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

December 2007



New Years Mantras...

Monday, 31 December 2007 12:26 P GMT-08
Find purpose and meaning in everything we do.Treasure our loved ones and let them know how much they mean to us.Make choices and decisions that reflect upon who we really are inside.Look at ourselves in the mirror at least once a day and smile.Rememb

aftermath...

Sunday, 30 December 2007 5:52 P GMT-08
the alarm went off entirely too early this morning. I had to get up and out to teach my regular Sunday water aerobics class again.  I rolled over and said to Mr. Yogagirl (feeling every single sore muscle in my body),  "wow t

oh what fun..

Saturday, 29 December 2007 7:58 P GMT-08
it is to ride on a one yogagirl open snowboard! Unfortunately I don't have any "action" shots because I was deathly afraid of falling onto my brand new digital camera....both for it's safety and mine! (hah) So I saved the pictu

back in the swing....

Thursday, 27 December 2007 7:14 P GMT-08
Felt good to teach my barbell "pump" class again today, after a week long hiatus from being in the gym. Crowd was small but filled of all the "regulars" so I proceeded to do the entire workout with them. It's unusual that I ca

serendipitous..

Wednesday, 26 December 2007 10:04 P GMT-08
is one word that can describe some of my Christmas this year. First off, if you read Sunset magazine look in the December issue for a full page article on "Christmas Tree Lane" on Van Ness in Fresno California. Imagine my surprise to f

ghosts of christmas past...

Thursday, 20 December 2007 5:17 P GMT-08
This will be the first time in many years that I will be spending Christmas with my father. I think the last one was 1983? When we still lived together, right before my parents divorced. My father remarried a woman 1/2 his age in '85 an

early christmas...

Wednesday, 19 December 2007 8:04 P GMT-08
Since we're on our way to southern California tomorrow evening, Mr. Yogagirl and I celebrated our Christmas together last night. Santa was good to me this year. I now have a new black Manduka yoga mat and a new digital camera (7.2

afterglow...

Tuesday, 18 December 2007 8:05 A GMT-08
I've felt so good these last couple of days since doing Bikram yoga. It's like I purged a ton of salt and toxins during the workout and then afterwards I was able to get rid of a boatload of water I seem to have been slogging around for

Christmas music...

Monday, 17 December 2007 2:06 P GMT-08
Last week, a member in my water aerobics class asked "When are you going to start playing Christmas music during class?"  This came right on the heels of a day I showed up to teach muscle pump at the local gym and t

Bikram yoga

Sunday, 16 December 2007 8:17 P GMT-08
I tried Bikram yoga for the first time today. There is a studio down in Corvallis and a friend of mine invited me to go with her. (If Perl is reading ....it's "S" from her spanish class). "S" was a regular about

resistance

Saturday, 15 December 2007 11:37 A GMT-08
People get so unbelieveably non-retractable in their habits don't they? Case #1: Take our Saturday class schedule at the gym for instance. When I hired on last year they had one cycling class at 9:45am. When I finally got management to add a yoga

Happy yoga....

Thursday, 13 December 2007 11:59 P GMT-08
I've been reading Steve Ross's book "Happy Yoga" or "7 reasons there's nothing to worry about" this week. To me it seems like a realistic Cliff Notes version of the yamas/niyamas and the 8 limbs of yoga rolled int

it has arrived.....

Tuesday, 11 December 2007 11:21 A GMT-08
We are in full-on December slump mode at the gym now. Today I walked in for my 9am "pump" class and out on the main floor there was one guy on a treadmill, one lady on an eliptical, and one guy lifting weights. That was it. Combin

stocked up...

Monday, 10 December 2007 3:43 P GMT-08
We spent Saturday afternoon out and about here locally buying wine. Mostly because we've got family and friends in California that love Oregon wines and we wanted to get them some bottles for Christmas gifts, and then partly because we reall

the wheels on the class go 'round and ' round

Sunday, 9 December 2007 6:49 P GMT-08
I've had the opportunity to take 2, count them TWO, yoga classes for myself at the studio over the weekend. In talking about goals for 2008 the other day I forgot to mention that I'm attempting 10 hours of yoga inspired activity per week in t

you can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal

Friday, 7 December 2007 3:39 P GMT-08
Tonight is the annual local YMCA holiday fundraiser. The Y around here is still in a grass roots stage. Land has been donated in order to build a facility but the organization is no where near flush enough to even think about breaking ground. Most of

V for Vegetarian

Thursday, 6 December 2007 1:50 P GMT-08
One of my many goals for 2008 is to finally go vegetarian. Keeping in mind I'll still eat fresh eggs and fish (oh the sushi how I love you so)...my hope is to cut out poultry, beef, shellfish, and pork entirely. I'm not sure I can cut out dai

on my toes..

Wednesday, 5 December 2007 2:41 P GMT-08
I had a rather large class at the yoga studio last night, including 2 people that pop in and out when work brings them to town. The woman is from Hood River and takes classes from one of *my* teachers on a regular basis, and the man is from southern

cozy morning....

Tuesday, 4 December 2007 1:43 P GMT-08
it's been too long since I've posted a Kipper photo. Santa pajamas, coffee, and Kipper. Can't get much better.

Breema

Monday, 3 December 2007 2:18 P GMT-08
I dragged Mr. Yogagirl to a workshop at the yoga studio yesterday. 1. Because I needed a partner and 2. I figured he might actually enjoy it. Although later at dinner he did refer to our afternoon as "stretching for hippies" ...he did