lifestyle improvements.

1. be conscious of my sugar consumption.

2. no dairy!!! (except for indian food which can be consumed on friday nights or nights before moon days only!)

3. less time on facebook/computer, more time reading

4. positive outlook on everything! (positivity= manifesting my deepest desires!)

5. will attempt to roll in garbha pindasana, even if it feels like my arms are being strangled or is scary to attempt!

6. being honest with myself, so i can be honest towards other. this is major!

7. take photoshop course so that i can eventually assist photographers in the area!!

happy new year! have a safe end of your 2008... and positive beginning to your 2009!

this is what i do on my spare time... sometimes...

i drew these asanas.. 

these asanas are the sequence we're learning how to teach...

not a great photo...

drew it a while ago...

fun times...

private lesson.

this is a photo of my friend rolling up his mat after our private lesson. it was extremely awesome to have the opportunity to teach my friend "g." he doesn't practice yoga regularly so we modified the sequence a little, shortened the breath count, cut out some sun salutations... i think we did really well in the modifications. i even brought my bamboo block and strap!! i'm such a prepared little yogi!! :)  i think that this was probably the best learning experience i've had teaching so far. i've been practicing with my teacher training friends but we all know the sequence pretty well and do asana often and teaching them is sometimes unchallenging. by unchallenging, i mean that we all know how to get into warrior 1, so if for example i messed up my description of getting into warrior 1, my yoga peeps would still do it correctly... a bunch of us decided we would practice exactly what was being taught to us so we (the teachers in training) could see what we needed to work on in terms of describing asanas... but that really only goes so far... anyway, i'm excited to do this more. i think i turned over a new leaf! thanks g!

days off= yoga x yoga x yoga. yoga tripled??

mysore in the morning at y2. (fell on my head in bhujapidasana!!!) coffee with adam!!! cleaned y2. sushi lunch box. wandered around rittenhouse. bought a cool jacket at lululemon on sale. dhyana yoga at 12, taught by jordana. taken with sara!!  hummus for lunch with sara.

home. hang out. talk to james. go to james. teach james yoga.

yoga all day long!! funnnnnn. it was the most fun day off ever!

as i sit here and eat my one alloted candy cane of the season...

my mimi's menorah. a view from above.
beautiful frontal view.
asher's menorah.. a gift from my father last year.

our final night of chanukah. they are burning out as i speak.

life at 25.

i often find myself talking to my boyfriend about our future. we talk about plans. what we want in life. what we think we'll do with our life. how to make our lives better.

i normally get frustrated during these talks because he seems to be on a path. he knows what he wants to do and how to do it. he has a career in mind and he knows he will be successful. i'm extremely happy for him. 

i, on the other hand, do not know what i want to do. does any 25 year old know what they want to do for real?? i mean, i have friends who are 25 and are married and they are lawyers, business ladies, working men and women. i'm a nanny. a noble job of sorts. it's hard work, good money... but not something i want to do for forever. i want to figure out what i want to do with my life, but i honestly have no aspirations to be a woman who wears a suit. or someone who works their life away. i want to be able to still focus on my life. my yoga practice. my dog. my family. etc. 

i want to find something that is exciting. challenging. inspirational. something that helps people. i'm at a loss.

i really just don't know what i can do. i want to go back to school to get a master's, but for what? an undergrad in art.... oiy! i have lots to think about... maybe i should start up my photography again... hmmmm.

back to black... or soy lattes rule my world.

i've made a decision on dairy.

that decision is to cut it out of my life for good. 

i've been on and off with it for a long time and this time it's out the door!

no more cow dairy, goat dairy.. no more dairy. (i'm not even going to eat dairy with lactose pills!)

i've realized dairy has been messing up my digestive tract more than i care to share with anyone. 

it's been affecting my life very negatively. so goodbye dairy, hello ricemilk/soymilk/coconut yogurt!!

i drank black coffee today from la colombe. it reminded me of when i used to drink black coffee in college because i wasn't sure how else to drink it... for example, i didn't know how much sugar/dairy to put into it... so i just drank it black.

i'm going back to the basics. back to black!!!!