tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868234480358853322024-02-19T09:16:41.677-08:00PeaceLoveArtYogaElleZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06653162160370838760noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386823448035885332.post-73361089775467981722011-02-22T04:20:00.000-08:002011-02-22T04:20:31.793-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKAmEQK0kXCHiJAS2JAaa0qxazDrgdhaI0GVnAv-QsNb-oHg1TPbxefOh5XIGlfIheVezBaz-0GWi-Wbk3yTJ7zLWN6Pk-6FdHGEY0bcj5FxDgDNtAn-x0CCCSQSArdHwuGaEYTXONJwb/s1600/moomoodoover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKAmEQK0kXCHiJAS2JAaa0qxazDrgdhaI0GVnAv-QsNb-oHg1TPbxefOh5XIGlfIheVezBaz-0GWi-Wbk3yTJ7zLWN6Pk-6FdHGEY0bcj5FxDgDNtAn-x0CCCSQSArdHwuGaEYTXONJwb/s320/moomoodoover.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>ElleZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06653162160370838760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386823448035885332.post-30718686847703169582011-02-09T18:56:00.000-08:002011-02-09T18:56:58.419-08:00A.museThe best <a href="http://www.lifeofa-muse.blogspot.com/">event planner</a> around.<br />
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Oh yeah. Do yoga. It's so good for you. Be there. Yoga. Is. Good.ElleZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06653162160370838760noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386823448035885332.post-7757602314400427212011-01-24T23:03:00.001-08:002011-01-24T23:03:41.832-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGzA6Gu4kZuePVwXvbQytAUdiln9P326GsM7IWW3Q8ISb-E5BdcKhnSYboNvMTVE1326P9dmcs6N3_VgJerdMOvhefDaocqJExFnxy26msWPXym3AHBIFA9hvp83JwoeNDX-G5qqTdkUu/s1600/weeplay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGzA6Gu4kZuePVwXvbQytAUdiln9P326GsM7IWW3Q8ISb-E5BdcKhnSYboNvMTVE1326P9dmcs6N3_VgJerdMOvhefDaocqJExFnxy26msWPXym3AHBIFA9hvp83JwoeNDX-G5qqTdkUu/s400/weeplay.jpg" width="308" /></a></div>ElleZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06653162160370838760noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386823448035885332.post-59810706585214592062011-01-20T17:47:00.000-08:002011-01-20T17:47:19.638-08:00Books and Cards<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #030000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">In every bookstore, small or large, there are books we have not read; books which may have messages of unsuspected beauty or importance. They may be new books, they may be of yesterday, or of long ago.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />The store where you found this volume exists in the hope of knowing–and learning–about books. There is no habit more valuable than that of dropping into a bookstore occasionally to look round–to look both inward and outward.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />“We have what you need, though you may not know you need it.”</span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #030000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #030000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">-the Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley, 1919</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #030000; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">After practice we sat in what we call "Community Circle," and played a game I developed specifically for them. It's questions and we sit in a circle and they take turns picking them and sharing. So one of the questions had to do with books. There were not a lot of readers in the group. There were some girls that loved the Twilight novels. There was not a big love of reading at all though. Eyes were rolled, big sighs, "I hate reading!" said one. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #030000; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">It makes me want to start a teenage book club. I'm also starting a Card Playing day. Most of them only play solitare on the computer! I did a card trick for them and they loved it. I am reeling these girls in one cold winter day and teaching card games. It's a skill everyone should have! Card PLAY. PLAY Cards? Just come PLAY!</span></span>ElleZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06653162160370838760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386823448035885332.post-90454813156406834762011-01-13T10:11:00.003-08:002011-01-13T10:11:49.668-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUohMvJJEspob_seDGuZ9_GK1IXiqsAY3-CCB5c8B1YQMaUfOwhvhmGBkdQISdyGkzYkQmzm_9p-WcxRkcYspUfqMp57u4tiT8BuTcfEaSSMfIv_TWh22_58Qe0xSHcpBmCjhOvOS1671C/s1600/yogaartposter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUohMvJJEspob_seDGuZ9_GK1IXiqsAY3-CCB5c8B1YQMaUfOwhvhmGBkdQISdyGkzYkQmzm_9p-WcxRkcYspUfqMp57u4tiT8BuTcfEaSSMfIv_TWh22_58Qe0xSHcpBmCjhOvOS1671C/s320/yogaartposter.jpg" width="247" /></a></div>ElleZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06653162160370838760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386823448035885332.post-27707861327395914702011-01-05T09:43:00.001-08:002011-01-05T09:47:47.380-08:00Take Time To Have Fun<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge3JU1WfAqmdMHfWplAA5BK0gs598nZ-fMIfTp0RQiDLRRYFIGIl6spS3c5K48tdy-R3N4UJxPkthZhWIl2SQMo8cMJUm61JA-pnWGQhzNFC-ECX7U4ygKOyaxRQlYKP0qI47MyPU8yuqP/s1600/marauder.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge3JU1WfAqmdMHfWplAA5BK0gs598nZ-fMIfTp0RQiDLRRYFIGIl6spS3c5K48tdy-R3N4UJxPkthZhWIl2SQMo8cMJUm61JA-pnWGQhzNFC-ECX7U4ygKOyaxRQlYKP0qI47MyPU8yuqP/s320/marauder.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"A friend is someone who will bail you out of jail. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">A best friend is the one that will be sitting next to you in the cell saying 'That was awesome."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br />
