Yoga-ish!

So lately I have been on a real Yoga High......

Yup, I maxed out my Tuesday night class, GO T.!

Just like that, it only holds 20 and I had 21 in class it totally rocked!

Go Gumby :-)

More good news, the gear I wear has been Hot Yoga approved!

So class Thursday will be about core, not these moves but some like it.......

YOGA-FIED! 

Remember when I mastered this pose, me so happy :-)

Now I am working on this one, this is Connie a mentor. 

Photo: Conniewerneryoga.com 

It has been so much about Yoga I got a new mat.....

MANDUKA!

Thanks for reading..........Namaste! 

New Year Goals 2016!

So this year I decided I needed to set some new goals for 2016!

I am planning a trip to the beach, here is a dress that I got.......

for just $6 bucks. 

This is my INSPIRATION dress. 

I found this nice little core workout, I thought I would start this in February:

So I also got a great deal on this tank top for Yoga....

Its called a "slimmer" top but I just like the print for my burgundy 

Sturrup pants. 

Sweeeeeet. 

My 2016 Goals or Promises to myself :

Workout 15 minutes 3 times a week in the morning

Cut back on sugar 

Continue getting better at instructing my Yoga classes

Ride a bike on the weekends 2 times a week. 

Moving on to bigger and better accomplishments in 2016 :-)

Thanks for reading

I Mastered KSage Pose!

Pose: Dedicated to the Sage Koundinya i and ii [Eka Pada Koundinyasana i and ii]

So it only took me 2 years but I mastered it....not perfect but close!

I will continue to get that front leg straighter.....but now that I can lift my back leg I feel like I know this pose. 

I was super happy to get my new bracelet that Heidi Powell suggested.....

its the "Rise Up" silver one, love it!

I had my sister make is smaller during the holidays. 

I had a great vacation, and family time and its only been week 2 of the new year but I have seen many new faces in Yoga class. 

Just wanted to share the good news :-)

Happy 2016!

New Fountain!

I am thrilled with this new fountain!

Hoping the birds will drink from it, and I have it on an on off switch. I need to get a longer one but for now its working great. 

This space is 15x12

So I moved my firepit closer to the patio blocks

I want to build that up but for now, I have it on the blocks I had on hand. 

I like having water and fire in the space, and would like the fountain under the Rose of Sharon but it drops flowers so that would be a problem. 

The space is like a little retreat......and I am pleased. I can't wait till next spring to get some sod, it will look so much better :-)

Ok, this is the pose I have been working on, baby bird. 

its much tougher then it looks for sure. 

(Photo: Darren Rhodes creator of YogaHour and owner of Yoga Oasis )

I finished The 21 Day Fix and will be on to my next workout. 

Rating = 8

Thanks for reading..........

Southtown Studio Got Awarded!

Drum roll................

The studio where I got my Teacher Training at got 2 awards!

Super duper proud, its a great studio. 

I Want A New Hair-do!

So it has been a while since I did my hair......and I am ready for a new do!

I have an appointment this month. 

This is me at the park after a run........its been really nice out. 

........and this is the new do I want!

Whatcha think.........

Can I pull it off?

I'm gonna go for it, and also try to make these chips too. 

I have a Yoga workshop this weekend and I just can't wait to see what new things I learn. 

This weeks workouts:

14 Miles

4 hours of Yoga

Thanks for reading........

Regarding Yoga!

Sometimes you just gotta laugh........

This has to be the funniest comment I have ever got on Yoga from a friend of mine, maybe you feel the same?

"Regarding yoga: it kind of scares me. I'm a big germaphobe, so the whole dirty mat thing kind of skeeves me out. That combined with women two inches from my butt and looking at places I've never seen on my own body does not seem appealing. Sorry, but that's the honest truth :0). I'm sure that you're amazing at what you do, but I think I'll stick to my boring workouts instead."

That's one way of putting it.....I just started teaching at a new studio for the weekends, and I was trying to drum up some new clients.

That was just the best!

Thanks for reading.......

Yoga! (Part 2)

As if I can't get enough Yoga, I have class all this weekend.

......who knew it was Superbowl weekend?

Anyway, here is my homework for Yoga training.

A bunch of mini Trainer T.s both in black & white

and colored......

kinda funny huh?

I decided to print it both ways, whatcha think?

Its been so blah with the weather here I bought myself some flowers

I love the color!

So here are a few mastered poses, they may look easy but to me NOT!

Finally mastered side crow :-)

Endless....

Tree plank........

Side plank.....

Locust.......

Twist :-)

No handed lunge....

West stretch....

I am a work in progress with just 2 more weekends left till testing.

Wish me luck!

 

Thanks for reading.....

Yoga Time!

These are a few shots from my yoga teacher training.

I am working on my sequence to turn in as homework.

I really love crow pose :-)

Going down to Eight angle pose

Eight angle pose

Plank hover

I just love this photo of Gracie.......

so cute ;-)

Just a shot from my desk at the office, snow, snow, snow!!!

I have been shopping for my nephew, he will be 17 on Valentines Day!

I hope he likes the haul I got.

He is 6'5" now and still loves skinny jeans, but trying to get a size 14 shoe is really hard to find.

Me at the office...........

 

This weeks workouts have been slacking due to the extreme cold.

 

Wednesday workout:

8 min step warm up w/db

x2
Banded shuffle
Banded squat
Banded leg lifts

x2
Kettlebell swings - 25lb/20lb - 1 min
Kettlebell twists - 25lb /20lb - 1 min
Kettlebell get ups - 12lb - 10 x2

Bench climbs - 1 min
Tricep dips - 30
Decline push ups add foot drop - 20

Bench press - 15lb db
Lateral lifts - 10lb db
V-ups - 20
Double crunch - 20

5 min cool down stretch

Thanks for reading..........

Pick My Color Orange!

Gracie just loves this cool weather in STL.

She was helping me look at paint samples, yeah right!

She was hoping for a treat.

So I got this urge to paint my back and front door Orange, and maybe this window frame?

I saw a blogger that painted her door orange, on a blue house and I LOVED IT!

Yeah, caps.

I used to have an orange kitchen but now its green, asparagus green.

So whatcha think???

#1, #2, #3 or #4?

I'm leaning towards the large orange sample???

This past week it was super duper foggy, so I shot this picture out the back.....

Pretty huh?

Fog. Is. Weird.

Then yippeeeeee........

I got a sweet card and gift in the mail, someone loves me as a blogger.

Thanks my biggest fan JoAnnie!

Check out the sunflowers I got........

Set them in the window sill in the bowl I have.

Kinda fun.

I leave you with Gracie sniffing cracks for treats.......

Who knows what she will find, another leaf to eat

haaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaa!

 

Teacher training all weekend was rough, and I need to do more memorizing.

Burned 1,500 calories per day, sweet.

 

Thanks for reading, GO CARDS!!!