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

August 2007



technical difficulties

Friday, 31 August 2007 1:23 P GMT-08
the sound system at the gym died yesterday. It wasn't slow and it was 10 ways of painful. The CD/tape player was one of those old shelf stereo systems..you know the kind with the 3 CD rotating carousel? It worked but it was technically a&nbs

Policy of the bizarre...

Thursday, 30 August 2007 1:44 P GMT-08
I think my professional liability insurance provider has gone with new underwriters (or they've just gone stark raving mad I'm not sure which). I got my annual policy the other day and it's literally a book of about 100 or so pages.
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quiet week ahead...

Monday, 27 August 2007 7:58 P GMT-08
The yoga studio is taking a week off between sessions this week. We run our schedule in 4 month long blocks. This means I am down 4 classes, but more importantly it means I have both Tuesday and Thursday nights completely off. Awww. I'm 

I suppose they can't all be A+ experiences....

Sunday, 26 August 2007 3:04 P GMT-08
We've heard everyone's camping horror stories. Spaces all filled up, noisy neighbors, bad spots with no scenery etc. So far this summer our camping experiences have been really solid, and we've had pretty good luck with finding very good
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gain...

Tuesday, 21 August 2007 1:07 P GMT-08
(( sigh ))...I've officially gained 15 pounds since moving from Texas to Oregon a year ago. The scale at the doctor's office this morning proved it. Now I'm plenty active but I know for a fact: I eat too muchI don't do enough cardioI
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partied out..

Monday, 20 August 2007 3:14 P GMT-08
whew... this weekend was a whilrlwind. Friday night: My 20th high school reunion's (the one I graduated from) no-host ice breaker event at a local bar. (I live 25 miles from where I graduated high school) So glad we went. Saw a bunch of my classm

fabulous facility..

Friday, 17 August 2007 2:56 P GMT-08
I had the opportunity to sub 2 classes (9:15am yoga then 12:15pm pilates) today up at Wellspring in Woodburn. It's a combination medical center/wellness facility..with an amazing well rounded mind/body approach to health. Their fitness cente

let's play...

Thursday, 16 August 2007 4:28 P GMT-08
a game of: what's been occupying yogagirl's time ....shall we? 50% of the time?  I have been very busy with teaching classes lately. Right now I have about 15 of my own and those all occur within a spanse of 4 days (between Monday and Th

dis-mantle

Saturday, 11 August 2007 7:34 P GMT-08
Our house here in Oregon came equipped with a gas log fireplace insert. The thing is, it wasn't vented to the outside of the house and had instructions written all over it saying that the unit could only be used with nearby windows opened for ven
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doldrums..

Thursday, 9 August 2007 3:41 P GMT-08
Summer in the Willamette valley of Oregon is very dry. Things turn brown, the hay fields get mowed, the ground gets hard, and its very dusty. Despite all that, gardens do very well with just a little attention and lots of water. My cherry tomatoes ar