tashar and austengirl asked how my search for a new yoga teacher is going. I mused about part of my dilemma in a comment on _ishtahar_'s real life blog a few weeks ago, but let's start from the beginning.

I've actually been attending my usual class with the new guy. It is just ok, but very tense. He always puts a cd on to "distract us from the gym sounds", and then proceeds ( Read more... )

On Friday we are off to Israel, which will be our first to the Middle East ( Read more... )

What could prompt me to break such a long silence? Why a new camera of course!!

I think for anyone who's been reading me for a while knows, I'm a pretty keen amateur photographer. About 5 years ago, I upgraded my otherwise perfectly lovely Olympus point and shoot for a "bridge" camera in the guise of a Panasonic DMC-FZ50. The biggest reason I didn't ( Read more... )

It really sucks when the image you see in the mirror is a shock. Part of this is the inevitable progress of time - somewhere in my head I will always be 19 - but the other parts are actionable ( Read more... )

 It used to be that when my hips were out of alignment, I would ease off my yoga practice until I could get in to see a chiropractor or osteopath. Nowadays, I go to class as usual, but I try to practice even more mindfully and just ease out of those asanas that are not being very helpful. After all, a day will come where no amount of chiropracty or ( Read more... )

It's really amazing how sometimes just little things are just what you need. This past weekend was just that - we headed out to Dorset for some walking with friends and the combination of wonderful company plus stunning landscapes (and being out with them) was just the thing R and I needed to bring this past month into perspective. We're both still ( Read more... )

One of the things that I'm really enjoying about yoga is how much it tells me about my body. Part of me wonders if I had started a serious yoga practice in my early teens, if it would have been able to extend my dancing career since I (possibly) would have been much more aware of what was going on with my body. Pilates started a similar process, ( Read more... )

Finishing up the first week of the new job - the job itself turned out to be quite a bit different than what was pitched to me, but the work, ultimately, is easy, the people are laid back and they use macs in the office. Not too shabby in the end, and will tide me over until I find something better/law related ( Read more... )

This popped into my inbox today from the poets.org "Poem-A-Day" list. I've been ignoring them lately, but this one was short and sweet and made me smile ( Read more... )