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Calculated Risks
Friday, February 19th, 2010Alo! It’s been a while, so here’s a quick catchup. Work at the rehab ended. Yoga training ended. (more on these in later posts) AshBlue continues. Yoga teaching develops.
Which leads me to the topic of this entry. Calculated risks: A chance of failure, the probability of which is estimated before some action is undertaken.
On Tuesdays and [...]
Washing Dishes pt 2 (mini)
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010Ok so seriously, I wrote that first entry about being mindful while washing dishes at 5pm. At 9pm when I got home, I thought to myself, “I’m going to load these dishes in the washer before I make dinner.” And I did, without a second thought, made dinner, came back into the kitchen and was [...]
Washing Dishes pt 1
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010I am amused with myself before I even start typing this post.
My friends, Mark and Linda, cooked me dinner on Sunday night. It was supposed to be “The Last Supper” because my contract with New Life Lodge is up on Thursday and they are two of my favorite co-workers. They gave me a book called “The Miracle [...]
What’s your dosha, baby?
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010Yoga Teacher Training took a long break - we haven’t met since December 13. We will meet this upcoming weekend. Can we say, withdrawal?
Anyway, at the beginning of break our teacher, Zo, asked us to take a dosha quiz to determine what dosha we are and then reflect on that over the holidays.
What’s a dosha, [...]
Happy Holidays!
Friday, December 25th, 2009
Urdhva Dhanurasna
Thursday, December 10th, 2009Our assignment for the week is to do 3 Urdhva Dhanurasnas every day. Let me remind you of this post, where I talked about doing full wheel for the first time ever. Turns out, I can do this pose. I CAN! I just never did. I never prepped for it but I have the strength to start [...]
Slacker
Saturday, November 28th, 2009I don’t know what to write about. I don’t know why. I haven’t been practicing my breathing. I haven’t been practicing my asanas (poses). I haven’t been thinking about yoga. But I want to. I have been very busy with work (rehab and boutique) and have let things with myself slip. My house is a [...]
Quickie: Headstands and Efficiency
Sunday, November 22nd, 2009WHOA YA’LL.
I can do a headstand. I can! I use the wall, but I move away from it, and I can DO HEADSTANDS!! I have been doing them like crazy since I realized - HEY! You can do this!
Proof:
Yeah, that’s me, in a headstand - with a relaxed face! Niiice.
Now I am working on doing [...]
Rah-Rah-Ah-Ah-Ah
Monday, November 16th, 2009Roma-rom-ma-ma!
So Lady Gaga’s song, Bad Romance, is hilarious to me. Probably because of the yelling and stomping. And the fun repeats. Today on the way home from work the song played on the radio, and after it ended I kept singing the Rah-Rah-Ah-Ah-Ah and then transitioned into a sanskrit chant.
WHOA!
The chant I sang was one [...]
Handstands
Sunday, November 15th, 2009Yoga was fantastic this weekend. We had a weekend off, and I realized how much I missed it. We are focusing on shoulders now, and Nancy surprised us by saying, “We’ll be working on Ardo Mukha Vrksasana today.” Ardo Mukha Vrksasana is downward facing tree, or, handstand.
shudder
Handstand? NANCY COME ON. We haven’t even talked about [...]
