a fitness professional's attempt at living a yoga life….one breath at a time
I received this in an email from MapMyRun the other day: Apparently, in the last few years that I've been "tracking" my workouts (although not all of them) I've now achieved 1000 workouts. I think that I probably "workout" about 1000 times/year between teaching and other things. I don't always count those things, but I'm …
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Another New Start? I've written almost every January 2 since I started this blog 4 years ago on this same day. Usually my first post of the year is all about resolutions and starting over etc. This year is different....it's about continuing my progress of self-discovery and journey of wellness. I've chosen, this year, to …
This year, like many of them past, has been a challenge of self-study. In yoga we call this Svadhyaya and I've written about it more times than I can count. In the past I've focused on certain areas of study....yoga, fitness, eating, habits, happiness, etc. and it's all brought me closer to enlightenment about myself. …
This is by no means my last post on the subject of habits. I have found this topic of Gretchen Rubin's much easier to embrace than the idea of a Happiness Project.....it probably has to do a lot with my personality. She ends this book with a story of how her youngest daughter wrote a …
Apparently I didn't push "Publish" on this post yesterday, so here it is today. What I just sat down to write today will get schedule as a post for tomorrow. Back to regular "almost daily" posting on Monday. In the latest section of Rubin's Better Than Before book she talks about a strategy for improving …
It's Monday! I say that with enthusiasm and vigor and overall happiness today. I've been reading Gretchen Rubin's Better Than Before and it's making a huge impact on the way that I approach things. This is something she calls the Lightning Bolt effect....when something just happens out of the blue because of something you read/watched/heard/saw …
I will have a proper post for you tomorrow about the strategies I'm working on in my new "Habit Project". Today, though, I am putting out a call for words. Part of my new project is writing an inspiring word on my calendar for each day. Today's word is Because I need to be reminded …
Accountability is the fourth thing that Rubin writes about when talking about ways to make habits successful. I already know that accountability is a big thing for me. I run better with T and more often when I have paid for a race. I finish projects if someone else is counting on them. I clean …
Today is my 37th Birthday. As I commented over at Fit is a Feminist Issue .....I still don't feel like I'm 37. In many ways I feel like I'm still 19. That was my first birthday in college. That was my first birthday after my parents split. That was my first birthday that I didn't …
Welcome to the fifth month of My Best Body Happiness Project! It's Thursday and I'm sharing my progress over on Running With Spoons weekly link-up. One element that I have slightly neglected in all of this body talk is my skin. I had a full skin check done back in February when I first visited …
