My day was pretty full and busy during the early part of the morning, with catering orders and regular customers. By 2 PM I was ready to start licking all the baked goods just for a taste. At the end of the day I wrapped up the uneaten (and unlicked) ones and did not even put the broken bits or crumbs in my mouth. I have to say, today, the 16th day in, I am wearing my skinny jeans that I wore for a week after coming back from South East Asia this March. Blinking your eyelids in Thailand's 40+ degree weather burns up to 1000 calories. On holiday I drank beer several times a day, every day and still managed to come home looking like She-Ra. That didn't last considering I went on a cheese bender upon arrival in Canada and my Ankor-Watt muscles turned into cellulite. But today is the day! I didn't even have to cut them off when I got home. They stayed on until 7 PM.
I got a Booster Juice for brekky, and the poor girl had to remake it when she poured in yogurt in it after I asked her not to. At lunch I had some lovely stuffed peppers Chris's mother made special for me with wild rice and quinoa. Before walking Gus, I ate a big Kale Salad for dinner. Yum, yum, yummy day!
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kale, kidney beans, avocado, teacher apple slices (still eating them apples!), sunflower seeds, red onions, dressed with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
Normally I do some journaling to check in with myself before starting up my personal Yoga practice, but I had a lot of energy to burn, so I just cranked the dance music channel, whipped off the jeans, changed into leggings and started to Sun Sal like it was nobody's business. I threw down Bakasana, vasisthasana, flipped over into "Wild Thing" and had a lot of fun with inversions.
Bakasana June 2013, Thai poofy pants
Vasisthasana
"Wild Thing"
I feel like this beach babe today! Pretty good state of mind on a Monday. Thanks Challenge!
Out In the park I had been listening to an old Yoga Peeps Podcast, interviewing Jaimal Yogis, a Surfer/Yogi/Journalist who wrote Saltwater Buddha. Earlier this morning I listened to an interview with Eoin Finn and his Blissology Movement. Both of these interviews were so joyful, and about embracing the beauty in life and really reveling in nature. I felt really inspired to practice today, even if it was a mini-session between chores. I think the Blissology talk really gave me the boost I needed this morning. A long time ago, waaaay back when I worked in door to door sales, a co-worker told me that I looked so "light" in the way that I walk and carry myself. I have a skippy step to my walk. Recently that lightness has returned to my step. I noticed it went away due to extreme fatigue, stress and recovery from foot surgery two years ago. Midway through Sacred Movement I paused and recognized the way I was moving. I was moving like I was happy again.
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