8.30.15

urdhva mukha svanasana

8.13.15

Baddha Parivrrta Trikonasana

Now is the time to release whatever it is you're holding onto, or carrying, or burdened with, that you need to let go of.  What is holding you back?  What is keeping you stuck?  What is weighing you down?  What is no longer true?  What is inhibiting you from growth?  Breathe in deeply.  Breathe out deeply and as you breathe out let it go. Repeat... repeat.. repeat... repeat... repeat........

8.1.15

eka pada viparita dandasana

when you were little did you ever hang upside down off a chair or a couch and pretend the ceiling was the floor and everything connected to the ceiling was actually just sitting on the floor?  and everything on the floor was upside down, because the floor was the ceiling?

yeah, i still do that.

"Each time I see the Upside-Down Man
Standing in the water,
I look at him and start to laugh,
Although I shouldn't oughtter.
For maybe in another world
Another time
Another town,
Maybe HE is right side up
And I am upside down."

~s. silverstein

6.19.15

compass pose

when i reflect back upon times of trial and trouble and pain i see so clearly how they led me directly to success, growth, a deeper strength or a truer version of myself.  so often i have felt lost, but even in my most confusing time i was laying the ground work for happiness and clarity to come.  i just didn't know it then.  but again and again in hindsight i see it.  if this teaches me one thing it is trust. so.

this is just a reminder: no matter the struggle, the discouragement, the disbelief, just trust that life is pointing you in the right direction. 

6.12.15

parivrtta vasisthasana

"in order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision."
~ dalai lama

6.6.15

scorpion

I am stronger than before but I am less attached to those imperfections that once bothered me incessantly.  I can do more, but what I'm doing matters much less than my presence while I'm doing it.  I know so many profound truths that I'd been previously unaware of, but I am more interested in sharing them.  My perspective has changed, and I never even made the goal to change it.  It turns out that I had very little to do with it after all.  Namaste bitches, xx.

5.31.15

casual kurmasana

"Do you know what you are?
You are a manuscript of a divine letter.  
You are a mirror reflecting a noble face.
This universe is not outside of you.
Look insude yourself; everything that you want, 
you already are."

~Rumi

2.18.15

parvrta anjaneyasana

for every nice yoga photo...

2.17.15

bird bomb

....there are like 20 of these.

1.15.15

 

silhouette

1.13.15

anahatasana

one day this will be chin stand.

1.2.15

 

navasana

12.19.14

 

grasshopper

this is one of those postures that is just so hard, so seemingly unattainable and that one day i just pop into.  i won't say it was easy or perfect, but i got it!  i also got giant foot shaped bruises on my upper arms for WEEKS!  because i was standing.  on my arms.

12.12.14

 

krounchasana

hey guess what guys?  this is hard.

12.10.14

 

Astavakrasana

12.9.14

 

Marichyasana A

12.4.14

 

Ubhaya Padangushthasana

12.3.14

 

 ardha matseyandrasana

so i made that grand proclamation that i would post regularly... and then the airport card in my computer went out.  it's touch and go now, i'll try to get all updated asap.

10.9.14

yoga room progress 3

it's still a little ways off - but look how much better my yoga room is!!!  i even had two students join me today.

9.9.14

yoga room progress 2

So I know this isn't the prettiest of photos but this evolution has to be documented.  I give you the sunroom - aka my new yoga room!  

This is actually a mid-range progress photo - so much work has been done already.  This room was one of the areas of the house that needed massive amounts of fixing up.  Apparently the former tenants had kenneled their dogs in there and hadn't bothered to clean at all before we moved in.  So first there was vacuuming, carpet cleaning, removal of furniture and finally trashing of soiled items.  Then we realized the carpet was completely saturated in dog pee so we trashed that as well.  Underneath was concrete, very old, very uneven concrete.  

This photo represents lots and lots of work on Russ's part to try and level the base in preparation for wood flooring.  I can picture how it's going to look and I'm so excited!