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Because the only reason you don’t love them, is because you’re using them as your excuse to not feel good.”</span></h3><div style="color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, Palatino, 'Palatino Linotype', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px;">— something to consider…from Abraham Hicks </div>ElleZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06653162160370838760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386823448035885332.post-62132289334836267242010-12-30T01:48:00.000-08:002010-12-30T01:50:51.791-08:00How Buddha Lists the Benefit's of Kindness<div class="post_title" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font: normal normal bold 22px/normal Arial, Helvetica; line-height: 1.3; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px !important; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">as quoted by Sharon Salzberg</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">1. You will sleep easily</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">2. You will wake easily</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">3. You will have pleasant dreams</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">4. People will love you</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">5. Devas (celestial beings) and animals will love you</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">6. Devas will protect you</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">7. External dangers (poison, weapons, and fire) will not harm you</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">8. Your face will be radiant</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">9. Your mind will be serene</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">10. You will die unconfused</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">11. You will be reborn in happy realms</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"> (from Buddha to last Vegas, billboard just off the strip)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2P5rS27hkSOWP0jPnkaN95PY8XDCVRWQmDSvy9flMSXfo4o-xBv-F39VGrNzIY9wJ597ys6mmjC9UX1R3Sqiv1yYKVfB36FspI5b4v1_uJXo-LJc30vvUy9-9dR9zgXUZXz7OMQsL7Erw/s1600/bekind.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2P5rS27hkSOWP0jPnkaN95PY8XDCVRWQmDSvy9flMSXfo4o-xBv-F39VGrNzIY9wJ597ys6mmjC9UX1R3Sqiv1yYKVfB36FspI5b4v1_uJXo-LJc30vvUy9-9dR9zgXUZXz7OMQsL7Erw/s320/bekind.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;"><br />
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I hear people say, "I don't believe in New Years Resolutions." I don't know if they are something that I believe or don't believe in. I do believe in miracles, the power of a sunny day, the healing quality of music, and the need to sometimes, every once in a while just stay in bed. I also believe that sometimes you need to just decide how it's going to be from here on out. I think we all get stuck now and again on how it is and sometimes it's nice to just shake things up, make a change, reevaluate. You can do something out there like, say, jump out of a plane, quit your job, or just make a resolution or two. The first day of a new year is as good as time as any.<br />
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My 2011 Resolutions/Decisions...<br />
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1. Meditate more-<br />
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<div style="color: #444444; font: 14.0px Arial; line-height: 19.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">“Meditation means you don’t have to grin every moment of your life. You learn to smile with your bones; you learn to smile with every aspect of who you are. You do not have to necessarily show your teeth. Try, without using your lips, to just smile. Really, without showing your teeth, simply smile. Now see if you can smile with your eyes; just use your eyes and smile. Then see if you can smile with your hand. If even the bones in your body begin to smile, that is meditation</span>”- Sadhguru Spot</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font: 14.0px Arial; line-height: 19.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2. Start running again- Running took a back seat this year, what with starting a business, moving, and changing my whole life. It was a mistake. I miss running. I'm bringing it back.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">3. Make more home made dinners for my kids. That means some advance planning, actually thinking about it before we walk in the door at night.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">4. Read more books. I have been jumping from book to book. I can't seem to concentrate long enough to finish out one. I'm going to make it a practice to finish them out.