Friend and force in the yoga industry Brian Castellani started an amazing Facebook group called ORDINARY YOGA and asked everyone to share how our yoga practices started with the intention to de-mystify the hatha yoga practice.
Jan 1 2010 marked exactly 9 months since I began a consistent daily yoga practice. But here's how I started...
To get one free credit at Northeastern University I practiced with a Boston-based angel named Doreen (whose voicemail prompted me to "do lots and lots of Svaroopa ® yoga" when I called to tell her that my paper on the difference between stretching and releasing would not be turned in on the assigned date).
After then experimenting with Ashtanga, Kundalini, Baptiste, Anusara and Forrest styles - I am a dedicated Bikram practitioner (though I love the weekends because I can go to more than one class in a day and still get in a class or two in another style!). I am very excited to add Global Mala Yoga for Peace to 1/365 days of 2010 practice (and every other year for the rest of my life for that matter!). Don't be confused if someone tells you that the studio does 'hatha' or 'vinyasa' yoga - these are basically names for any combinaion of asana (posture) and breath (pranayama) & I've done that too.
One of my favorite songs has a chorus that begins, "ετση ξεκήνησα λειπων ετση ξεκήνησα. "So I began, thus so I began" is implying that I am beginning and beginning and beginning and beginning - from birth and through every moment. Wow what a journey. What's yours? Share it with me and Brian at Ordinary Yoga.
12/30/2009
12/29/2009
Hustle
"Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle." -Abraham Lincoln
disclaimer:
Honest Abe might not have said this, but I'm okay with the potential and stick with that attribution.
disclaimer:
Honest Abe might not have said this, but I'm okay with the potential and stick with that attribution.
12/18/2009
My Dream Closet
Some items in the dream closet of adurableheart:
Alexander Wang Draped satin-jersey gown, $695
Vivienne Westwood Anglomania New Drape jersey dress, $525
Folded cocktail dress at karenmillen.com, 180 GBP
Alexander McQueen Draped cashmere-blend sweater, $860
Helmut Lang Wool-blend jersey draped cardigan, $380
Alexander Wang Draped satin-jersey gown, $695
Vivienne Westwood Anglomania New Drape jersey dress, $525
Folded cocktail dress at karenmillen.com, 180 GBP
Alexander McQueen Draped cashmere-blend sweater, $860
Helmut Lang Wool-blend jersey draped cardigan, $380
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