Kripalu

I will add some pics soon but wanted to do a little update. At this point I honestly wish I hadn't come but I know I am supposed to be here. There a couple major snorers in my dorm room so I didn't sleep at all. Everything always feels so much worse when you haven't slept. I am sure things will feel a lot better in a couple days. I am praying for that. Wish I had something more positive to report but I am being real.

xoxo

Being present.

This has been on my mind a lot lately. My yoga and meditation practices have greatly helped me to actually be able to do this. I started meditating almost 10 years ago. It has been a daily practice this entire time. That is so amazing to think about. I am still a daydreamer but I notice every day how much more aware I become to all that is going on around me. While driving I do not mindlessly turn the wrong way because that is the way I most often go. I used to do that all the time. I am aware of how I am feeling and really allow myself to feel it. Some really horrible, yucky, icky, awful stuff has been coming up for me lately but I am able to be present with it and not try to escape. I know it will pass. It takes a lot of work to get the point where we can be more present in our lives for both ourselves and those around us. The only advice, if you even care, that I can give is to take a few quiet moments for yourself everyday. Roll out a mat or simply sit however you are comfortable and breath. A daily yoga and/ or meditation practice will change your life. If you only have a few minutes, that's ok. It is one of the most important things you can do. Yep, I really want to teach this stuff. It's AMAZING!!

xoxo

Oddly...

It's not nearly as cold here as it could be. This morning it was 12 degrees when I woke up. I am not complaining about the cold though because it is keeping the snow south of here. Thank goodness!! Maybe it's the weather but I have been in a bit of a funk the past few days. Some really deep stuff is coming up for me. Most of it is body image issues and it is pretty miserable. I am hoping it the last of some stuff I have been dealing with for years and that it will be gone soon. It has me not looking forward to my yoga teacher training. It had better leave soon. I will just keep doing my yoga practice and hope that pushes it out. I have been working on a much longer post about all of this but I am just not ready to put it all out there.

Enough already!

I am so tired of the weather here. There has been snow on the ground for months. There is now a coating of ice covering the snow. The dogs slip and fall down repeatedly. They need some yak traks just like mine.

Yep, I got my camera working again!!

I have a little bit of catching up to do. First, some Thanksgiving pics. I had to go to NH for a job interview on the Friday after Thanksgiving. I ended up turning the job down. It just didn't feel right. My mother and the dogs ended up tagging along. Here they are. Oh, and what a fancy Thanksgiving we had.





This winter has been HORRIBLE in the NE. It is reminding me how I need to not be here for another winter. I am not a cold weather person. I do not find anything redeeming about snow. I don't even want to leave the house. Look at what I would have to get past just to get out the front door. YUCK!!





Can you guess how I am spending my time these days?