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">5. Make sure my kids are reading too. And not just the texts coming through there cell phones either. Books. </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">6. Paint. I have already started this in the latest part of '10 but I am not going to let it drop. </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">7. Take time to be idle at times, I tend to go a hundred miles and hour all the time. I am going to remember to just chill sometimes. I love this little story...</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px;">According to an ancient Chinese legend, one day in the year 2640 B.C. Princess Si Ling-chi was sitting under a mulberry tree when a silkworm cocoon fell into her teacup. When she tried to remove it, she noticed that the cocoon had begun to unravel in the hot liquid. She handed the loose end to her maidservant and told her to walk. The servant went out of the princesses chamber, and into the palace courtyard, through the palace gate, and out of the Forbidden City, and into the countryside a half mile away before the cocoon ran out. (In the West, this legend would slowly mutate over three millennia, until it became the story of a physicist and an apple. Either way, the meanings are the same: great discoveries, whether of silk or of gravity are always windfalls. They happen to people loafing under trees.)” Jeffrey Eugenides</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">8. Practice more... I teach a lot of yoga so I don't get to practice like I used to. I'm going to fit that in there too. </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">“<span class="quote" style="margin-top: 0px !important; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">Both yoga and art aim at the same thing, that is, to re-establish our personal connection with the world around us according to our own inner creativity. To render body and mind a conduit through which the creative energy can flow freely, unimpeded by outer restrictions, in the trust that this energy, being a part of the universal energy, is ultimately pure and joyful.</span>”</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: xx-small; line-height: normal;"> -Dona Holleman </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: xx-small; line-height: normal;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">9. Write more. This is another thing that got shoved to the wayside this past year. I realized that saying, "I don't have time," is another way of saying, "I just don't feel like it." If you want to do something enough you can make time. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">10. </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Get up really early in the morning. I'm going to need to to do the rest of these things.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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Music has such a visceral effect. It is (besides my people) the biggest constant in my life. It never goes away. It never disappoints. It is there for every occasion. It is a friend to sing with, a shoulder to cry on, and a lover to wait for.<br />
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Music has an energy to it. There are songs you put on to run to, there are songs you put on to drive to, there are songs that play over and over in your head right when you need them to be there.<br />
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Music calms, it can send those neurons straight up, starting to equalize the right and left hemisphere of your brain, bringing you into an alpha or even a theta brainwave state (getting into that meditative place that makes you find who you really are).<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTwYet6942ATQdwW_EB7qZ3C2Z6KYny24W9v8FWb_9IGEkVwmS4riFn3C3JhHsWBUMQLMXhMc5RrXEzSRJ9ggq_TubvtMr7dCqwpo9rPnZjumJHsXL8FsKzIJKLxK7nAVaHr7z0Imu7NNS/s1600/cherrytree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTwYet6942ATQdwW_EB7qZ3C2Z6KYny24W9v8FWb_9IGEkVwmS4riFn3C3JhHsWBUMQLMXhMc5RrXEzSRJ9ggq_TubvtMr7dCqwpo9rPnZjumJHsXL8FsKzIJKLxK7nAVaHr7z0Imu7NNS/s200/cherrytree.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>I love lyrics. I will listen to a song over and over again because of what it says. This song below one of my new favorites. I love it for two main reasons. The first, my best yoga and music buddy shared it with me. The second, the meaning to me; it is a parent tucking a child in at night, telling them, "There's no reason to worry, no reason for nightmares. Everything is just fine. And not only is it fine, but you're safe. Safe." The exact thoughts that not only a child, but anyone, would be so blessed to go to sleep with.<br />
