YOGAGIRL: As a mantra of fact.......

November 2003



smells like Turbo spirit..

Friday, 28 November 2003 10:06 A GMT-08
I think I sweated out pure butter this morning. But it felt great. Nothing like driving 45 minutes out of your way to attend a Turbokick class at 9am! Actually we had great fun. Jennifer (my faithful mentee) taught the warmup (and she did an AWESOME

5 things..

Wednesday, 26 November 2003 1:36 P GMT-08
thanks to Emily, a fellow blogger, she gave me the idea: List five things I'd like to accomplish by the end of the year. Read that book Angela loaned me and stop letting it fly all over the backseat of my car. Paint the guestroom red. Redec

a day of beauty..and blood.

Wednesday, 26 November 2003 1:35 P GMT-08
well i'm off today thru the thanksgiving holiday. Yoga class was tiny this morning, but it was nice to start the day with the two ladies that showed up. I've got to get my hair trimmed and colored today. It's back to being tri-colored again...and u

brrr..it's cold in here.

Tuesday, 25 November 2003 8:46 A GMT-08
Last Monday we had flooding, then record high temps then the last 2 days the temperature bottomed out in the mid 30's overnight. It's summer, it's winter, it's summer, it's winter. I can't keep up. I'm always dressed inappropriately. (ok that just so

a starbucks barista I am not..

Monday, 24 November 2003 9:08 A GMT-08
so it's that time of year again. Egg nog latte season. After filling my to-go mug this morning with 2 shots of espresso and a nice helping of nog (oh did I mention I gave up being sugar free again?) ...tried to slip the rubber sleeve back up onto my

Share the love.

Friday, 21 November 2003 11:35 P GMT-08
I had a student approach me after class today and ask about how to go about getting a yogafit training. She's a ph.d candidate in the school of public health and also wants to apply to a physician's assistant program next year. Additionally

this is one for the hall of fame.

Friday, 21 November 2003 9:52 A GMT-08
So I'm always telling my yoga students to modify and listen to their body and act accordingly. However, there are those very few that thrive on going the other direction, adding on the highest option, challenging themselves at every turn. I love

As the dumbell turns....

Thursday, 20 November 2003 8:17 A GMT-08
Being a group fitness coordinator is a really thankless job sometimes. You have to juggle a schedule of classes, try and provide the formats that people like and will come to class for, deal with instructor divas and their bizarre personalities and s

speaking in tongues...

Wednesday, 19 November 2003 9:59 P GMT-08
okay this new peoplesoft crap that they are using at my job is ridiculous. As was the "training" I had to take to learn how to use it.    Get a load of what I had to suffer through yesterday:       &n

And the turbokick gods smiled down upon me...

Wednesday, 19 November 2003 9:22 P GMT-08
tonight was simply AWESOME. My tiny little wednesday night TurboKick class that usually consists of me, my husband, and 2 or 3 regulars has suddenly picked up *3* new people (these are girls that have come once, liked it, have come bac

I'm always amazed...

Wednesday, 19 November 2003 10:21 A GMT-08
It boggles my mind sometimes to hear what other instructors are doing out there. Last night after yoga, 2 of my regular girls came up and asked me if I had decided to change turbokick to yoga on Thursday night in January. They like to come to the gym

Can I go home now? (it's only 8:05am)

Tuesday, 18 November 2003 10:39 A GMT-08
So I have to take an entire day for a peoplesoft e-procurement training here at work. oh bloody hell..just kill me now. Yesterday was horrible... Houston got about 8 inches of rain in a couple of hours and the entire city was under water.

Well I failed the bar..the alcoholic one that is.

Monday, 17 November 2003 10:19 A GMT-08
So my neighbor recently got her bar results ..she passed and is getting sworn in today in Austin to be a full fledged attorney. We had a big dinner party celebration for her this Saturday night and one thing led to another (how does that ha

I spy...a yoga instructor.

Friday, 14 November 2003 9:57 A GMT-08
had a local yoga instructor join my class this morning ....she mentioned the fact she never gets to work on her own practice by teaching all the time (yeah I can relate). The real reason she's there I'm sure is that she's in need of new mat

put ya hands up in the air..

Wednesday, 12 November 2003 8:38 A GMT-08
Last night was a big yoga class over at the Rec Center. I asked for a show of hands after class of those that would like to see a 2nd yoga class added at the same time on Thursday night, starting in January. Well, the whole room practically levitated

I got turbokicked right in the gut..

Tuesday, 11 November 2003 8:55 A GMT-08
So last Thursday one of my faithful regulars from Thursday night Turbokick informed me that at the end of the month, she's canceling her college gym membership in order to join 24hour fitness where she can get Turbokick more than once a week. Ok

help with the matrix..

Monday, 10 November 2003 3:15 P GMT-08
a friend sent me this link ...it helps immensely with the timeline leading up to the matrix, but not a damned bit with how they messed up a perfectly good story in the last movie..oh well at least I got to see the preview for LOTR Return of the King.

it's monday, I have good news..and I'm still hungry

Monday, 10 November 2003 10:30 A GMT-08
Well first thing, my Turbokick mentee PASSED her certification. Whoo hoo! In honor of that I told her she could teach the warmup again this Wednesday night. Ha. Ha. NO really this is great news..passing is awesome, she could have gotten an "in traini

okay it's taken me 24 years to figure this one out..

Saturday, 8 November 2003 9:59 P GMT-08
and I've been wearing bras since I was 10 years old. If you wear a "nude" or "beige" colored bra underneath a white shirt, your bra will not show through. um...when the victoria's secret salesperson told me this I think I actually looked like a c

I'm seeing double..

Friday, 7 November 2003 1:16 P GMT-08
So 2 weeks ago I ordered new music for my yoga classes from Amazon.com. Buddha Lounge 1, Buddha Lounge 2, and the original Buddha Bar (which incidentally is now only available as an import and so I ordered it from some Amazon linked CD seller in

patience Daniel san.....

Friday, 7 November 2003 9:32 A GMT-08
patience. breathe. I keep telling myself that this morning but frankly I'm hella frustrated. Okay to back up, I have an instructor that teaches Pilates and Yoga classes that went on a rather abrupt teaching hiatus this summer and left me holding

MBF conference is coming up again..

Thursday, 6 November 2003 8:18 A GMT-08
Yogafit emailed me yesterday with news that only 12 spots remain for the Yogafit Level 4 training at the Mind/Body Fitness Conference in Manhattan Beach California over the weekend of January 29th thru Feb. 1st. I attended last year and took Level 3,

DOMS and a lack of sugar..

Wednesday, 5 November 2003 9:10 A GMT-08
makes me do bizarre things. So if you aren't familiar, DOMS or Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness, is that bizarro phenomenon where you feel more sore 2 days (rather than the next day) after working out. And damn. I've got it bad. I have it so bad I can't

let the yelping begin..

Tuesday, 4 November 2003 9:59 P GMT-08
ouch. I forgot I had armpits, cuz this morning I can *really* feel them. Yep, alert the media, yogagirl lifted weights last night. And for those that poo-poo yoga as an effective strength workout hear this: I popped out 8 reps of 85 lbs on the barbel

as a mantra of fact...

Monday, 3 November 2003 9:59 P GMT-08
as a mantra of fact....