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

August 2008



Overhaul...

Thursday, 28 August 2008 7:53 P GMT-08
I need a new masthead...new photo..new graphic.....something for my blog header.  Problem is since blog city went to widgets I'm not even sure I could change the picture I've got up there if I wanted to...well not without a few hours to
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Retreat....

Monday, 25 August 2008 6:23 P GMT-08
I've firmed up my plans for the fall yoga retreat to Orcas Island in November. Another teacher from the studio is going with me and we are booked into a 2 bedroom cabin with kitchen and bathroom. It's at Doe Bay Resort on Orcas Island in the
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Inertia...

Friday, 22 August 2008 11:04 A GMT-08
definition: objects in uniform straight line motion tend to stay in that motion unless acted upon by external forces.Yep I'm definitely in forward motion these days. I'm gearing up for my new job as "Fitness Coach" at the 

Snap, crackle, pop....

Tuesday, 19 August 2008 7:21 A GMT-08
I went to the chiropractor yesterday. To my surprise, it is covered by my insurance and so is massage. It was a good visit. She started by doing a body assessment of my range of motion and noticed the pulse in my wrists tends to disappear as my

Dichotomy....

Saturday, 16 August 2008 7:51 P GMT-08
We bugged out of the valley today to escape the heat (95+) and headed for the Oregon coast. I kid you not, for lunch we found ourselves sitting at the Chowder House at Nye Beach eating hot clam chowder with our Columbia fleece pullovers on. The guy a

It cuts like a knife....

Thursday, 14 August 2008 12:10 P GMT-08
In wandering around the internets yesterday I followed some of my statistic referral links. One of them was to Delicious (a site that holds bookmarks for you..which I didn't even know about I'm so behind the times these days). Somebody there
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Ready to drink the Kool-Aid.....

Wednesday, 13 August 2008 12:14 P GMT-08
If you are in the fitness industry, are a fitness instructor, or belong to a gym you might already be familiar with BTS and Les Mills pre-formatted group fitness programs. Les Mills are the guys that brought the world "Body Pump" many years
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On the mend.....

Monday, 11 August 2008 8:25 P GMT-08
I've been battling with a horribly messed up neck for almost 2 weeks now. It all started after "yoga in the park" when I noticed my hands felt "tingly" after class. Then a week passed and we went camping at the Metolius River.
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The Witness Tree.....

Sunday, 10 August 2008 7:24 P GMT-08
We were out at a local vineyard last weekend for wine tasting......Witness Tree Vineyards, named after an ancient oak tree high up on a hill that was used as a survey marker in 1854 for a donation land claim during the Oregon Trail era. Today th

Parting is such sweet sorrow...

Thursday, 7 August 2008 2:50 P GMT-08
I tendered my resignation at the "big chain" gym this morning. It's really with a lot of mixed emotions. I am SO jazzed about my new position at the local club and I'm not going to miss that  22 mile one way commute to tea

Jam sessions....

Monday, 4 August 2008 6:52 P GMT-08
This fitness conference has been great. Lots of information to digest..some of it not necessarily new to me, just good stuff to be reminded of.  Member retention, better and more focused programming, customer service, communi
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Greetings.....

Sunday, 3 August 2008 4:23 P GMT-08
Good evening from the Seventh Mountain Resort in Bend Oregon. I'm here at the 2008 Fit Life Summer Conference for the next 3 days with the manager and assistant manager from my local club, and on the owner's tab. Yep after

A new month.....

Friday, 1 August 2008 12:34 P GMT-08
Parts of me can't believe it's August already. Parts of me wish summer was already over. It gets very dry and dusty here in the Willamette Valley and as much as I despise the constant drizzle from October until May...there are days like today
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