Uh oh

Seed Pose

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

Preparatory School

 

Dreamasana ☁️ 

Life is not a means to an end, luckily, the contrary seems to be true. 

While away the hours

 

Returning from a 40 day hiatus, I had 3 (mostly) uninterrupted hours to reflect. 

While in LIMBO - (and perchance even alone,) on a long drive, airplane ride or other commute - we are proffered an ideal time for introspection and reflection; if we don’t kill the opportunity with distraction📱!

24/7

 

Cool summer rain shower while in the hot tub. When full-time stay-at-home parenting, it is essential to find pockets of (sensory) pleasure.

She’s so misty

Standing Squat Pose on Tip Toes

It was a bustling, clamorous day at the pool with nary a place to unwind, but I lay myself on the one-and-only empty chaise longue and somehow the extra ‘static’ helped a Message come in sunny. As the other adults sympathized and the children splashed — HUSH — I experienced an UNVEILing amidst the MIST. An aha in the hubbub. 
 

Bug out

 

Mandukasana - Frog Pose

The refuge will be there waiting until next time. 

A little bit hurt, but a lot more free

 

Paschimottanasana - Seated Forward Fold

It may feel like a loss, but did you wish for lightness? ✨ 

Look up 💡

Utkatasana - Fierce Pose

LIGHT skies (for a few weeks stretch now) at the 5am wake-up call. I keep thinking I overslept!  No use for a flashlight to head out to yoga class. 🔦 Fewer layers, less preparation, more time to mix a cold brewed concoction🧋 

 

🦗

Bala Parsva Bhuja Dandasana - Baby Grasshopper Pose

Ania at Eco Fitness

Open the windows wide and allow the crickets to lull you to sleep 🦗 

 

Dream

Eka Pada Rajakapotasana- One Footed King Pigeon Pose

 

Mission? Purpose? Make lists freely. Write your dreams. Write your goals. Write write write until something pops out.

 

Do you nap??

Do I nap??

I laughed with my husband - “I can’t sit down without falling asleep!” It’s sincerely a very powerful thing The Catnap. I am able to stay extremely productive any time of day (or night?) and not tire by counterbalancing with these short, albeit deeply restful, nod offs (often taken in the sun, but anywhere is fair game). 👼 

Overstuffed

 

Upavistha Konasana - Wide-Legged Seated Foward Fold

EMPTY yourself for Spirit to enter. 

Stealth

REST for improved performance. 

Yielding 💛

 

Snail Pose — Halasana, Plough, Variation

Yin Plough is Snail

ROUND the spine, SOFTen the legs, ALLOW the knees to bend (maybe even beside the ears), RELAX the arms or HOLD hips with hands; LINGER and REST.

Deep, passive, meditative, slow-paced, stress relieving; enrich self-awareness and yolk bodily connectivity with YIN.  🥚 🐌 

Library 📕🪱

Parivrtta Hasta Padangusthasana — Revolved Hand to Big Toe Pose

Yang poses like this strength/stretch/twist are hung-with-the-hats for the week while husband is away and my infection is assuaging.

Limits. Injuries. Illnesses. — Forced pauses. Use them to reflect and assess. 

Not operating at full capacity with two hours between kid drop-off and pick-up, I stopped by the library thinking it to be the most serene choice from 6-8pm. Lo-and-behold they were having their seasonal book sale and I found a few treasures with the words of SOLACE I so desperately desired. Plus some decades old classics for the family collection, and a few sweet libros in Spanish for our houseguest, too. Illness and injury paving the path for quiet bookworming and togetherness. Acceptance and softness working its wonders. 🐛 

 

Good night 🌙

 

Anjaneyasana - Low Lunge with back bend - Crescent Moon 🌙 

Chandra Namaskar - Moon Salutation 

Good night rainbow sherbet electrolytes, good night bubblegum mouthwash, good night pink sonicaire toothbrush, good night moon... Hello husband ❤️‍🔥. Love melts the blues.

Angel as Messenger

Let your angels elucidate whilst you repose.

Formulate your unresolved affair into a Question. Query the Cosmos as you fall asleep or surrender to Savasana. Encounter the response as you arouse. 

Green Light

Neon TieDye silk ‘Aspen’ PJ’s.

Know your threshold + get pushed beyond it daily = Parenthood :)

Double snow days leading into Spring Break. Up the GREEN JUICE intake stat!