Astrid Parker Kirschenbaum

Astrid Parker Kirschenbaum
Showing posts with label photo personel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photo personel. Show all posts

February 4, 2026

๐ŸŒˆArc๐Ÿงš‍♀️

 

Parsvottanasana Pyramid Pose yoga asana cartoon drawing doodle cute fun sweet bright anotomical
Parsvottanasana - Pyramid Pose
I am having a ‘put your head down and work’ type of week. 

๐ŸŒˆThe rhythm of the day, the arc of the week, the ebb and flow of the month, and the seasons of the year. Looking ahead and zooming out at your calendar is how you are able to ‘put your head down’ and (enjoy) work(ing) unremittingly - because you plan (and look forward to) when you’ll be coming up for air. ๐Ÿ‘™⛵️๐ŸŒž

Mow.

Mow some more.

Completely clear out 4 bedrooms.

Daily lunch for 4.



February 2, 2026

Cookies, socks and winter activities - oh my ๐Ÿ˜

Parsva Urdhva Hastasana standing side bend Tadasana arms straight cute drawing upward salute yoga pose
Parsva Urdhva Hastasana - Upward Salute Side Bend Pose
Can you straighten your arms? All the way?

I am back in the kitchen with verve baking up a storm once again. Is it my new “easy bake oven” (air fryer)? Or the fact that my youngest is now three and slightly less underfoot? It is both I am sure, and other factors, too. (Chilly weather๐Ÿ’จ.) Whatever it is sparking my creative joy, I will run with it…as do my children and so should you! ๐Ÿช

Brownies, banana bread, oatmeal raisin balls, yogurt cake, sugar cookies, cream cheese frosting… biscuits, french fries, quiche, pigs in a blanket, pizza, grilled cheese, quesadillas, roasted (air fried) everything and the list goes on… I kid you not, these kids actually expect me to feed them EVERY DAY!!! ๐Ÿคช

My daughter knits socks.  ๐Ÿงถ ๐Ÿงฆ For MY feet. ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿฅฐ

& these adorable and refreshing Gen Alpha kids also sing, tinker on the piano, play violin, craft, craft, craft and, obviously, level-up our nestle chips. ๐ŸŽป๐ŸŒธ๐ŸŽ‰




January 5, 2026

What are you building?

 

Eka Pada raja kapotasana king pigeon pose yoga girl cute drawing
Eka Pada Raja Kapotasana - King Pigeon Pose in happy frenchie cool girl stripies
Eka Pada Raja Kapotasana - King Pigeon Pose
Add flourish to your asanas. ๐Ÿš 

Everyday around 10am, for eight days straight, our family of six, (with cousins in tow,) headed to the beach. My youngest, age 3, would promptly ask me to “build a road”. We scooped, dug, piled, grated, patted, and decorated gaping holes, super highways, winding rivers, picturesque villages, connecting tunnels, long islands, creepy faces, and even a giant sea serpent monster. What were we making? We never knew. We just kept constructing. 


๐Ÿงœ‍♀️๐Ÿงœ‍♀️Sea monsters๐Ÿงœ‍♂️๐Ÿงœ‍♂️


January 3, 2026

1%

Anuvittasana Tadasana back bend Found pose dance yoga cute drawing
Anuvittasana - Mountain Pose with Backbend ๐Ÿ”️’Found’ Pose ๐Ÿช
Anuvittasana - Mountain Pose with Backbend,  ‘Found’ Pose
Find your true self and best health by removing all obstacles ๐Ÿ˜ (including yoga alignment mandates?)

Natural as the new elite? The latest luxury seems to be living artificial additive, preservative, colorant, chemical (etc. etc.) FREE. 


FREE to BE.


January 1, 2026

Yo-ga

 

Dancer drawing yoga girl cute
Dance your yoga ~ unite with the divine. Inner peace and outer beauty are yours for the taking.
This New Year - UNIFY yourself.

YOLK each aspect of your life through self realization. ๐Ÿฅš 

Jolly shopping and wrapping.

Silly gilly traveling.


Amusing dressing and entertaining.

November 29, 2025

Counsel

 

yoga pose asana drawing mydailydoodle side crow Parsva bakasana
Parsva Bakasana - Side Crow Pose

Our guttural response to advice requested is it’s most illuminating aspect, don’t you think? Wink ๐Ÿ˜‰. 



November 28, 2025

Peremptory

Crescent low lunge variation mydailydoodle yoga drawing Anjaneyasana
Anjaneyasana - Crescent Low Lunge variation 
Not ‘exalted’ or ‘reverse’ as the arm reaching back is on the same side as the extended back leg it is reaching for and pressing upon.

Evaluating friendships as of late and finding it is essential to follow the chemistry and foolish to ignore the kismet. ๐ŸŒŸ 



November 27, 2025

Fishing for compliments

 

Matsyasana Fish Pose mydailydoodle yoga asana drawing cartoonMatsyasana - Fish Pose

Feeling like a fish out of water is not a negative - embrace your quirky point of view without expecting anyone else to. 



November 1, 2025

๐Ÿฆข elegant and effective

 

Upavistha Hamsasana Swan Pose
Upavistha Hamsasana - Sitting Swan Pose
Both graceful and effective. 

Weekends are the necessary outbreath to your week’s extended and exaggerated inbreath. Keep your weekends 1. Nourishing 2. Restful 3. Warm. ๐Ÿงค๐Ÿงฆ๐Ÿชถ




Wholesome nature-based activities nourish the soul. 


Warm with Fire and Water (food and clothing).

Movement can be restful; rather than planning a ‘hike’, step right outside your door.

Have an approach that is lighthearted and buoyant.

September 15, 2025

Mirror rorriM


Bhujangasana - Cobra Pose arms wide ๐Ÿ 

When we lessen our own material requirements, (persistently removing those pesky impulses and cravings one-at-a-time,) the incessant worldly demands of our children (and other household members) no longer vex us, as the mirror aspect is removed. ๐Ÿชž 

XS enough to schlep XXL loads.


September 13, 2025

Make do ๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฅฅ

Weekends are for using it up or chucking it out! Clean out the fridge + actually clean the fridge = resourceful foods for the famille and a fit kitchen for the week ahead. ๐Ÿ›’

Lemon Mousse from lemon curd left-overs and on-hand whipping cream.

Remaining cup of sheep’s yogurt into Brownies ๐Ÿ‘

Coconut milk revives last week’s rice ๐Ÿ™€

๐Ÿ’‹It’s always the sweets that seem to get photographed. ๐Ÿคท‍♀️


August 27, 2025

Uh oh


Seed Pose

That lay-low because you are about to GROW pose. 







August 20, 2025

Twisted bow

 

Dhanurasana - Twisted Bow Pose
The real twisted bow is described below ๐ŸŽ€ 

The children are not at school. And somehow I have to get them ready for the school year. But surely they must be out of the house for this to be possible. But they are all home. And there are so many of them ๐Ÿต๐Ÿต๐Ÿต๐Ÿต… 



It is absolute chaos-insanity-frenzy pressure-cooker-crazy and then POOF they are off.

August 19, 2025

Symbiosis

 

Relationships with our children can be mutualistically symbiotic (both parties benefiting from the interaction), in which case they are heavenly. Of course, much of the time we must accept as parents that the symbiosis will feel parasitical (children rule, we drool), or commensal (they thrive, we status quo), at best.


๐ŸŒนMutualistically Symbiotic, of course ๐Ÿ˜˜