Yes, I am working on becoming more flexible with my daily yoga practice, but in this post, I’m talking about flexibility of mind. Being ok when things don’t go your way. Able to just go-with-the-flow is something I am pretty good at, though this winter has been tough. Between the snow days, class cancellations, school closings, toddler tantrums and life in general, being flexible is the only way to get through it without going stir crazy. I had a stomping my feet moment the other day when our 8:55pm flight home from Florida was delayed until midnight (ok, yes, we were just in Florida). Hanging at the airport for 4 hours and then getting home at 4:00am was not part of my plan. Then I recognized that my 3 yr old was being so amazing, my husband Chris was totally fine and we just had a Florida vacay in… Read More »
I am Patient…I am Kind
These are 2 of my new affirmation/mantras I’ve been using while on my 40 day meditation challenge. My friend Giselle of Kids Yoga Stories shared her own 40 day meditation challenge last year and I decided to start my own. I’m on day 25 which I almost can’t believe because of how many times in my life I’ve tried to incorporate meditation into my daily life. It’s never stuck and I hadn’t found something that works with me until now. I’ve dabbled, but never have done 25 days straight! I’ve read that it takes 40 days of doing something to form a habit and I’m a believer! After 25 days of this, I can’t imagine my morning without it. I read 2 really great articles about meditating with a mala and you can find them here and here. I had a beautiful mala I bought years ago and decided to start using it to… Read More »
