quote

" Carpe Diem! REJOICE while you are ALIVE;
ENJOY the day; LIVE life to the FULLEST;
make the MOST of what you HAVE,
it is LATER than you think."

- Horace, Roman poet

inner peace

i found this on gabrielle roth's myspace comment board.

Some signs and symptoms of inner peace:

A tendency to think and act spontaneously rather than on fears based on past experiences.
An unmistakable ability to enjoy each moment.
A loss of interest in judging other people.
A loss of interest in interpreting the actions of others.
A loss of interest in conflict.
A loss of the ability to worry (this is a very serious symptom).
Frequent, overwhelming episodes of appreciation.
Contented feelings of connectedness with others and nature.
An increasing tendency to let things happen rather than make them happen.
An increased susceptibility to the love extended by others, as well as the uncontrollable urge to extend it.

<< WARNING ! >> If you have some or all of the above symptoms - please be advised that your condition of Inner Peace may be so far advanced as to not be curable. If you are exposed to anyone exhibiting any of these symptoms, remain exposed only at your own risk.

Love Light & Laughter Blessing

jill miller Yoga TuneUp level 2 teacher training July 11-13 2009

i attended Jill Miller's 20 hour Level 2 teacher training last week-end. the focus was on the hips. now that i'm a mom it's such a production to get to these things, but i love learning from jill, so all of that extra work getting to a training is worth it!

jill is very clear and confident in her teachings and is extremely knowledgeable in anatomy. i learn alot from her and she always makes me think twice about what i say and how i structure my classes after i've studied with her.

jill can be found at www.yogatuneup.com
here are some photos from the training.



we are having a ball stretching the fascia of our feet



no it's not kama sutra. however not sure i will do this hip stretch with my clients :-)




i'm getting an amazing hip stretch here!



giving a helping hand (foot!)




me and jill miller

flowing part 2

another excerpt from gabrielle roth's book sweat your prayers

" in flowing we learn how to inhale, how to take things in: compliments, put-downs, gifts, intuitive hunches, moods, music, space - whoever or whatever else is going on around us. we like to delude ourselves that we're encased in an impermeable membrane floating through life in our own little space capsule. we think we're so self sufficient, but actually we're all just passing thoughts in one huge universal mind.

flowing is more than a rhythm; it's a specific energy field in which the feminine aspect of the soul is revealed in all its awesome beauty, fierce power, and animal magnetism. deep within each one of us is a mother longing to nurture, a mistress impatient to flirt, and a madonna serene in her wisdom. and they all bop out when the beat kicks in.

flowing part 1

there is a reason i teach vinyasa yoga - i love to flow.

i love to weave the breath with the poses, connect,'make' connections and create movement. sometimes i 'arrive' at the place i set our for, other times i don't arrive exactly 'there' but i always arrive (somewhere). that is the fun part of flowing, to allow oneself to flow with the current of the river. we're not salmons who naturally flow against the current of the river!
maybe we're trying to be salmons cause; god forbid, it might be "too easy" to flow with the current, so we need to create that extra challenge of struggling against it??? i think so, we humans love to complicate things, instead of simply following the flow ...

i love spontaneity, but i don't always allow myself to be as spontaneous as i would like to be. well, that is about to change.

i'm into gabrielle roth these days. i pulled out her book that i bought back in 1998
'sweat your prayers.' it's fabulous. gabrielle is a dancer and the book is about the 5 rhythms: flowing, staccato, chaos, lyrical, stillness. although i read the book back then (i see i have underlined allot), but i can't really remember much of the content. funny, how books come back again at the right time. now it is making so much more sense to me.

here is an excerpt from the book that i read in class thursday last week:

"flowing is the state of being fluid, of hanging loose and being flexible. the rhythm of flowing connects us to the flow of our individual energy, our base current. when we dance long and hard enough to cast off the world's spell, our inner rhythm takes over and we begin to sense who we truly are and how great our potential is. to my mind, michael jordan playing basketball is the essence of flowing. his internal rhythm connects with the energies of the ball, his team, his opponents, and the court, until they all emerge into one organic entity and it becomes as natural for the ball to swoosh through the net as it is for the breath to flow in and out of our bodies.

when we're in our flow, all we have to do is walk across a room to be mesmerizing. we feel confident in ourselves because we're connected to the earth and in harmony with her rhythms, cycles, and moods. in flowing, there are no separations or distractions between things, there's only continuous change.

we tend to resist surrendering to this rhythm because we prefer life to be predictable and safe, even if it means being bored. flowing is dangerous - who knows where it will take you or what you will find when you get there? that's why i love it."

meeee tooo!
she's talking about dancing, but all i'm reading is the essence of yoga.

i aspire to inspire you(and myself included)to:
be daring, find your own flow and just go with it!