i've been a bad, bad blogger...

It's not that I haven't been on my mat at all... I have been on my mat. I just haven't made time for blogging.

It's actually been a really good year yogawise and bodywise for me. Although I'm still not that close to touching my head to my knee in standing head to knee, I'm finally at a point where the thought of it doesn't seem totally crazy. The last 5 or so years have been incredibly tough in a lot of ways and I feel like my body is finally shedding the weight and stress that accumulated over that time. In addition to Bikram, I've started doing spin classes at Flywheel. It's a fun way to get cardio in. And it fits in well with my new urban lifestyle. Yes, I live in Seattle, but lately I've started to pretend that I live in NYC and Flywheel fits in well with that fantasy :) I'm also trying to eat better which is a fairly constant struggle for me. I'm thinking about giving up dairy and/or getting an expensive blender so I can make kickass smoothies.

Oh! I can't believe I forgot to mention one of the more exciting yoga-related things that is happening! I'm taking my yoga show on the road! (And by yoga show, I just mean my practice) I'm taking myself to Hawaii for a week in September and my hotel is a few minutes walk away from a Bikram studio. I'm excited about this because I love my yoga and also as my mom reminded me, yogi and yoginis can always recommend a good place to get lunch near the yoga studio.

Fingers crossed that the rest of summah will include yoga and blogging. Please remember to have a summah! I love Howard Kremer's summer promotion/ministry. Life can get hectic so it's good to have a reminder to appreciate the summertime... http://haveasummah.com/

Happy Bikram Yoga Day!

Yes, I know that most of the world calls it Mothers Day, but my mama and I have celebrated with Bikram yoga for the past few years so I associate the two :) The yoga has been good for me lately. Not quite as frequent as it could be but overall it's good. I tweaked my work schedule so I can attend an earlier class a few days a week. That's so nice because then it doesn't feel like my whole evening is taken up by yoga but hauling yoga stuff around makes me feel like a pack mule. Does anybody have a travel yoga mat? On the days I go to yoga straight from work, I'm hauling my mat and my other yoga stuff down a big hill and then back up a big hill. If I can't find a decent lighter mat, I may just rent a mat on the days I go right after work, but that seems kinda dumb. Or really smart. I'm not sure which...

The selfhelphipster has more to say about yoga than I do right now...

I have been on my mat lately but I haven't been making much time to write/blog about ye olde yoga. However Lianne from The self help hipster has been writing about yoga. Check out her free pdf about her yoga journey - it's great! http://theselfhelphipster.com/?p=1059

recipe for yogadisaster

Ok, yogadisaster (or should it be yogasaster?) may be a big of an exaggeration. I was off my mat for 5 days. I was feeling under the weather for about 3 of those days. I had too big of a snack after work. Take all of those ingredients and mix them together and you have a rather unpleasant yoga class... and yet an absolutely perfect yoga class because it was a yoga class I actually attended. I just need to show up at yoga as much as possible. More is better.

25!

The 30 Day Challenge is officially over. I officially did not do 30 classes, but I did do 25 and I think that's rad.

amateur night at ye olde yoga studio

Class 24. One day to go... one class to go. Hopefully it's better than tonight's class which was probably the worst class of the month. It was like I had forgotten everything I know about the yoga. I had too much to eat between work and yoga. I thought drinking water was going to save me. I was going loco in my head with my usual 'what would it take to get some air in here' thoughts. It was really not that pleasant.

In other news, I'm trying to figure out a vacay for fall... There are lots of fun options - visiting my friend C. who moved to Sydney or my other friend C. who moved to London... or maybe Bikram yoga in Phuket Thailand... http://bikramyogaphuket.com/bikramyoga_holiday.htm

The subconscious wants what the subconscious wants...

Yesterday was class #22. I have little to no memory of it. I know I was there but I have no comment on it because I can barely remember it. Today's class (23) was a bit more memorable because it happened less than an hour ago. I wasn't really enjoying class per se, but I was surviving so I thought. Then second set of fixed firm comes along and instead I started doing head to knee with stretching. Didn't work though - I made eye contact with the instructor and she was looking at me like 'WTF are you doing?!?' and she didn't agree with my subconscious that thought camel and rabbit should be skipped.
In other news, I've reached the point in the challenge where hydration and nutrition are falling by the wayside a bit. Argh. Oh well.
Just three more days!

21!

For those of you keeping track at home, you may be noticing a slight discrepancy between the date and the class count. Yes, that's a thing. Friday I was absolutely exhausted from the work week and yesterday I spent time with friends and friends' babies. But I was back on my mat this morning. I practiced with my mom. Here's to hoping that I'm still doing yoga when I'm my mom's age!

Funny yoga tweet

Just saw this on Twitter and I was amused by it...

@Kendragarden: I don't use my yoga certification to teach yoga, I use it to let bitches know I'm more flexible than they are.

Namaste, bitches.

Original Message:
http://twitter.com/Kendragarden/status/182932676368539649

19!

Not much to say about tonight's class. I went in as an angry yogi and left as a tired yogi. My hips and knees were feeling a little jangly but other than that, all is well.
Namaste.