Astrid Parker Kirschenbaum

Astrid Parker Kirschenbaum
Showing posts with label inspiration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label inspiration. Show all posts

February 27, 2026

Fundamentals - Sukhasana neck side stretch

Sukhasana neck side stretch easy pose pranayama cute yoga girl drawing Yogini illustration
Sukhasana - Easy Pose, Neck Side Stretch
Underlying everything - Pranayama is to yoga what attitude is to life.

My children’s Waldorf school aligns with the very essence of how (and with whom) I believe they should be spending their days; and the details of our life are worked around the decision to have them there.

February 25, 2026

Reality Check ~ Eka Pada Galavasana

 

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Eka Pada Galavasana
Fan your toes in flying pigeon pose.

Upon opening my uber organized ‘tooth care drawer’ to fetch my Sonicare’s charger, it hit me (again): “how can one person need/have so much stuff?” I have been in my fancy Colorado family bubble for some time now and register that I am in need of a reality check or shake up, but am not sure where or how that will happen…

February 23, 2026

Perfect Form ~ Manduka Malasana

 

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Manduka Malasana - Frog Garland Pose Squat
Playful, with movement: childlike.

Some days are not (at all!) perfect your form days. 

February 12, 2026

Vinyasa ~ Vasisthasana

 

Vasisthasana Vinyasa - Side Plank Dance
๐Ÿชฉ 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.❤️❄️

February 6, 2026

Full Intensity ~ Prasarita Padottanasana

 

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Prasarita Padottanasana - Wide Legged Forward Fold, “Intense” Leg Stretch Pose
So make it intense.


January 28, 2026

Or Sell Yourself Short ~ Dandayama Janu Sirsasana

 

Dandayama janu Sirsasana standing head to knee pose asana yoga cute drawing
Dandayama Janu Sirsasana - Standing Head to Knee Pose

Dandayama Janu Sirsasana is most common in HOT yoga practiced at 105 degrees Fahrenheit with 40% humidity. 

Progressing from where you currently are (yoga, life…) may require that you OVEREXTEND yourself. 

January 23, 2026

Mydailydoodle - Unite With Your Divine

 

Yoga your life cartoon text highlighted journal entry inner peace and outer beauty quote YOGA unite with the divine
What does it mean to yoga your life???

HOW TO YOGA your daily life and Unite With The Divine:

1. Find Inner Peace by DREAMing - practice self study, surrender to accept, and play or rest.

2. CREATE outer beauty with the 3 necessities of life - keeping house, dressing and cuisine.

January 20, 2026

The best ๐Ÿ’–

 

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Matsyasana - Fish Pose, with blocks
Matsyasana - Fish Pose, with blocks
๐Ÿ’ Crack your heart open. ๐Ÿ’

The best way to start your morning (5:45am in the studio) is with a block on middle height running vertically between the shoulders along the spine and a block at the highest height positioned horizontally under (the base of) your head. ๐Ÿ’•

January 17, 2026

Embody

Eka Pada Tadasana one legged mountain standing yoga pose cute drawing asana
Eka Pada Tadasana - One Legged Mountain Pose
Eka Pada Tadasana - One Legged Mountain ๐Ÿ”️ 

Attract what you are. 

December 7, 2025

Inspiration


Urdhva Hastasana - Palm Tree Pose 
Hands interlaced, palms facing upward.
Get as high as you can onto those tippy toes!!

In case you’d like me to decide for you ๐Ÿ˜‰ —

Your (OUR) 2026 resolution: Empty the cupboard, pull out the weeds; in order to enter 2027 clear and free.

December 1, 2025

Surprise!

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Surprise yourself often or else! (Or else slowly, imperceptibly whither away).  ๐Ÿฅ€

November 21, 2025

Au naturel

".Parivrtta Prapadasana twisted toe squat yoga pose asana mydailydoodle cartoon drawing
Parivrtta Prapadasana - Twisted Toe Squat

“Being in ‘nature’ is good for us,” “get out into ‘nature’,” “commune with ‘nature’ daily,” “eat more naturally, wear natural fibers, naturalify your home…” — hold the phone — we ARE nature!!! ☎️ 

October 25, 2025

Flechette ๐ŸŽฏ


Prasarita Papadasana Wide Toe Balance
Prasarita Prapadasana - Wide Toe Balance
Namaskar Mudra

Embody that little arrow pointing where you aim to go! ๐Ÿน



 

September 11, 2025

Stardust

Ustrasana - Camel Pose

Reinvent yourself again and again and again (on the mat and then off)…

 

September 6, 2025

Tartlette

 

Have yourself a French-inspired little weekend.

August 9, 2025

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 distraction๐Ÿ“ฑ!

August 2, 2025

Tried and True

 

Utkata Konasana - Goddess with side stretch

LOST ?? Well, it’s no doubt when the outside influences are more rampant than ever and now inside our homes (phones). FIND yourself by returning to PERSONAL CLASSICS - YOUR tried and trues. Similar to the influencers you are compelled towards, who present their own (one or two) areas of mastery. 

July 29, 2025

Less zealous

Taking NOTES from the MEN (who have fewer options and less zealous marketing). 

1. Pockets! - Perhaps even forgo a purse. ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

2. Dresses and skirts (while they so contentedly stick with pants and shorts). 

3. Fewer colors. 

4. SMALLER CLOSETS. 

5. Denim.

 

July 26, 2025

Beacon

 

Light bright beacon of artistic imagination. 

I have leaned heavily into the Mother role - which has physically manifested family-friendly, practical, durable, colorful, grounding and compounding clothes, foods and shelters. But there is a lighter, brighter, ASCETIC aspect of myself I’m turning more and more towards (without eschewing my foremost family-first ethos).

July 24, 2025

Fairytale

What would a Waldorf Fairy do??

Looking to Rudolph STEINER (WALDORF Education) for deeper meaning - for ESSENCE and SIGNIFICANCE (the most PROFOUND I have ever found!) - in consideration, selection and implementation of desired surface changes (food, clothing, shelter). 

My real-life fairie.