thursday

meditated earlier, will try to do some yoga later.

wednesday.....

So I didn't go to be until 1;45 or so, making 6 am a difficult time to rise. so I slept till 8, got up, meditated and did yoga in my room. I'm happy. my neck and back hurt when I woke up. I really think there is a strong correlation between whether or not I do my poses and whether or not my neck/back hurt. no yoga for two days = physical pain. there's motivation for you. It's supposed to be really nice outside today. I have to work all day but I can open my window!
xo
jo

tuesday 25th

fell off the horse again, trying not to beat myself up about it, because that is not productive. Instead, I'm going to get up early, go to yoga and have a very productive day of costuming tomorrow. If you keep trying, you keep improving, if you stop trying you lose. The moral is, just keep trucking on. So I will try.

monday stairbeast

Hello, well technically it is 12 21 on Tuesday morning, but I am entering Monday's activities....after one too many chocolate eggs yesterday, I headed to the gym (grudgingly) and tried a new machine (only because all the elliptical machines were filled) and it was interesting....I guess tomorrow is another day and so with that I will have to go to bed!!! :)

getting back on the horse.

admittedly, I have fallen off of the yoga horse. My foot had a painful crack in the base (which is still there, and I don't quite know how to fix...) and then I got really busy with costume production for this student film. I did a bit of yoga on friday, but none yesterday. I have been keeping up with my meditation for the most part. same old monkey mind, but still keeping at it. I am going to a yoga class today. It is hard to keep working at developing a habit when life gets in the way. But the thing is, if you keep trying, you increase your chances of success, but if you give up, you have no chance. I think that this rule applies to everything. It applies to developing positive habits and replacing negative habits with positive ones. Positive emotions and thoughts as well as productiveness are habits too. Everything we do or want to do, seems to be based on whether or not we can develop and continue the desire and actions to achieve so. So I think the moral is: keep going. or constant vigilance. and if you fall, don't waste time or energy beating yourself up. gracefully forgive yourself by standing up and deciding to continue toward your goal. I am really tired right now and have A LOT of work to do in the next two weeks. So I'm just trying to keep going. I think I need to be drinking more water too.
yoga at five.
xo

Friday on the mat!

Let's see....I have been slacking on my posting and have to apologize.  I will not slack anymore. It really feels good to write in here.  I just got back from a class and it went pretty well.  I was not really in the mood to go this am and was stiff during the first half of class.  I went to my first hot yoga on Wednesday and it was really challenging but good too.  I didn't make it to a class yesterday - I thought it was at 10 for some reason so I missed it but all in all I think my body needed a rest too.  I am looking forward to getting back on track and going everyday consistently again.  "they" say it takes 30 days to form/change a habit and so I really want exercise and meditation to become a daily part of my life.  There is such a good energy after the class.

Well, that's all and be in touch!

Happy first day of Spring - Let's awaken together~~

day 8! cracked foot!

howdy,
I ran out of time to write yesterday! boo. it will not happen again. Went to an early morning class. It was great. one of my favourite teachers teaches it. His name is Amrit, and he's a bit of a bastard, but it's nice to have someone care enough to push you. Turns out he's also a pro rollerblade racer and is being sponsored to race in france for the next month. sweet. but also means no more amrit for the next month. My foot was hurting in class yesterday, especially on standing poses that kinda stretch the base of your foot. I don't know what to do. It hurts. now it's morn of day eight and I was supposed to meet kristi this morning, but I think I should rest it for a day. I'm going to do some foot friendly poses at home. I have a lot of work to do to, so maybe it's a good idea. I went to school after class and it was so nice and quiet there at 9 am during march break. I went into one of the classrooms and started meditating with the lights off, but 5 minutes in some dudes came in and turned on the lights... haha. I was sitting there in the dark with my eyes closed. They must have thought I was a bit odd, though they said nothing. I am going to try to meditate longer today to compensate.
I hope that kristi is having a good class. write again later