Smitten 2

Heading off to the cottage this morning to enjoy the rest of the long weekend.
Last night was….*sigh*…I enjoyed myself. Dinner. Drinks. Laughter. This is the part where I freak out and start over-analysing everything in my head (you know, “What if he was just being nice?”, “What if he doesn’t like [...]

Anticipation

Bad news: So I have tonsillitis again (stupid).
Good news: Plans tomorrow night with the New Guy. I couldn’t be more excited. Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows!
“And I tell you how easy it is to be with you
And how right your arms feel around me.
But I rehearsed those words just late last night
When I was [...]

Floating

A little bit smitten.
“I am thinking it’s a sign that the freckles
in our eyes are mirror images and when
we kiss they’re perfectly aligned
and I have to speculate that God himself
did make us into corresponding shapes like
puzzle pieces from the clay”
–”Such Great Heights” –Iron and Wine

Bruised

I practised this morning in hopes of calming my mind before my dr’s appointment (just a check-up..there isn’t anything wrong with me). You see, I have what is quite possibly the world’s worst case of White Coat Syndrome. And it’s so weird. I mean, both my mum and stepdad are in the [...]

I can feel it

She came runnin’
I hate everything that came before me
Crush
I’m breakin’ under the crush
Don’t ignore me
‘Cause you know I can always make it louder
Three
Three’s nothin’ out of ten
But you’ve got a thing for me
I can feel it, I can feel it
And I’ve got a thing for you, too
You can have it, you can have it
I’ve been [...]

Sometimes life sparkles

I practised today!
I only convinced myself to hit the mat by saying that I wouldn’t follow the series, just do what I wanted, but once I was on the mat, maybe because I didn’t have any expectations, everything just flowed beautifully. Went up to baddha konansana. Fell asleep in savasana and woke up [...]

Swell

Hmm, let’s see. Not too much to report.
Yesterday afternoon: got four pages of my paper done in two hours. Acording to those number, if I could just sit down for like, 6 hours straight I could write the rest of it. But in my experience it’s never that simple.
Last night: Out with [...]

Procrastination 101

Top eleven signs that you’re procrastinating, because you don’t want to write a twenty page paper:
(11) You nearly convinced yourself that you need, need, a $100 “Zen Alarm Clock” that wakes you with a tibetan chime (it’s in the ‘Gift Items’ section…in case you’re in the market for one as well).
(10) You read the Star [...]

Ick

If yesterday was high energy day, today was its evil twin: so-tired-and-sore-I-can-barely-stand-in-samasthiti-day.
Ugh.

My feet hurt

I think I know why it is that yogis are considered to be so serene and peaceful: it’s because we’re always tired from getting up at such ungodly hours to practise.
I don’t know if it was all that full moon energy, or the fact that I got so inspired from the idea of so many [...]

Happy Birthday Guruji!

Happy 90th bithday Guruji.
And many thanks for this beautiful, strong, peaceful practice.
Om shanti.

(Meg, Guruji and I in Mysore, April 2004)
No practice yesterday, because I had to be at school early to prepare for a presentation. No practice today: moon day. Back to practice in the morning.
Last night I had a lovely night out [...]

The Big 2-3

If your birthday is today:
Some people seem to think you are an easy touch. Some people seem to think they can mess you about and get away with it. Some people are in for a shock. Beneath the surfaced your emotions run deep and the more others stir you up the more [...]

Tome

Just finished the usual Sunday night drive up the 401, and I’m back in my living room, CBC Sunday Night on in the background. I’m pretty sure that anyone who sees me as I’m driving back to London must think that I’m insane. My Sunday night routine involves me listening to really crappy [...]

The Disappearing Practice

It’s been awhile, but I don’t have much to say.
Yoga: I’ve completely fall off the yoga wagon. I’m mad at myself over this new development. Things keep coming up. I keep promising to do evening practices and then something happens, like last night when I ended up having to film with someone [...]

F*ck Tonsillitis

Ok. Fever’s definitely not gone.
Just woke up from an hour long nap having had the following, disturbing, confusing dreams:
-my car was stolen and my dad turned into a crazy maniac and forced to to drive his car off-road while he engaged in a shoot-out…eventually I bailed.
-my (as yet imaginary) palatial mansion made of glass [...]