while teaching ana came and stopped me. i have what she called broken wing syndrome. i taught while keeping my wrist bent and awkwardly holding my hands together (i typically call this figeting). ana stated a vast amount of energy that could be coursing through my body was stuck in my 'broken wing'. she said to turn my palms out (so that i can better share and sense others energies) and to place my hands on to my students thereby sharing my energy.

we take time to open ourselves to other's emotions, spirits, energies in this class. we practice using our instincts. during someone's emotional break through we put our hands on them. we are working to become empaths.

it's interesting that our circumstances today reinforce shutting ourselves off from each other. we miss out on face to face interactions. we dull our senses through a constant barrage of media or distractions. we never take the time to just 'be'.

each morning three beats on a drum single a start to around 5 minutes of intentioned meditation. 5 minutes which frequently seems like forever. 5 minutes which changes the entire tone and course of my day...for the better :)

so i always knew chicago was on lake michigan. i did not realize there were bona fide beaches. unfortunately this was definitely before the forrest yoga training started. but i will visit again :)

my homework assignment for today:

write down the ethics that you live by and where you got them from. what runs your life? do ethics support you as a person of power or a victim?

so essentially write down the rules or guidelines you live by. some may come from your religion, family, up bringing, community, etc.

ana warns against being (what she calls) a 'sacrificial whore'. if you continually sacrifice yourself and not meet your own needs you will have no 'juice' left to live by. it will take you down eventually.

interesting yeah? food for thought.

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i have a bunch of half finished posts. which i should finish but i want to do them justice. whatevs.

i'm thinking a lot about you. about these inspiring words i wish you could be hearing, hoping you know how truly amazing you are and especially about how grateful i am that you are in my life.

loving you from the mat,

(which i spend about 9 hours a day on right now :)

katy

i participated in native american prayer chanting. did 2 hours of yoga in a sweat room. sat in a truth circle. taught yoga without using words...and then only using words. met some interesting people. participated in doubles yoga. ate chocolate. 1 day down, 26 to go.

oh and chocolate wasn't really part of the 'training'...just a little something i added in :)

happy birthday cutey niecey!!! nephew calls her baby unless she's messed with the tv remote and then he screams her name.

cutey niecey has gotten cuddlier. just this morning she was snuggling into my neck while resting on my shoulder. she is very defiant. most kids figure out what no and stop mean. not this girl. she just looks straight at you and continues :) she is beautiful. truly gorgeous. her hair color, those bright blue eyes, her huge smile. i love this little babia so so so much.

happy birthday!!!

pretty pretty cut out of paris. sigh.

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life has been a wee bit crazy for the last week or so. finished up teaching yoga classes. put on my church group's camp out (muchas gracias to nycole and danya for majorly helping :) spent time hanging with lamia...which equals really good food and conversation. packed packed packed.

ward camp out pic.

and, now i'm in chicago! b the w...the babies are fantastically entertaining.

i actually am not too upset when it rains. i kind of love it. however maybe after staying in washougal awhile i'll want one of these :)

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Yay!

i got my official certificate :) i teach yoga.

btw, if anyone is interested i highly recommend d'ana's teacher training program.

the west wing

so i can sometimes get a little caught up in tv shows. in fact certain years at university were accented by the show i obsessed over that year. anyone remember the days of roswell, svu, etc?

well the west wing was definitely one of the obsessions (thanks alex for the addiction that took over 100 hours to complete :)

and, the white house has an official photostream on flickr. that is very west wing esque. pretty awesome.

obama with the newly confirmed supreme court justice elena kagan.

obama walking the halls of the eisenhowever executive office building. btw...in the west wing people complained of having to work out of the eeob but look how cool that stairway is! and yes, the stairway in no way competes with actually working in the white house.

obama in the oval office. cool yeah?

memory.

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one week till i leave for chicago!! i'm starting to get incredibly nervous about the forrest yoga training. today i went to a core yoga class feeling really weak. i came out encouraged. one thing i love about yoga...it's incredibly uplifting.

so today i was able to move into crazy 8 or astavakrasana (pic above) on both sides. yay!!

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i most likely will be moving in my aunt's studio apartment in the next few months. i'll be sharing a bedroom that doesn't have a closet so i am totally going to make this. i'm thinking a bright blue would look lovely in the room. yay!! i'll definitely have to post pics when i attempt to pull it off :)

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yay sister lindy!! slash sister pace :)

montreal, canada

september 8, 2010 - march 8, 2012

updated: i woke up around 1:30 ish in the morning because i heard shouting and then loud popping sounds. there is a bad situation with the neighbor so i walked out the front door to see what was happening and the house across the street and a little north was on fire.

the family was fine. the firefighters evacuated the houses next door; one of which had good friends of my aunts. their 5 kids were all in pjs, their teenage boy just in boxer shorts. so my aunt and i brought all the kids back and got them sweatshirts, sweatpants, flip flops, etc.

the unfortunate thing is the wife of the house that burned said it took around 20 minutes for the firefighters to get there. so by the time they did the fire had already entered the house and burned through to the front.

anyway. everyone is fine and the couple whose house it is seem to be ok. i'm glad that my parents always said we'd meet by the mail box if there was a fire. it's a wee bit reassuring.

cereal - big spoon.

pudding - small spoon.

oatmeal - small spoon.

ice cream - big spoon.

soup - big spoon.

jello - big spoon.

snow cone - small spoon.

macaroni - fork.

yogurt - big spoon.

cottage cheese - small spoon.

hot chocolate - big spoon.

chili - big spoon.

just figuring out the important stuff.

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he no longer can go by kosovo. i present to you, too-tall-nelson, the sherpa, uncle buddy :) awesome pic lindy!!

so i've mentioned flight of the conchords before. and shame on me for not having watched the second season yet.

so murray, the band manager, works in the new zealand tourism office and has amazing posters promoting new zealand posted all over. someone of course was able to replicate the posters and now you can actually print them off...full sized. cool yeah?

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