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

November 2005



sure enough..

Wednesday, 30 November 2005 2:48 P GMT-08
matt *was* the biggest loser last night...I had to watch and rewind like a million times to soak in all of those amazing transformations... I had a hunch he'd be the winner the first time I saw him. He recalls images of those first BFL champions that

on pins and needles...

Tuesday, 29 November 2005 2:42 P GMT-08
I'm absolutely giddy about "The Biggest Loser" finale tonight. Did anyone watch last week? Whoa...Matt looked like he turned into skeletor, be afraid! Be very afraid.  But then Suzy looked like she could be a serious contende

how my mind works....

Monday, 28 November 2005 8:36 P GMT-08
some things totally perplex me. Like that old saying "just don't call me late for dinner". WTF? I always get confused because is the person going to call me by the name "late for dinner"? I could go on but you'd just lau

yorkie in a bag...

Monday, 28 November 2005 11:21 A GMT-08
I saw this lady wandering around the craft store this morning with one of those dog purse bags with a yorkie sticking out of it. I'm thinking Kipper? He just doesn't roll like that. But beyond that..when did taking dogs into stores become acceptable?

whoops!

Wednesday, 23 November 2005 10:32 A GMT-08
so i've been spending all morning putting together a new music mix for tomorrow's cycle class. It's pretty great that our gym is open 24/7 even on holidays. I never quite understood how other gyms would close their doors on the day we need to workout

thankful..

Tuesday, 22 November 2005 10:37 A GMT-08
Every year around this time I take stock. The list is often serious, sometimes whimsical..but having come home from my 5:15am class this morning with enough boundless energy to create roasted acorn squash soup from scratch for breakfast,  I figured

weekends?

Monday, 21 November 2005 8:13 A GMT-08
clearly are not on the high blogging priority list for me.8:30am powerpump this morning? Oy vay. The gym was quiet. School is out this week for Thanksgiving. Only the little ADHD teenager guy showed up. I told him I'd stay and work with him for 30 mi

why it's so damned difficult..

Friday, 18 November 2005 9:33 A GMT-08
to get anything productive done at my house. Case in point.? Painting the living room last weekend:

bummer....

Thursday, 17 November 2005 8:40 P GMT-08
the absolute pillar of my indoor cycling program is retiring with her husband and moving into his son's 10,000 square foot "summer home" in Austin this January. This is big. No, really people. This is huge. No..not the house. Losing her!

early christmas around here..

Wednesday, 16 November 2005 9:47 P GMT-08
I registered for two monumentally exciting events today. Shiva Rea 3 hour yoga workshop in December. Yogafit Pre and Post natal yoga training in Las Vegas; January. But this time it's a one day workshop and mr. yogagirl is going *with* me. This will

mulling around...

Wednesday, 16 November 2005 12:30 P GMT-08
so I got this email yesterday. From an instructor that used to work for me. Actually I knew her from the ladies gym and when it closed I offered her 2 classes at our gym and within the span of 2 weeks she promptly became a really wishy washy flakey t

okay so maybe the 85 pound bench press...

Tuesday, 15 November 2005 1:09 P GMT-08
this morning was a bit of a mistake. I finished up my 5:15am "Power Conditioning" class and had TONS of energy so I thought to myself "hey self? the gym is EMPTY ..you could rip through a nice upper body weight workout in less than an hour and you do

oh Palm Springs...

Monday, 14 November 2005 11:50 A GMT-08
How I miss you already. That yoga training was such a wonderful personal transformation for me..and now after 2 weeks of being home I feel it slipping away ever so little by little ....each and every day. Why does this happen? Why can't I capture th

slip of the tongue...

Friday, 11 November 2005 8:07 P GMT-08
I had 3 "muscle heads" from the gym floor try out my "Power Zen" class tonight. It's a class of my own design, it's mostly yoga but I'll throw in some pilates work for the core and end with a tai chi-esque type cooldown. Sinking t

some people? are crazy....

Thursday, 10 November 2005 6:36 A GMT-08
so I have an ad on a couple of websites looking for fitness instructors..but mainly for ones that teach hip hop, salsa, or dance aerobics, other than that I'm not really hurting for new people. I got this email last night and just had to share: &quo

opposite ends....

Tuesday, 8 November 2005 10:03 A GMT-08
BP really got me thinking yesterday...about the notion of surrounding ourselves with the positive and focusing only the positive and in turn? We'll be positive and have positive things happen to us. I'm an official firm believer in that and even more

dead zones..

Monday, 7 November 2005 8:44 A GMT-08
after firing that instructor last week I'm taking on one of her classes. Weds night cycle at 5:30pm. In addition, the monday night girl in the same time spot is tired of driving out to the gym for no-shows..so I've gone and done the dumb thing of tak

tangents..and big ideas..

Friday, 4 November 2005 9:16 P GMT-08
I had this great class all thought out in my head tonight for yoga...and then one of my regulars brought 2 friends on a free week pass so I had to bag all my ideas and change focus at the last minute ((( sigh ))). C'est la vie.  An older woman and

catch up..

Thursday, 3 November 2005 9:13 P GMT-08
it's pretty bad when 11pm rolls around and you realize you haven't blogged about anything today. What's worse is when you confuse yesterday with today and put off blogging because you thought you already did it earlier.... Doh. Hmm. So let me revisit

right of passage....

Wednesday, 2 November 2005 8:23 P GMT-08
well I suppose I've finally come full circle as a manager. Tonight I had to fire one of my instructors. I've never had to actually TERMINATE somebody before. This one? Was a doozy. To sum up....Tonight I was at the gym doing a cardio workout on the

growth..change....evil dentistry

Wednesday, 2 November 2005 5:33 A GMT-08
I'm one of those people that is blessed with good teeth. In fact I haven't had a cavity since I was in 8th grade and that year I got 2. The only two I've ever had.  My mom insisted I take flouride pills as a child and have sealants put on all my