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Relationship Status:: Married

What type of yoga do you practice?: Trying out everything ...
"Power Yoga" classes
Hatha Vinyasa class
Home practice buffet (books, CDs, podcasts, any style)

How long have you been practicing yoga?: Since November 2007

About Me:: I am amazed how important yoga has become to me in such a short time. I am surprised that I feel so good about something I do so poorly. I am thankful for the breaks from all my worries that yoga has given me. I am confident that, one day, Down Dog really WILL be my friend, as my first teacher promised.

July Practice Record

04 - 35 minutes with DVD at home
03 - 30 minutes with DVD at home
02 - 17 minute standing practice at home
01 - 15 minute standing practice at home

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Practice tonight was 30 gentle minutes from a favorite DVD. The session was called "unwinding muscle tension", but the mental unwinding was really the best part. After a couple weeks of worry over being very uncomfortable with my back to the mat, the doc has sorted me out, I'm healing, and I'm relieved to be able to practice normally. I actually feel good laying on my back again -- yay! The best part of this is that I can get back to class next week, which I had been avoiding. I was pleasantly s… Continue

Posted on July 3rd, 2008 at 10:26pm — 2 Comments (Add)

Weird Start to July

You know it's been a bad day when you'd rather have the doctor cut a hole in you than go to yoga class. I had been ignoring this little lump on my back all month, but last week it got all big and red and angry. All of a sudden the yoga mat was not my friend (and savasana ... forget THAT torture). The sofa was not my friend. My comfy internet cruising chair ... nope. Not even bed. And July was coming!!! I tried class yesterday, thinking that I would just skip anything involving my back to the ma… Continue

Posted on July 1st, 2008 at 7:37pm — 4 Comments (Add)

Tuesday Class

My Tuesday/Thursday yoga teacher at the gym had been away on vacation to Riviera Maya in Mexico for the past couple of weeks, so I headed over to the YMCA for classes. I had never been there before, but I enjoyed the change. The woman teaching there really had a great positive energy ... I was happy just being in the room. Also, she adjusted several of my poses, which I really appreciated. That never happens in the classes I regularly take (unfortunately). But there is a world of difference bet… Continue

Posted on June 25th, 2008 at 5:19am — 1 Comment (Add)

Solstice

I have been so full of anticipation since Yogamum gave July a purpose. Although I have been practicing regularly, it has not been exactly daily ... I hope the discipline of a daily practice will help me add some structure back into my summer schedule, which has become rather random and chaotic now that the children are out of school. Thinking about WoYo got me juiced up about yoga, so when I saw that there was going to be a special yoga event to celebrate… Continue

Posted on June 21st, 2008 at 8:00pm — 6 Comments (Add)

Sore

I thought I was immune to the flu. Really, it has probably been 20 years or more since I had it. Well, the flu has been going around my office and my community lately. Even my yoga teacher got it. I fell into my usual smug pattern ... sympathy for the poor victims, but secret joy knowing that, once again, the flu would have nothing to do with me. It was probably justice that the flu hit me full force yesterday. There is such a thing as being too smug. There are, of course, lots of unpleasant sy… Continue

Posted on March 22nd, 2008 at 10:03pm — 7 Comments (Add)

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At 7:35pm on June 28th, 2008, Nairam said…: Hey, I'm glad I found you!!! Somehow I feel that I will learn a lot from you, since you also started relatively recently (well... you have a 6 month advantage over me, which right now seems HUGE) ;)

Thanks for your comment and support!

At 5:47am on March 21st, 2008, Princess Maude said…: I don't know what a gumby princess is, but of course you may be my friend!

At 2:24am on March 4th, 2008, Nicol said…: I like the title Month of Gratitude. A lot of doom and gloom has caught my attention lately. I'm also thankful to have this practice of yoga as a reminder of gratitude.
Jai Guru!

At 7:51am on January 31st, 2008, Chris said…: Hi Jen -- Mostly peaks, indeed. It is really hard to feel negative about any day that you get a practice in!

At 5:21am on January 31st, 2008, Jen said…: Hi Chris, I'm looking at your 30 day log, looks like a true graph with the peaks and dips. Mostly peaks.

At 6:54pm on January 23rd, 2008, SeaStar said…: Thanks for sharing. The unexpected parallel to the way you feel about yoga is neat.

At 11:41am on January 22nd, 2008, Chris said…: Hi SeaStar. There's really no deep significance to my little green guy. Initially, I just used the default faceless gray head, but that was a little bit disturbing to me, so I set out to find something else. A lot of my favorite stuff is on my desk at work, and since I like it all, I guess on some level it all represents me. I almost used a group picture of my office bobbleheads (Adrian Monk, Tim Gunn, Dwight Schrute) for my image, cuz if you sort of mix them together, well, I've probably said too much ;-)

My brother gave me the green gargoyle many years ago after a trip to London. It guards my computer at work, so I've seen it every day for a long time. I needed a backdrop for the picture, so I thought yoga site ... yoga mat. I didn't really have much of a plan or concept.

After I took the picture, it started to grow on me. Here's this strange little guy, clearly out of place, a little uncomfortable on the mat, but happy to be there anyway. I sort of surprised myself by capturing my own feelings about yoga in that image.

At 8:04am on January 22nd, 2008, SeaStar said…: Okay, I'm going to ask about your picture. I just noticed that it's sitting on your yoga mat (I think). I found it intriguing and ugly-cute (sorry!) from the beginning. Is there any personal significance to it?

At 6:30pm on January 10th, 2008, Sparky said…: Your comment about feeling so good after doing something poorly, rang many bells for me. It took me 3 years before I could get my hands flat on the floor with my legs straight. Yoga has taught me patients. There are many poses that are still not my friends, but I don't hate them anymore.

At 5:42am on January 2nd, 2008, SeaStar said…: I know what you mean about yoga becoming such a special thing after a short time. It did for me as well. I also thought the same thing about down dog. Since I finally have my heels on the floor, I love it because I can relax into the pose instead of thinking about getting those heels to the floor!

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