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<i><u>Fairytale Lullaby- Bombay Bicycle Clu</u></i>b<br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">If you want ride a rainbow come with me</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I will take you in a magic purple</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Maybe we will find a thousand sugar fish</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">And when you eat them they will grant your every wish</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">And if you want your friends to come them bring them along</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">If you want to catch a star then walk my way</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I will take you where the night is always day</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">You can follow me if you really try</span></i><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Maybe we will find a rainbow, teach it to fly</span></i></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">And if you want your friends to come them bring them all along</span></i></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Bow your head and let your eyelids close on down</span></i></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Where we're going you wont' need to bring your frown</span></i></span></span></span></span><br />
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2. Look in the mirror and tell yourself something you would like to hear<br />
3. Smile at every person you see<br />
4. Work hard enough to sweat at least for 20 minutes<br />
5. Drink a whole lotta water<br />
6. Take 10 long deep breaths, matching the length of your exhale to your inhale<br />
7. Sing, sing, and then sing some more<br />
8. Share a meal with someone<br />
9. If you have a child, kiss them, every moment they will let you<br />
10. Pet an animal<br />
11. Show up somewhere. Just put your shoes on and go.<br />
12. Read a book. Even for 10 minutes<br />
13. Spend some time in the fresh air<br />
14. Remind a child of the importance of being kind. Listen to yourself talk<br />
15. Do something really nice for someone without expecting anything in return<br />
16. Meditate<br />
17. See the beauty in everything<br />
18. Laugh<br />
19. Make time for people<br />
20. Look at the moon before you go to bed and be thankfulElleZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06653162160370838760noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386823448035885332.post-49568521865522474452010-08-09T08:39:00.000-07:002010-08-09T08:39:09.167-07:00Dance Team Workout<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jKBknaBwh-8&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jKBknaBwh-8&hl=en_US&fs=1" width="425" height="344" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><br />
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"Dr. Dre," (Andreas Johnson), a professional dancer is coming to the studio August 29th! We will be offering a 3 hour workshop in which he will teach the girls/boys a 2 minute dance routine incorporating hip hop, pop, and dance to inspire and ignite energy!<br />
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Above is a video to give you an idea of what is in store for the day!<br />
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Workshop is $45 in advance and $50 at the door. We are limiting it to 30 dancers and are half full.<br />
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See Dre's full bio on our <a href="http://www.goplayyoga.com/goplayyoga/Dre.html">website</a>.<br />
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email lisa@goplayyoga.com or call 610.436.9642 to sign up<br />
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So we are putting this out there... a book club. We are going to announce the book next week and put out a date. We are going to get this awesome Mediterranean place to whip up some yummy snacks and I am going to mix up my famous Summer Cocktail.<br />
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The book, date, and time will be up on our website next week. Please join us to make new friends, or to keep your old. You know that one is silver, right? And one is gold. :) You do if you were ever in Brownies.ElleZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06653162160370838760noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386823448035885332.post-60437266956913412932010-05-26T08:38:00.000-07:002010-05-26T13:43:35.177-07:00Yoga: A Man's "Sport" TooYoga has been around for a kathousand years. According to Gessner Geyer who is the president of Brainergy, an education and healthcare consulting firm, yoga is the "world's oldest and most perfect form of exercise." Not only does it just feel good but it reduces stress, gives you balance physically and emotionally, yoga will help you focus and enhance your cognition. Not only all that but did ya know that it will make your core strong, it improves your cardiovascular, respiratory, musculoskeletal and nervous system. It will make you stand taller, breathe easier and have a sense of body awareness like no other sport.<br />
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Men generally think it's easy.<br />
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We have this great friend that we work with. He has been a good support system to us and he makes us laugh to boot. He came into to do yoga for the first time on Monday. He wore a collared shirt like you do on casual day and informed Lisa that after class he was going to go for a run for his cardio workout. This delighted me as I watched the doors to the yoga room close and the music start while I thought to myself, "Yeah, he's not going running, but that's sure cute he thought he was."<br />
