiration&showposts=8');
  while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
  $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;?>

   <?php $permalink = get_permalink(); ?>

 <li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>

  <?php endwhile; ?>
    <!-- Do other stuff... -->
  <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();
  if( $post->ID == $do_not_duplicate ) continue; update_post_caches($posts); ?>
   <!-- Do stuff... -->
  <?php endwhile; endif; ?>

any help would be greatly appreciated