365 Yogini

Buenos Dias Amigos,

As you know, I'm about to fulfill a fantasy. I leave Saturday for a retreat in Costa Rica and I couldn't be more grateful. I'll be immersed at La Escuela del Sol where I will be studying Spanish, practicing yoga, and surfing daily, in addition to hiking, horseback riding, zip lining, fire dancing and swimming for two weeks. YES! Two whole weeks of intense play time and I couldn't be more grateful.

Thank You Universe!

My travels continue to Honduras for a week via San Jose, CR, where I plan to spend a night visiting my friend's mom, Elaine, at her Beauty Club in Escazu. I have to take care of myself, right?!?! From there I fly to Honduras where I'll meet my darling friend, Marcus Sabini, who is the Instructor de Fotografia at an amazing nonprofit called Guaruma. They provide advanced educational programs focused on youth and develop the local community through Eco-Tourism and a dedication to the conservation of the area's natural beauty.

Perfection. Absolute perfection.

Together, Marcus and I will celebrate Thanksgiving, which falls on the New Moon, ironically, because the New Moon is a good time for simplicity, refocusing, and an optimal time to fast. It's also a great time to write yourself an abundance check. And for whatever reason, Thanksgiving holiday has become a time to gorge ourselves. Strange, very strange indeed.

This year I'll be giving thanks for Abundance with simplicity.

With that being said, communicaiton will be extremely limited. I will have occasional email and international access on my cell phone, but I hope to shut off from technology as much as possible and I look forward to enjoying a digital detox. This will open me up to receiving all your positive thoughts instead :)

Oops, I accidentally, but gratefully, slept for 15 hours last night. Yes, 15 hours. I laid down at 3:30 to take a nap, set my alarm for an hour, and woke up at 1am.

"Oh well," I thought. "I guess I'll go back to sleep."

So I did, and it was wonderful.

Tonight I had a group of great individuals at my home and we ate delicious food, danced to uplifting music, invented yoga twister, played chess, did acro-yoga, and snuggled in the cold night air.

It's amazing to think that THESE ARE MY PEOPLE!!!

On Sundays lululemon athletica provides complimentary classes for the community.
Last night about 20 people showed up for Tara from YAS's class and it was amazing.
I feel so grateful to be a part of this company.

Today, in the middle of my workday on the floor at lululemon, I was told that we were having a 2pm Guerilla Yoga class on the sidewalk in front of the store. I was pleasantly surprised that my manager was going to let me join the three girls who started the class and I got a guy to join us, so in total there were 5 plus the teacher, Ricky.

People stopped to watch, took photos, and interacted a bit as they walked to and from the 3rd street promenade. It was a perfect set up and I wish we had three times as many people participating.

Tomorrow morning I'm opening the store with a TRX class and finishing the night with a 7:30 Complimentary Yoga class at the store.

It's amazing how after a year of yoga I realized that I wanted nothing but to do more yoga. So here we are, 4.5 months after the end of 365 yogini and I'm living the glorified life of a yogini.

lulu has changed my access to yoga and in less than a month I will be immersed in costa rica :)

I always love that feeling when my own strength surprises me. Recently, I have been physically and emotionally unshakable and feeling quite good about it. There are days when I feel like nothing can go wrong, and sometimes those days start with a good cry.

Wednesdays at YogaHop is my new fix. Kourtney Kaas has a fun and energetic playlist that is irresistibly dance worthy; not to mention gentle modifications with healing hands. Last week I felt a tremble in my lip while resting in child's pose and all of a sudden I felt Kourtney's pressure on my back, my neck, and I released the flood gates of tears. She continued to sooth me and I settled again, sound and true.

After 5 days in Hawaii, and not a solid yoga class the entire time, I decided to go to Anaswara's 10:45 class today at SMPY West. It was a pleasant surprise to find that she had a substitute, Shana, who guided us in a lovely hour or so of class. I felt good and I'm entertaining the thought of going to a 6am spin class.

as another class challange

:)

My new job at lululemon has provided me the opportunity to take more classes than ever before. With them paying for my fitness, I've done yoga, spinning, pilates and trapeze in that past month, and I'm loving every minute of it.

What's even crazier is that lululemon encourages the employees to embark on a 30 day challenge, and some girls are actually doing it. They tried to talk me into it as well but I had to be honest: I haven't even done 5 consecutive days of classes since my foot surgery 7 months ago. So if I'm going to give myself a challenge, that would be it: A 5 day challenge. After that, I'll keep bumping it up until I feel comfortable to do a 30 day challenge.