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

May 2008



feeling a bit twitchy.....

Thursday, 29 May 2008 12:17 P GMT-08
Here ....a list:  The new construction houses next door? Yeah they finally finished them after almost a year of working on them and unfortunately they are sitting empty in this huge housing market slump. To make matters worse? The builder/owner

trip planning...

Tuesday, 27 May 2008 4:44 P GMT-08
We are coming up on our 15th wedding anniversary in September. Tradition has always been that we've done a big cruise  to Alaska every five years. We did that both on the 5th and the 10th. This time around, now that we are living i

double duty....

Sunday, 25 May 2008 5:34 P GMT-08
I'm only rotating in on weekends at the yoga studio now. I got both Saturday and Sunday this week which works out well because it frees up my other weekends completely..rather then working a Saturday one week and a Sunday the next. So many o

best of both worlds...

Thursday, 22 May 2008 2:42 P GMT-08
Namaste Vineyards We finally stopped by there last weekend. I've seen their sign from the highway on the way to the coast many many times and I've also heard about them from my yoga teacher/nutritionist friend Rebecca.  Pr

favorite flower

Friday, 16 May 2008 2:51 P GMT-08
If you didn't know this teeny tiny little factoid about me, the Dutch Iris is my favorite flower. *Especially* the deep purple colored ones. Good thing I planted 120+ of them around my yard this year. However....too bad I chose the variety bulb p

sportswomanship.....

Wednesday, 14 May 2008 7:37 A GMT-08
Have you all seen or read this story? Sarah comes to my "Muscle Pump" class at the local gym all of the time. Hope her knee is going to be okay. http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/24392612/Next time I see her I'll have to tell her I saw her

update....

Tuesday, 13 May 2008 4:11 P GMT-08
I got some positive feedback on my new fusion class of cycling and yoga the other day. I had one of the members tell me that prior to taking this particular class she enjoyed *neither* cycling *nor* yoga but now she loves *both* of them. That ma

relaxed and refreshed...

Sunday, 11 May 2008 4:04 P GMT-08
oh it feels good to get out into the forest and decompress. Except that when we got home this afternoon? We both smelled like a smoked chicken. Courtesy of the yummy teriyaki chicken/pineapple/red onion kabobs we cooked over the fire last night..fini

Gone camping....

Friday, 9 May 2008 2:23 P GMT-08
Hello. You've reached the blog for Yogagirl. She can't come to the computer right now because she's on her way to Oregon's largest state park, Silver Creek Falls, for a fun filled weekend of camping, hiking, and relaxin

Demolition......

Tuesday, 6 May 2008 7:50 P GMT-08
So every now and then I have to keep you posted on the DIY projects around chez Yogagirl. Behold. Our backyard. We knew when we bought this house in the summer of '06 that the nasty rotten deck out back would have to be replaced.  We br

Touch my body ...

Monday, 5 May 2008 1:12 P GMT-08
The teacher intensive workshop yesterday was fabulous. We spent almost half of the time (2 hours) doing hands on "enhancements"....I've been using that kind of wordage in my yoga classes for years. It always seems more forgiving and mor

no judgement....

Saturday, 3 May 2008 12:35 P GMT-08
Ugh. Sometimes it is *so* very hard. So I was teaching at the yoga studio this morning. A man showed up for the beginner class at 10:15am. He said that he understood the first time in any class was free. I explained to him that yes his first visit wa

May Day..

Thursday, 1 May 2008 5:24 P GMT-08
it's finally the first of May. And what a wonderful month we have ahead of us around here at yogagirl-land. This Sunday I'm going to a Yoga Teacher Intensive 4 hour workshop at Flow Yoga in Hood River. It's all about creating intentions a