Blueprint

10. The perverse pleasure of aching muscles the day after a serious workout yoga practice. 

–From Blueprint Magazine’s “50 Reasons to Make these Resolutions” (Jan./Feb. 200

 Also, how I will feel tomorrow after tonight’s vinyasa class.  I need something to kick my bum into gear after last week’s occasional delinquency. 

Of unravelling, fragments and adulthood

January 14th saw the unravelling of my to-that-point perfect WoYoPracMo record. Why?  Because of shoes. 
I have a very small window of time into which to fit my practice on weekdays and it occurs between 4:30 (when I finish work) and 6:30 (when The Guy usually gets home from work).  Usually I also have to [...]

Beets! (etc.)

FINALLY.
You can’t hate beets after you’ve tried them like this.
Baked beets with balsamic vinegar, oregano and garlic
(adapted from The Naked Chef Takes Off, Jamie Oliver)
Serves 4
1 lb. fresh raw beets, preferably golf-ball sized, scrubbed and peeled
10 cloves garlic, peeled and squashed
1 handful of fresh oregano (or cilantro, or marjoram or flat leafed parsley)
coarse salt [...]

Status

I am positively bursting with excitement.  Unfortunately, I can’t say why.  Yet.  At least not anywhere this public.  But I just needed to say it!
YIPPEE!!!!!

Sunlight and beets

I feel as though the first week of WoYoPracMo was thoroughly lacklustre for me (practiced every day, many practices were, frankly, half-assed).  As much as working full time/not having a yoga studio or even a decent practice space limits me, I do find it much easier to practice when it’s part of a routine.  Last [...]

WoYoPracMo: Days 2 - 5

Boring run down: -Day 2: Took a Moksha class. A lot of fun backbending. A lot of ab work. Hurt to laugh, move, turn the steering wheel (who knew how much abdominal strength that required?!) etc. the next day.
-Day 3: In a hotel room while my mum and I were cross-border shopping in [...]

WoYoPracMo is underway

WoYoPracMo started with a whimper…not unlike last year (ha, look at that, I used the same first sentence last year). Last night’s celebrations were fairly low key but decadent nonetheless.
Here’s a word to the wise though, if you can’t fit a practice in earlier in the day because you’re too busy [...]