Less Throwing, More Breathing

I think my mail-woman needs to take up yoga. Everyday I know the mail has arrived when I hear her zoom past. It's kind of like on Funny Farm, but in the suburbs. Even my packages she seems to throw at the house. I can just hope that one day she becomes less anxious, slows her breath, becomes less reactive, and slows down a little bit altogether. Slow down mail-lady. Slow Down.

In the meantime, I'll just have to accept that my packages arrive like they've been drop kicked at the door to save time.

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Child of the Universe

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Out on the Edge

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Chakra Meditation



If you want to do this meditation - start with the Red one and follow the line of mantras around to the purple one.

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Must Read Yoga Books

I've finally started settling into my new schedule with yoga and cooking and eating and going to the gym and all that. I'm getting comfortable in it, so instead of feeling rushed I feel quiet. Downtime has almost magically presented itself to me and I'm spending more time sitting around looking at the grass, watching TV online, and generally wanting to read books.

I'm not much of a reader, but I've been craving books lately. Since I don't usually read - I don't keep a lot of books around (that are mine - adam collects them) so I had to order some books last week. They finally arrived and I'm psyched. Can't wait to dig in and spend some lazy afternoons soaking them in.

Hemalayaa Inspires

This photo from the new Yoga Journal is exploding with thrilling joyous inspiration. I want it on my desktop, my phone, and every wall.

From the Sept. 2011 Yoga Journal article on Kirtan.

For more Hemalayaa - check out her website.

Meditation - Success!

Remember ages ago I was talking about trying to build a regular daily meditation practice? I had arbitrarily set the goal to every day for six months. I figured if I'd made it 6 months it was a real habit and I was serious about it.

I just realized today that a couple weeks ago I hit my 6 months of meditation. Yay!

It's definitely a habit now. I meditate every day rain, shine, or apocalypse. Sometimes it's 30 minutes, sometimes it's 5... on a rare occasion it's like 2 which hardly feels like meditation but it counts.