December 2011
14 posts
25 Days Of Xmas Yogathon Completed!
This is the final piece in a series of guest posts from recent teacher training graduate, Thais Guimaraes.
It’s been 25 days of doing yoga everyday, meditating for 15 minutes everyday AND no sugar. I wish I could give you some big revelation about how my life has completely turned around. I wish I could tell you this experience has transformed my world and I will never ever be the same....
12 Gifts of Yoga by Marge Ely
12 Gifts of Yoga by Marge Ely
I was so inspired by Jean that I had to write my 12 gifts down as well! First, yoga gave me onsite stress relief from my work environment at a Fortune 500 company in Texas. I tried the onsite gym that was part of my free benefits and found that weights and tread mills were not my friends! So I tried a yoga class they offered during my lunch break and was hooked...
12 Gifts of Yoga by Jean Toleman
12 Gifts of Yoga by Jean Toleman What has yoga given me? At first, yoga gave me back half an inch in height that I had lost due to poor posture and the effects of gravity on my spine for over 40 years. Then it gave me the second thing, the ability to twist around and look at my kids in the back seat without feeling like I was damaging that spine. The third thing it gave me was the ability to...
25 Days of Yoga: Reflections on the Grinch
This is the third in a series of guest posts from recent teacher training graduate, Thais Guimaraes.
I have a slight suspicion that Mr. Grinch didn’t do yoga.
With so many poses asking us to open our heart space, his three sizes too small heart would have had no choice but to grow.
With so many poses asking us to be a more flexible then we’re comfortable with, his inflexible mind...
25 Days of Xmas Yogathon: Halfway Point
This is the second in a series of guest posts from recent teacher training graduate, Thais Guimaraes.
In the beginning of December I decided to do a 25 day yogathon. 25 days of cleansing my body, mind and soul through 15 minutes of daily meditation, elimination of sugar, and yoga.
I am more than halfway done and I can honestly say it has not been the easy.
It’s amazing how as soon as you...
25 Days of Christmas Yogathon!
This is a guest post from recent teacher training graduate, Thais Guimaraes.
December is a pretty crazy month. While the colder weather has us running to our blanket laden bed, we are asked to attend holiday party after holiday party and push and shove our way through our Christmas list. Its no wonder we enter the New Year 15 pounds heavier, stressed and pretty burnt out. Well, this year that...
Butternut Squash and Macaroni Casserole
Butternut Squash and Macaroni Casserole
This recipe is courtesy of Health Coach, Samantha Neier, of Holistic Health Associates.
Serves 8 Coconut milk is the unexpected, rich and delicious ingredient in this creamy casserole main dish. Substitute pecans for the walnuts, if desired. Nutrition
Per serving (about 10oz/291g-wt.): 430 calories (170 from fat), 19g total fat, 9g saturated fat, 0mg...
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Comprehensive Yoga Apps Review
Regis Chapman wrote a wonderful article for Appolicious, reviewing a wide and lengthy variety of yoga apps available for download to your smart phone. Considering that there are approximately half a million apps available now-a-days, take advantage of this comprehensive overview if you were considering an app for yourself or as a gift this holiday season.
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Surya Namaskar
(Originally posted on solyoga.blogspot.com on 10/21/11)
I’m pretty confident that Surya Namaskar is the reason I practice yoga. The flow of it, the way the asanas perfectly counterbalance one another, the zen-like state that allows me to come out of my head, really tune in to my breath and just be present in my body – that’s what keeps me coming back to yoga time and time again. Sun...
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Motivation VS Inspiration
This post was originally published on Blogspot on 10/19/11. It has been updated/edited.
I came across this blog post yesterday and it set off some light bulbs in my mind. Danielle LaPort’s blog White Hot Truth was talking about the difference between Motivation and Inspiration in a way that I had never thought about before. She gives some good examples to clarify her point of view...
Once You've Slept On An Island
(Originally posted on solyoga.blogspot.com on 10/21/11)
I sent out an email blast, asking Sol Yoga teachers, teacher trainees, staff and volunteers to share with me their “yoga story” or anything else that they feel inspired to have posted on this blog. Janet Krones, a yoga teacher, sent me this. I think many would agree, doing yoga feels like this:
If once you’ve slept...
