“Not pregnant, not breastfeeding!!”

“You’re skiing well!” says husband. “That’s because I’m not pregnant, honey!” replies wife.

Liberation is an understatement after a decade of four pregnancies and a subsequent year of breastfeeding with each. (Plus the endless trials and tribulations that accompany family planning ventures). A reminder that expectations must always be in flux, such as now with a house filled with wonderful people not necessarily feeling so fantastic. 

To thine own self be true

 

There’s no thing that’s ‘not you’ if you approach it with your personal sensibility. 

Toss Up

Make an expedited decision. Put in an appropriate amount of effort. Let the chips fall where they may. 

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.

Rose-Colored Goggles 🌹

Utkata Konasana - Goddess Pose

Moon Salute - Chandra Namaskar

Day off of skiing to snow hike with a girlfriend and gal doggies. Feminine energy, yin, moon. 

& photos from the rest of the Untamed Powder Time in the beautiful Rocky Mountains…

Prezzie week is the best week 💋

 🐊 

mini thingies

 

Bobby pins all lined up. 🧘‍♀️ 🧡💛🤍

Five - my four babies plus the AuPair - sick kids at home will fray the nerves. In these strenuous circumstances, tiny tasks placate the senses and alleviate the pressure. This is a fine time to classify the medicine cabinet, sort out the supplement stash, clip some finger and toe nails or arrange your bobby pins.

To secure yoga braids - a card for home, another to go.

Honor the Caregiver with the intention on returning to one’s self with a small gesture. This projects an imprint onto the future. All thanks to those hair clips at the ready - 😉🐩🎀 - I attended an invigorating 5:45am yoga sweat session and feel able to tackle this days’ assignment. 

Ring around the Rainbow

 

Utthita Padmasana - Elevated Lotus Pose 🪷 

or Tolasana / Tulasana - Scale (balance, measuring) Pose ⚖️

Lunar Halo, Moon Dog - Rainbow ring around the moon 🌈🌝

Diamond Dust - Ice Mist - weather phenomena ripe for rainbows and halos 💍

Diamond dust rainbow ring girl - Sit in the serenity of Padmasana, then press into Mother Earth, and levitate up towards Father Sky. 

Bough

Hindolasana - Cradle Pose

Hindola - Swinging Cradle, Hammock

Bough - main branch of a tree. “Apple boughs laden with blossom” 🌸

 

Gnomon

Surya Yantrasana - Sundial - Compass

Surya - Sun, Yantra - Instrument 

Gnomon - the arm, blade of the sundial that casts the shadow.

 

Confetti

 

SHOW UP Show Pony!!!

If you’re suffering from the Winter Blues it’s likely those all about you are too!!  Bring on the color, the texture and the prezzies and MAKE THE FUN at the parties. In all the ways Winter encompasses GIVING. 

🏈 halftime

 

Winter is only half way over. 

Skanda

 

Skandasana - Pose of the War God - Retreating Warrior 

 Side Lunge - One Legged Squat

Surfer’s Lunge

Heel up or heel down? I’m always wondering… you know what? Who cares?! Certainly not Skanda of War and Victory, son of Shiva the Cosmic Dancer, Lord of Yogis, The Constructive Destroyer!!!

Lunge. SURF. & Chandra Namaskar - Salute the Moon. 🌙 

Urdhva Paulina

 

Urdhva Mukha Svanasana - Upward Facing Dog Pose 🐩 

💝For the love of my Bernedoodle, Gala and this heart opener.

My habitual yoga classes have recurrently barely been pausing in URDHVA and head straightaway to ADHO Mukha Svanasana where we loiter and embellish. In which case I have been borrowing from Peter to pay Paul — staying put in Urdhva Mukha Svanasana for extra breaths as I feel the hour - and life -  feels too rife with all the downward facing.

🖤Gala🖤Galena🖤Galadriel🖤

Cotton with Silk 🌸

Arms Up Star of Vigor

 

Utthita Tadasana - Expanded Mountain Pose

The second law of thermodynamics states that the universe naturally tends towards increasing disorder and dispersal of energy throughout available space. 

Therefore, it is WORK to simply NOT slide backwards. & We must Continuously REFINE our Rhythm and Routine to make any progress. Analyze your days and identify specific areas of inadequacy — approach one pinpointed flaw individually with a fresh categorical strategy. Yes, it takes INCESSANT exertion to mobilize towards increasing order and organized energy. Get out that fine-tooth comb; Administer your days in great detail with extreme care.