marital bliss

(the hubs and I captured by Shultz Photography) I thought I was impressively improving my patience and ability to let go of negative feelings…. then the hubs took a whole day off work. He usually works 12 hour shift overnights seven days a week. This means I’m alone a lot. In the brief hours I [...]

Hey asshole! You’re ruining my zen!

I was feeling and acting super positive thanks to my renewed yoga practice, reading positive-thinking encouraging books, meditation, and even my 21 Day Yoga Body program… And then I had to work with the uber passive-aggressive co-worker who happens to be the other shift manager (opposite days as me). Since that day last week, each [...]

Being Present {Music – Divenire}

My greatest challenge is staying present. My mind is constantly wandering. I think about the past. Mostly I worry about the future. I didn’t realize how much this affected my daily life until I began to focus on it during yoga and meditation. While it is insanely frustrating during those practices, it’s even more so [...]

One-Moment Meditation {Week 1}

{source : Svenmarck} Having made it though the first week, I’m about 5 days further in than I made it last time. Go me! I’m still unsure of how I want to summarize things on here so I’m just going to post a brief description of what we learned that day and what I journaled [...]

Savasana Freak-Out

- source : Ben Heine – I know for a fact that I’ve rolled my eyes when a teacher has told us it is OK to cry in Savasana. I didn’t understand what about lying still for 5-10 minutes would make you cry. And then I had an emotional breakdown a few nights ago while [...]

One-Moment Meditation {second attempt}

Back in April of last year when I was getting this site put together, I came across an amazing program called One-Moment Meditation. It is a 30 day course based on the book One Moment Meditation: Stillness for People on the Go by Martin Boroson. Luckily all the sessions are still up on Oprah’s site! [...]

One Moment Meditation Monthly Program

I came across this amazing month long class via Everything Yoga. As someone who isn’t great at sitting still for long periods of time, the idea of being able to relieve some stress in merely minutes is very appealing! The 30 day course is based on the book One Moment Meditation: Stillness for People on [...]

Practice at Home – iRelax Melodies

I’ve been working towards practicing yoga at home without being led. I’ll be sure to post about what podcast and DVDs I use in the near future. However, this week I wanted to introduce you to an iPhone app called iRelax Melodies. You simply click on the types of sounds you want to hear to [...]

One Minute Meditation

Need a mini-break during work, while stuck in traffic, right before bed? Try this one minute meditation. It starts with pumping oxygen into your brain, and it ends with a breathing technique called Ujjayi breathing, which is a kind of nasal breathing, deeply in through the nose and out through the nose after we pump [...]