not very

oxytocin

to read

the e myth
succulent wild woman
eat pray love
the omnivore's dilemma
nietzsche

theo & dora

be in the yin

last night in dina amsterdam's class we practiced & discussed why the yin poses are beneficial; by staying in a quasi-uncomfortable (well, completely-uncomfortable) position for five minutes, we train ourselves to just *be* with the discomfort of not only the pose or situation, but life. it was really interesting observing myself; my mind insisting that i was feeling pain as the connective tissue of my hips stretched like silly putty. what if my leg tears off? i kept wanting to adjust, wiggle my numb extremities, find any excuse to stop doing the stupid pose. yet, when i breathed deeply & observed my negative judgements without reacting to them, i was able to just *be* with my feeling of resistance, accept the stretch & go deeper. into the tissue. into the feeling. into being.

this morning when virgin atlantic decided to raise its airfare the moment i pressed 'send' with my credit card info (forcing me to start over completely & pay a higher rate for the exact same flight), rather than going to get a snack & deciding that virgin atlantic really does suck & that i really should be working on my website, i took a deep breath, felt the stretch & went deeper...


yinyoga.com
yogatreesf.com
dinaamersterdam.com

salubrious snack

ski queen + fuji apple

rdp in color

artypea (that's me!)