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Now there are all different kinds of classes, kids, beginners, light, power, etc... He chose the vinyasa flow with is explained as not only some great yoga but a work out too.<br />
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An hour and a half later he came out of the yoga room out of breath and ringing his shirt like you would a sponge that just fell in the bathtub. He didn't have another shirt to put on. (note to self: get some men's t-shirts in stock).<br />
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He came back yesterday and brought a friend! He told Lisa that he's quitting his gym membership and either coming here or running outside.<br />
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But not both on the same day.ElleZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06653162160370838760noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386823448035885332.post-40726144545676886942010-05-19T03:53:00.000-07:002010-05-19T03:53:19.891-07:00What Are They?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #330000; font-family: georgia, 'bookman old style', 'palatino linotype', 'book antiqua', palatino, 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, 'avante garde', 'century gothic', 'comic sans ms', times, 'times new roman', serif;">Happiness is a warm puppy. ~Charles M. Schultz</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGwMONas14jcS_8oNugTAPV1NZ5oZgmamJRulwh7mkXhArRMOJS3hpY3uvLVg0Nqxynxsn0Y_m7Kn7w6O5zXGW5BL6Vn4PZFyrhv4VjBRcrFKel0xMV9vnpZzoy7PTfHSv4tYfMdaMSHL/s1600/DSC_0111.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGwMONas14jcS_8oNugTAPV1NZ5oZgmamJRulwh7mkXhArRMOJS3hpY3uvLVg0Nqxynxsn0Y_m7Kn7w6O5zXGW5BL6Vn4PZFyrhv4VjBRcrFKel0xMV9vnpZzoy7PTfHSv4tYfMdaMSHL/s320/DSC_0111.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We like dogs at PLAY. One of the things Lisa and I love best about this whole business is that we can bring the dogs in with us a lot. We have some really cute ones. There is Daisy who is pictured above, we rescued her from a dismal environment to a place where she is surrounded by other dogs and kids and love. She is a timid little thing that lets all the kids carry her around and hold her and play with her. She is a Papillon. Papillon is French for butterfly and they are called that for their big ears. She is about the size of a big guinea pig. She is so sweet, the little butterfly guinea pig.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-uC4AdtGx62vyg1IizlwB7iKO7QmVOYMMvmGBjQbo3xoW48neGzGDkLuv25pdNH-_ulV-dpNhs2SL57sOaaaNSL643WbbMv0h81fejQ4QMVaFMR5PIXUHj9ETEzKSGh60XewpcoSom6lf/s1600/DSC_0104.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-uC4AdtGx62vyg1IizlwB7iKO7QmVOYMMvmGBjQbo3xoW48neGzGDkLuv25pdNH-_ulV-dpNhs2SL57sOaaaNSL643WbbMv0h81fejQ4QMVaFMR5PIXUHj9ETEzKSGh60XewpcoSom6lf/s320/DSC_0104.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And Mickey. Mickey is my precious little doggie. He is an enigma to most. He looks like a puppy, but he's not. He looks like a girl, but he's not. He looks like a dog, but he's...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I take Micker with me a lot of places. He prances along happily beside me as strangers stop to pet him because he's so cute. He's got a sweet little face and is the friendliest little guy. And then inevitably they will say, "What kind of dog is he?" I hate this question. The answer is, when I bought him I got papers saying he is 100% Pomeranian. So I say, "Well, we know he's part Pomeranian," (that's what I say because he doesn't resemble one much at all. This is what I get from that. "Really? (with a head tilt and scrunched up eyes as they mentally try to match what they know of a Pomeranian to my Micker) He doesn't look like a Pomeranian at all. He is just the cutest little thing though." Then I feel dumb. I brought the paper into the studio so when people ask I just hand it to them and try to change the subject. :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So these guys are with us a lot. I didn't bring them yesterday though because we had to much going on and the weather was bad and I just thought they would be happier at home. Every child that walked through that door said, "Are the dogs here?" "Where are the dogs?" The look of disappointment was obvious when I said, "They didn't come today." Judging from the looks I got I am planning on packing up their toys and bringing them today. </div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #330000; font-family: georgia, 'bookman old style', 'palatino linotype', 'book antiqua', palatino, 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, 'avante garde', 'century gothic', 'comic sans ms', times, 'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br />
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Now I am sitting in our store area and she is in the yoga room teaching a class, I have three dogs lying around my feet, two boys playing in and out of here, my daughter wandering around every once in a while from her dance school, and Jack Johnson singing to me and only me. It's slightly hard to believe it's all real.<br />
We have a million ideas. Tons of things we want to do, to teach, to learn, and to share with the community. It seems like everyday we meet someone that we feel like we were meant to know.<br />
