CCC....or i need to blog before i lose it. or i have a wart.

adam reminded me of CCC fridays. i got to y2 at 6:15 and i was bouncing off the walls with excitement. 16 of us for led class. it was so fun. got to practice next to kcdv. and a new guy. i totally touched him by accident in at least 3 poses. we were all pretty close. 

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had coffee with adam. hung out with him before foot doc appt.

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hi, i totally have a wart. (aka wort!) ummm this sucks ass. i need to wear bandaids to practice. put salicylic acid on it once a day. cut off skin once a week. go to doc once a month. and eventually get that sucker cut out of me... but right now it's too big. 1 cm. i'm 1cm dilated with wart. i'm ready to get this baby out! oiy vey. the doctor was amazing though. so we'll definitely be going to see her. me and my wart. i'll take lots of precautions not to walk around barefoot at y2 unless i have bandaid. and will be cleaning the shower there like woah. (no worries my friends!) also, apparently, you don't really get warts unless you have an open wound on your foot or hand. so keep it clean folks and wear bandaids!

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boyfriend might have shingles. oiy. oiy. 

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apparently. we are both a wreck.

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haircut tonight should make all things better.

3 months, 6 months, 9 months.

adam came back to practice today after being sick... and a moon day.. (glad you're back!)

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we got to have a quick chat on the sofa before i headed to work. and adam always has something profound to say... he said something along the lines of this:

it's interesting how much your practice will change from the first 3 months, then the next 3 months, and so on. (i'm paraphrasing... he obviously said it more gracefully than this.)

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i pondered this all morning.

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my first 3 months of mysore practice: october - december 2008:

doing 5 surya a's and 5 b's was enough to send me packing... i could barely handle it. my practice was all about learning the asana first... so i really had to learn the asana. i had a lot of attention from my teacher. and a lot of repeating the sequence in the beginning because i would always forget a pose... 

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i'm now approaching month 6! oh how things have changed. the surya's! those are cake. i have less attention from teacher. which is fine. but i get adjusted on what is important for that day. i've gone deeper in the the practice and my understanding of the asana has changed. my understanding of why the poses are sequenced the way they are has also changed. my breath is stronger. i'm learning the count (thanks jill-ji for teaching it!) so much improvement. it's almost overwhelming to me how much has changed in only 5 months.

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what has changed for you?

"greek" food...

happy moonday.

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last night, we went down to south philly to get free pancakes at ihop.. but it was packed...

so me, asher, josh and geri went to dmitri's on 3rd and catherine for 'greek' food. i say 'greek' food because it didn't seem really greek. more like overpriced tapas.. made by no one who was greek. not good. greek food that was really good is zorba's on 23rd and fairmount! sooo good. like ridiculously delicious. i couldn't stop eating.

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i'm tired. not rested and will blog later about more fun things...

upavistha to supta. it makes sense.

upavistha konsana, 5 breaths. (1st part)
upavistha konasana, 5 breaths.  (upward facing angle pose..)
supta konasana, 5 breaths. (sleeping angle pose..)
supta konasana, balance for a breath/moment in time..
supta konasana, land quietly..

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about to do backbends... i hear jill-ji say: it's tuesday, inhale, exhale...

and i remembered that she told me about how in mysore, poses only get given on certain days and tuesday is one of those days. 

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when i realized what was happening, i was already in and out of supta konasana and that was that.

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doing upavistha to supta konasana in a mysore setting really allowed me to understand how these poses work together. how they counter act each other. why they are like this in the series.

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i'm amazed at how with every new pose, i find this practice more beautiful and well crafted. thanks guriji!! :) 

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these photos are from ashtangayoga.info

kuku!

kukutasana. i had a moment of clarity today after getting into this pose. after rocking back and forth in garhba p. i made my way to kuku and just felt like the effort was gone and it was all ease.

effort and ease. i think mr. iyengar says something of importance on this topic. maybe i will try and find the quote.

anyway, tired... worked for 10 hours today. then went to dinner with family friend geri for two dinners!! first: potbelly, we had salads... unsatisfying. second: asia on the parkway in the bottom of her hotel! triply satisfying! i'm full. and tired. night ya'll!

c is for la colombe.

sunday morning, waiting for the bus on 41st and chestnut.

sunday morning, drinking la colombe, conversing...
amanda's mug shot.
quinn's mug shot.
kirstin's mug shot.
rene's mug shot.
lover's for life. me and quinn before she heads back to bk!

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sunday: practice comes first. la colombe. anthropologie sale rack. bread from parc. homemade lunch by rene. talk talk talking with friends.

saturday: early morning diner breakie. farmer's market and a pumpkin woopie pie. reading terminal and flying monkey cupcakes. chinatown and old city walk thru tours by amanda. old city coffee. hummus for lunch in west phila, illa. step up 2 the streets. a little home dance party. greenline for kirstin's brother's guitar show. evan's pizza for some dinner. dancing at sister's for mardi gras party. 

friday: qdoba. hanging out. fresh grocer. talk talk talking. sleep.... maybe?

CCC: also known as Casual, Calm, Collected Fridays.

i came to work yesterday to find a sink full of dishes and none of them had anything to do with baby or baby meals. i was livid. furious. sick of doing the doctors' dishes. not my job. did it anyway... i got over it. discussed it with wise souls. figured out a game plan.

went to y2 for jill's led class. tattoo is almost healed, but definitely didn't have a "strong" practice week. but i did it to myself, and that's that. i had coffee with adam and a ride to work. (thank you!)

got to work today, sink less full of dishes. but drying rack is overflowing with dishes that need to be put away. i still haven't done them because it's casual, calm, collected fridays. fridays are now always to be calm. no matter what! it's the weekend. i have to start friday mornings right so that i have good energy to bring home to boytoy, pig, huckaboo! and whoever else i spend time with on saturdays and sundays.

i start therapy today. we shall see if that is good or not... :) 

also, rene and quinn and lady guest are coming to spend a weekend with me living "this philly life." i'm sure i will update with funny stories or maybe some photos. didn't take pictures with chelsea and i regret that, but i will this weekend. much love to ya'll. 

CCC Friday, pass it on.