Mara-isms

Monday and Wednesday are my days that Michelle has always come to my house to hang out. The dogs get a chance to play with each other. I get a little Michelle time. It's been a workable schedule for years. Then Melissa moved home. I've put her on the same schedule as Michelle because Momma …

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Modern Day Miracle

I stuck to the plan. I didn't let yesterday's head-space send me spiraling into my normal "OH MY GOD I'M NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO WORKOUT FOR REAL AGAIN" mode like I can sometimes do. I took some deep breaths and remembered why I adjusted my plan in the first place. I did yoga …

Yoga With Cats

All the rage these days seems to be yoga with goats. Why goats? I have no earthly clue! They have sharp hooves. They're bouncy. They would cause pain. I have a better solution. Yoga with cats! Cats are soft and fluffy and cuddly. Cuddly, that is, if they're not trying to kill you. My Boots …

She Believed She Could

My co-worker (and good friend) and I just spent a week in Philadelphia at a Partner convention for one of our product lines. She is a fitness buff and we have a lot of great conversations about the health and fitness world. We bounce ideas off each other. We support each other in our various …

Evolution

I feel as though I'm in a constant state of flux. As a type A planning fiend, I tend to set a plan and if anything gets messed up with that plan I freak out, certain that everything is now going to be ruined. I'm trying to let go of that mentality and be more …

Yoga For Runners

I have my five K tomorrow morning and am a bit nervous about it. My calves and achilles feel so tight right now. And I mean TIGHT! I've been getting charlie horses in the arches of my feet. They normally hit in the early morning hours shortly before my alarm goes off. I try to …

Silly Human Tricks

What is it about some brains that when you say, "This is so hard" that you instantly have to give it a whirl? When we went to Melissa's house for Thanksgiving we got talking about weird yoga poses. I was telling them about the Crow Pose that's ridiculously difficult (for me, anyway). I can almost …