There are kinks in our little operation too, you know. You. You know that. Like for instance we haven't quite figured our whole soft wear system yet. The company is awesome though. Mindbody. We call them all the time with some of the stupidest questions they have probably ever heard. They are so nice and so polite and so helpful. We're getting there. And of course the printer not working is an issue. I have to keep running home to print things out. That's not really all that efficient. Maybe tomorrow it will magically work. I'm going to go ahead and put that out there. I think I have been to negative about my wonderful printer. I am going to think positive thoughts and count it working tomorrow.<br />
Come PLAY.ElleZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06653162160370838760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386823448035885332.post-74868254673118903762010-05-11T07:40:00.000-07:002010-05-11T07:40:20.458-07:00We're Open!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEb6kyCOIZUNkuxrlnKIHiDJLMKotfL8pNkxYp615fPd_-3MEcGdE7diiax-wsIFF5WBMKGGucEtXewa9J0s3z2DR4SmGYKDQSMN5VUP3xkIf4VQltdxgE5iUv2_9Xw0revPDy8TrCOJc3/s1600/pkayparty.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEb6kyCOIZUNkuxrlnKIHiDJLMKotfL8pNkxYp615fPd_-3MEcGdE7diiax-wsIFF5WBMKGGucEtXewa9J0s3z2DR4SmGYKDQSMN5VUP3xkIf4VQltdxgE5iUv2_9Xw0revPDy8TrCOJc3/s320/pkayparty.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our first Birthday party at PLAY. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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We decided to go forth with this venture the day Lisa lost the school board election. I think it was November 5th. That would put us to exactly sixth months ago to the day. The amount of things besides opening a business that have happened in that six months is staggering. I would list them but it's to much and who needs to record that for all of eternity? Who? Not me. I'll tell you that much.<br />
I will tell you that yesterday our web site was completely down. Not on purpose. It didn't look good there for a couple hours. Lisa and I tried to keep a sense of humor about it and sat in the car on the way to get it fixed trying to figure out the probability of people just guessing what our schedule was, and if we really even existed. So that was fun. Fortunately that will not come to pass because <span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">we</span> the Apple guys (who we love) were able to get it back up and running. After we hugged them in the middle of the mall I took Lisa on a surprise field trip. Really just for fun. I thought it would cheer us up. Now she has Daisy. That happened on 5-5-10. I find that auspicious. Guess what Daisy is? I gave you a hint.<br />
Come see us.<br />
It's almost time for us to PLAY.ElleZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06653162160370838760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386823448035885332.post-81821538998216362992010-04-23T07:37:00.000-07:002010-04-23T07:37:19.201-07:00Breathe In... Breathe OutA student approached the head monk in a Zen monastery to ask how he could alleviate his suffering. The monk simply responded, "If you can breathe in... you can breathe out." -Ancient Oral Anecdote<br />
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I love this little story so much. I think it's very true. Everything passes at some point. Learning to let things go is a skill. Emotions are energy. Happiness, anger, hate, love, frustration, compassion, exhilaration, joy, hurt, the list goes on and on. When you hold on to those negative ones, the hate, or the anger, you are holding on to bad energy inside yourself. Where it will fester and grow. Learning to let it go and breathe through things will give a sense of peace with in yourself. It takes practice though. Every day.<br />
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Just like the monk said, "Breathe in... breathe out."ElleZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06653162160370838760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386823448035885332.post-26944277348048816302010-04-20T06:26:00.000-07:002010-04-20T06:40:19.664-07:00Achieve Your Dreams And PLAY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2paXONia8uOXKY_veXN6pXZfy8EHbfWphofInbKO0z4rWpZauVWBfNE6iSPWsL2Sa1tFM80INqPeP8jDeavTZyCSTyxmqttp4iJzeHKPrjPSS0_xErZ-HK8tMf9exb7VEGEW0a0MZqkh/s1600/achievability1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2paXONia8uOXKY_veXN6pXZfy8EHbfWphofInbKO0z4rWpZauVWBfNE6iSPWsL2Sa1tFM80INqPeP8jDeavTZyCSTyxmqttp4iJzeHKPrjPSS0_xErZ-HK8tMf9exb7VEGEW0a0MZqkh/s320/achievability1.jpeg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJiO9fSsfVQQOs-5nw6y03ZQoZMfm_6YCjHvK481kP9qQhkVemWRUFmTsN3EdccWo24rueKZoBk-M2z8vws5Fh8ZN35N0N0FfiLkI4h7Xg1sl6W3qTqwWtVGMpApSgPkYJCwKK_GqqKc2B/s1600/achiev2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJiO9fSsfVQQOs-5nw6y03ZQoZMfm_6YCjHvK481kP9qQhkVemWRUFmTsN3EdccWo24rueKZoBk-M2z8vws5Fh8ZN35N0N0FfiLkI4h7Xg1sl6W3qTqwWtVGMpApSgPkYJCwKK_GqqKc2B/s320/achiev2.jpeg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCiXQL3YrbaHOEo5inU8Qk-EC0SUcG5XdmoxUDmzXwk59l0nimjXf5PnCCL5x8BSIrg469R5U3AUMuAoZEkhAU0wXLJNT669Lnpz_c6DtQTZCCOugQnK1eKi4aFtVERwrsKHJGo6svkNLH/s1600/tn-1achievability.