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today was a lesson in triumphing any way possible. work started a bit late today, and i had music in the background as i did some house chores and checked my email. a song came on that i really adore - a shaabi piece - and before i knew it, i was up and dancing. and, not only was i dancing, but at 8 am after an extremely long and draining work week ( Read more... )

another day, another 12 hour shift. but somehow, even though there were some nasty moments at work today with everyone on pins and needles (we're all chipping in to cover the recent retirement of our secretary, which means everyone is cranky from doing their job AND hers) i still came home excited and ready to dance. no sitting and vegging for me ( Read more... )

day five, we received a love note about accountability. fair enough. message received, loud and clear. and, really, 2013 has started off as the Year of Accountability. i've tried to make myself create a personal yoga practice, and so far am very delighted to say that i've only missed a few days of this new year. generally, the practice is small - ( Read more... )

Day two in the 90 day challenge...still not really fully taking part. Sigh. But, then again, I seem to be participating at the level at which I can, at least for now. And that, in itself, is still a triumph for me ( Read more... )

(I will give background on Alina's 90 Day Dance Challenge a bit later)

So day one was not so great.

I mean, I had the best of intentions. We had PURE practice, and my plan was to put on music and just let everyone - myself included
let go and dance. I was REALLY looking forward to it. It had been a hectic day and I needed to dance. I needed to ( Read more... )