When you live in Upstate NY, where it snows at the end of March…and where the sun has trouble making an appearance regularly…you have to learn to make your own sunshine. I’m the first to admit that I’m a sucker for something unique and pretty. There’s no way when I saw these organic rainbow carrots …
Making Sunshine Out of Rain (or Rainbow Carrots!) Read More »
I’m working at home again (read: big smile and daytime pj’s—which could usually double as yoga attire, but my yoga instructor is in India right now). I meant to go get coffee at Starbucks, but when I went outside, I only made it as far as Bruegger’s (crossing Monroe felt like too big of a …
Lazy Lady’s Guac, Daytime PJ’s, Winter Cleaning, More Veggies… Read More »
What a great Monday—many people have the day off, my apartment is totally clean (thanks to Joe for the motivation and teamwork to get it all done, and not just a part of it like I would have done on my own!), Joe is in Buffalo running, I’m going to yoga in a little while, …
Creating a lifestyle routine of healthy habits is not only ongoing (as our understanding of what is healthy for us continues to evolve), but it also involves a lot of strategy. Often, I let people know that it’s not necessarily the plan of attack that is most important, but the plan of getting back on …
Ready, Set…..GO!?!?! Sometimes Going from Stop to Go is the hardest part. Read More »
The last vacation I went on was to the Kripalu Institute last summer for a yoga workshop. It was awesome, and Desiree Rumbaugh not only helped me change (improve) my yoga practice, but it also motivated me to try Blue Lotus Yoga in Rochester when I returned home. All I can say is Anusara yoga …
I love yoga for a lot of reasons, but one of my favorite reasons is because the things my yoga instructor says in class make so much sense despite the fact that to an outsider a phrase maybe be completely nonsensical. Huh? Let me demonstrate… “The getting it is in the already-ness.” Vish said this …
One day in class, my yoga instructor described how important it is for us to keep our spines “inside” our bodies (think good posture). She said she learned from a first grader that a pill bug has an exoskeleton, meaning its skeleton is on the outside of its body instead of on the inside like …
I attended a workshop this weekend by David Romanelli, author of Yeah Dave’s Guide to Livin’ the Moment: Getting to ecstacy through wine, chocolate, and your ipod playlist. I have’t read the book…yet. I will. I found Dave’s insights and anecdotes to be refreshingly grounded—he seemed to be a real person with a real message. It …
Yoga and Chocolate…and Wine and your iPod Playlist Read More »
One of the things I’ve been realizing over the past year, especially since I’ve been at RIT and also doing yoga (not at the same time), is that it is very common for people to think that in order to relax or unwind (or meditate) they need to dissociate from themselves and the world. I’m …
