this little guy climbs into bed with me most nights.

he says, "kay kay, cuddle wif me."

it really is just so melt-to-the-floor cute.

p.s. lams he loves the shirts :)

much of our teacher training has been focused on change. ana provided us with her formula for change:

1. catch yourself doing behavior

2. take many deep breaths to reset your energy

3. congratulate yourself for having caught behavior

4. take a step that puts you in a healing path or direction (as you do this you will develop a repertoire of steps)

one example of something that ana says to investigate is our addiction to foods or certain types of foods. me, sugar. me, addict.

so when i'm craving sugar because i'm bored, sad, tired, etc., i should catch myself in the craving...hopefully pre-ice cream scooping process (because as saint like as i'd like to be, once a bowl is scooped there's no stopping). congratulate myself on being self aware enough to have caught the behavior. then do something.

keeping in mind, "don't make changes to the extreme as it sets you up for failure". one thing recommend was if you're craving something 'sweet' then do something that feels sweet to you.

now it's hard for me to conceive of something that would be a sufficient 'sweet' replacement but even just recognizing what was the catalyst behind the craving i think is a step in a good direction.

hmmm. interesting.

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ana asked us on one of the first few days to stop saying the phrase, "i'm sorry" for the duration of the training. she said that many of us walk in the door with the attitude of apology. we need to stop apologizing for taking up space on this planet.

it makes sense. so we've tried to stop apologizing. and seriously, i had no idea how often i said the word sorry.

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i'm hoping to be able to hold a forearm balance away from the wall before this training is over. with a relaxed neck of course. i'm wanting to do this somewhat because how cool would it be to do forearm balances in amazing places all over the world :)

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we are slowly becoming forrest yoga teachers. the above (awesome awesome) group and i taught a 2 hour beginner class last saturday. in the words of ana forrest, "you guys rocked it".

:)