Spring Flings ~ Bhujangasana

Bhujangasana - Cobra Pose 🐍 

SPRING - bright sun, dark clouds; high temperatures, UV rays, summer-like days, drizzle, pouring rain, sleet, hail, snow, storms, sunshine, tan-time again … and all the moods that come with it!

Candles On My Cake ~ Virabhadrasana II

Virabhadrasana II - Warrior 2

 __ Kisses when I wake.

__ Candles on my cake.

We have closed ‘Birthday Season’ (until next October) in the Kirschenbaum home. A huge EXHALE for a mother who decorates and celebrates (6 human stars and a sparkle pup) in fantastical excess. 💐 

Yes - It’s Yogini Food! ~ Diver Pose

Diver Pose (Drinking Bird Pose) 🦅 

What does a Yogini cook and eat? Why, the foods she loves, of course.What foods does a Yogini love?

Living a creative life means create-ing daily; handmade delectable edibles are a piece-of-cake way to commune with the divine per diem (especially if you’re planning to eat anyways)!

Just keep COOKing (in silence for effortless enlightenment).

Spring goddess salad, chocolate pots, homemade ‘perfect bars’ plus oats, three berry muffins, classic stuffed bell peppers. 💚🤍❤️

EN-JOY

Breaking Bread ~ Parfait-asana

Berries, dairy, crystal. 🍓🐮💎

Procuring, preparing, serving, and bussing (week)daily dinner takes an immense amount of effort, consideration and sacrifice; therefore, it is imperative to nourish your family by making and sharing the recipes you yourself LOVE. Breaking bread is a daily form of modeling universal respect and zest for life.

Germans love potato salad.

Chocolate pots all around.

Greek salad is pretty in pink and green. 

Just add granola: substantial Greek yogurt and berry dessert to prevent late-night snacking.

Life Lived In Full Color ~ Winter Rainbow

Easter Bunny spotted on Aspen Mountain!

There are as many ways to do things as there people upon this earth and as many ways to asana as there are yoginis!

🌟🎀 🐣🩵 Easter on Aspen Mountain.🩵🐣🎀🌟

“I Made It” moment ~ Easter on Aspen Mountain with my family.

 

❄️💎 With an egg hunt at the spot where we were married! 💎❄️

50% ~ Natarajasana II

Natarajasana II - Dancer Pose 2, hand to floor
Cherry tomato heart on chest.

I may need to oust an actual percentage of our stuff in order to recall my Yogini, hippie, natural mama priorities and promises. 50% give or take? 🍅 

Commitment to Excellence ~ Camatkarasana

Camatkarasana - Wild Thing Pose

I go gaga for fashion and design inspo when out and about. Secluded to a yacht for 7 days was, surprisingly, no exception. The staff on our latest seaward adventure has me thinking: What are the attractive and serviceable uniforms that allow me to execute dutifully? …

Yacht crew uniforms create a professional and cohesive image for your team, enhancing the overall guest experience aboard luxury vessels. These uniforms ensure your team looks polished but also promote unity and functionality in their demanding roles. High-quality yacht staff uniforms are designed for comfort and durability, meeting the unique challenges of life at sea. Investing in professional yachting uniforms reflects a commitment to excellence and sets a refined tone for your yacht’s operations. -liquidyachtwear.com

Traveling Circus ~ Camatkarasana

Camatkarasana - Wild Thing Pose
‘Astonished’, ‘Miracle’

Vacation vibes: Lots of family trips lately, lots of lovely bonding, but it is time to park the traveling circus and put a romantic getaway on deck. We have it all, just not all at once by reflecting on each excursion’s aims, expectations and emphasis ahead of time as not to miss the holiday’s inherent distinctive opportunity. 

🐌 Vacation Integration 🐢 ~ Sukhasana, Dhyana, Mukula Mudra

Sukhasana - Easy Pose
Dhyana - Meditation 
Mukula Mudra - Lotus or Lily Bud Hand Gesture 🤌 

(Vacation) integration is gradual, slow, steady, slimy, super cute, hard shelled, long-lived… 🐌 🐢 

Warmth ~ Dandasana

 

Dandasana - Staff Pose

Self care 101 - staying warm by dressing properly.

Cocoon ~ Paschimottanasana bent legs

Paschimottanasana with bent legs - Caterpillar Pose

Can you feel it? Spring - and hence special lifestyle shifts - are just around the corner. 

Reinvention ~ Supta Baddha Konasana

Restorative Supta Baddha Konasana - Reclining Bound Angle, with Heart Opener

Reminiscing about my early yoga days while conceptualizing what is to come.

Summer is the season of reinvention, SPRING is the season to plant the reinvention seeds. 

Pre et Après ~ Ardha Kapotasana

 

Ardha Kapotasana - Half Pigeon Pose

Pre or après (ski) body love. 🎿 🩵💛🩷

Stretch for Success ~ Skandasana

 

Skandasana - Skiiers Lunge

Parents: we are elite athletes - yoga, stretch and strengthen, daily for mental clarity and to avoid injury.

Early Riser ~ Virabhadrasana II

Virabhadrasana II - Warrior 2 Pose

Surya Namaskar - Sun Salutation

To each era its own rhythm and organization: I may rise at 5am regularly now, but I was not astir so early when I frequently awoke throughout the night with bébés - or in my twenties with other motives and goals!

Vinyasa ~ Vasisthasana

 

Vasisthasana Vinyasa - Side Plank Dance
🪩 Move in vinyasa manner to find your groove; embrace certain elements (and omit others) to make the practice your own. ☃️ 

❄️❤️Combine the things you love.❤️❄️

🌈Arc🧚‍♀️ ~ Parsvottanasana

 

Parsvottanasana - Pyramid Pose
I am having a ‘put your head down and work’ type of week. 

🌈The 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. 👙⛵️🌞

Mow.

Mow some more.

Completely clear out 4 bedrooms.

Daily lunch for 4.

Cookies, Socks and Winter Activities - Oh My 😝 ~ Parsva Urdhva Hastasana

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 weather💨.) Whatever it is sparking my creative joy, I will run with it…as do my children and so should you! 🍪

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!!! 🤪

My daughter knits socks.  🧶 🧦 For MY feet. 😍🥰

& 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. 🎻🌸🎉

5th Chakra

Matsyasana Padmasana - Fish Pose Lotus Variation 🪷 

Matsyasana Padmasana - Fish Pose Lotus Variation 

💙Vishuddha - 5th chakra - Throat Chakra.💙

🩵Finding your authentic voice, creativity and integrity.🩵

Try-not-to-cough Asana: during some (a handful at most, hopefully) yoga classes all you are doing is trying not to cough. And on those days that is more than enough.💗

What are you building?

 

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. 🐚 

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. 

🧜‍♀️🧜‍♀️Sea monsters🧜‍♂️🧜‍♂️