another adventure under our belts, and what an adventure it's been!
Showing posts with label costa rica. Show all posts
Showing posts with label costa rica. Show all posts
May 15, 2014
5.7.14
One year ago today Russ and I pulled over at a gas station outside of Moab, UT and sketched out the plans for a new classroom on a scrap of paper. Now I'm sitting in it watching people learn, share and change their lives. Whatever else has happened; that has.
May 14, 2014
5.6.14
Resorative yoga is something everyone can enjoy. Here the students are relaxing in "legs up the wall". Try it!
- Unroll your yoga matt against the wall (or use cushions as the students did here).
- Get your bum as close to the wall as possible and extend your legs.
- Place a bolster under your sacrum, allowing for a slight elevation. It should feel as if your sacrum is lifted and supported - not as if you are sliding off the bolster.
- You may want a blanket or bolster under your neck.
- Extend your arms to the side, or if you are on a cushion, into cactus arms.
- Close your eyes, breathing deeply and focusing only on your breath for 10 minutes.
- Very, very, slowly come out of it by bending your knees, rolling onto your side and pressing yourself up to seated.
- Unroll your yoga matt against the wall (or use cushions as the students did here).
- Get your bum as close to the wall as possible and extend your legs.
- Place a bolster under your sacrum, allowing for a slight elevation. It should feel as if your sacrum is lifted and supported - not as if you are sliding off the bolster.
- You may want a blanket or bolster under your neck.
- Extend your arms to the side, or if you are on a cushion, into cactus arms.
- Close your eyes, breathing deeply and focusing only on your breath for 10 minutes.
- Very, very, slowly come out of it by bending your knees, rolling onto your side and pressing yourself up to seated.
5.3.14
"... The 'shoulds' of expectations. These are the prisons of life. Trying to change how we actually feel by ordering ourselves to do so is a strategy that goes nowhere, fast. Open awareness is about accepting what is and not being swept up by those judging activities.... Our effort to combat our actual experience creates internal tension, a kind of self-inflicted distress. But rather than march into our inner world and say 'No - don't do that!' we can embrace what is and notice what happens. Amazingly, time after time people discover that letting things be also allows them to change. We can approach our inner world with openness ad acceptance rather than with judgments and preconceptions."
~ Daniel J. Siegel, Mindsight
~ Daniel J. Siegel, Mindsight
May 13, 2014
4.30.14
morning ritual
today's schedule:
5:30 - yoga and meditation
6:30 - breakfast
7:30 - kayak to isla chora, snorkel, eat pineapples, kayak back
10:00 - thai yoga massage class
12:00 - lunch
1:00 - thai yoga massage class
4:00 - free for the rest of the day
May 12, 2014
May 11, 2014
4.27.14
Feb 16, 2014
2.12.14
if i was a superhero one of my powers would definitely be; getting shit done. oh wait. i am. and it is.
Feb 10, 2014
2.9.14
"anything can happen, child. anything can be."
~mr. silverstein
i needed this reminder today; that i can manifest amazing things and routinely do.
~mr. silverstein
i needed this reminder today; that i can manifest amazing things and routinely do.
Feb 5, 2014
2.3.14
this is just a reminder:
it's hard to be truly appreciative of what you have until it's taken away. try though. try to appreciate it. be grateful for what you have; not superficially grateful, but grateful as if in the very next moment you will lose it all.
it's hard to be truly appreciative of what you have until it's taken away. try though. try to appreciate it. be grateful for what you have; not superficially grateful, but grateful as if in the very next moment you will lose it all.
Feb 2, 2014
1.31.14
"embrace the current season of your life."
- gabrielle muir
the current season of my life is filled with stress, yoga, learning, trying to meditate. it's absent of meat. filled with a revolving cast of houseguests. i feel loved but filled with worry for my beloved. i have hope. i have anxiety.
it is a hot season, one with the perpetual feeling of being on the brink of something. it carries the sense of walking the edge of a knife; one side ruin, one side radiance - yet at the same time exists the deep underlying knowledge that everything matters very little.
it is a season of lessons. of choosing what is important. of loving. of reading. the beginning of mangoes.
it is a season that has not started well but moves towards wellness.
- gabrielle muir
the current season of my life is filled with stress, yoga, learning, trying to meditate. it's absent of meat. filled with a revolving cast of houseguests. i feel loved but filled with worry for my beloved. i have hope. i have anxiety.
it is a hot season, one with the perpetual feeling of being on the brink of something. it carries the sense of walking the edge of a knife; one side ruin, one side radiance - yet at the same time exists the deep underlying knowledge that everything matters very little.
it is a season of lessons. of choosing what is important. of loving. of reading. the beginning of mangoes.
it is a season that has not started well but moves towards wellness.
Feb 1, 2014
1.29.14
i realize it's probably too cold in most places to enjoy this delicious, icy, refreshing beverage. but if you're somewhere hot, like costa rica, or maybe australia, you may need some cold, refreshing juice. this one will cool you right down.
- one cup of ice
- one thick round of watermelon
- three sprigs of mint (de-stemmed)
- juice of one cucumber
blend thoroughly and chill the fuck out. namaste bitches, xx.
- one cup of ice
- one thick round of watermelon
- three sprigs of mint (de-stemmed)
- juice of one cucumber
blend thoroughly and chill the fuck out. namaste bitches, xx.
Jan 30, 2014
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