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCiXQL3YrbaHOEo5inU8Qk-EC0SUcG5XdmoxUDmzXwk59l0nimjXf5PnCCL5x8BSIrg469R5U3AUMuAoZEkhAU0wXLJNT669Lnpz_c6DtQTZCCOugQnK1eKi4aFtVERwrsKHJGo6svkNLH/s320/tn-1achievability.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><!--StartFragment--> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Saturday was an awesome day!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I packed up the yoga mats and hula-hoops and music that we use for Girl Scout Yoga (our travelling show before we open) and headed to an organization that I have volunteered my time to for several years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the past, I have chaired their annual gala, run the craft at the Holiday Party, and done monetary and gift drives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, I was off to do something that I truly loved- Yoga with kids!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">A little information about AchieveAbility:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #254092; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">ACHIEVEability, located in Philadelphia,</span></b><span style="color: #254092; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> works to permanently break the cycle of poverty for single parent, low-income families, many formerly homeless, by providing a range of supportive services, including education, job readiness, and housing assistance. Everything we do is geared towards promoting accountability and self-sufficiency among our clients.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Anyway, I was without Yang (Amy) today, so I headed into the city to PLAY with the kids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I arrived, they were all ready and eager to PLAY.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some had yoga mats (I loved that), some were scared and most told me they thought yoga was hard and they couldn’t do it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If there is one thing Amy and I don’t stand for in yoga, it’s the “I can’t do it”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is not allowed in our yoga class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can say, “I am not able to do that today, but I’ll try” but never, “I can’t”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I ignore the remarks and start with a name game and a hula-hoop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They warm up easily with each other as we name what superpower we would wish for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most want to be invisible and walk through walls—I find that interesting. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Anyway, we spend and hour bending and stretching our bodies and laughing and falling and dancing and learning yoga tricks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I take tons of pictures!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am amazed what they can do and learn in an hour!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They delight me!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">At the end of class, I like to do a guided meditation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had been reading from a children’s meditation book, but I have decided to do my own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have everyone lay down, face up with their palms up to receive and begin a meditation of being an eagle and soaring through the air and repeating silently to themselves, “I am happy, I am free.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">They are all quiet as we do the meditation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We wake up, do our OM’s and take some pictures and start to say our goodbyes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One little girl hugs me and whispers in my ear “can I have a yoga mat to take home, Miss Lisa?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Of course,” I say without hesitation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know in my mind that this is the end of the Girl Scout yoga mats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They all want one and what was I to do?? All of the kids that want a mat, take them, hug me, and help pack up my car.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I almost leave my IPod, but remember it at the end- although, if one of those angelic children asked me for it, I would have given that away too.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Amy and I will be good Visionaries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will go around the world spreading PLAY and hope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know I have hope after seeing 16 inner city kids PLAY and have fun and imagine and act silly today. It was worth every minute and mat! <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">We are happy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are strong. We are happy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are strong.<o:p></o:p></span></div><!--EndFragment-->ElleZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06653162160370838760noreply@blogger.com0