Yoga for Runners
March 1st, 2010My significant other is planning to run a marathon this year. In support of him, I will be researching and creating some class plans for runners in the upcoming weeks.
My significant other is planning to run a marathon this year. In support of him, I will be researching and creating some class plans for runners in the upcoming weeks.
“No man is free who is not master of himself.” – Epictetus
“There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness.” – John Buchan
| I’ve returned to my daily practice of yoga [*heart*]. I adore Cyndi Lee – her voice is pleasant, she has a lovely sense of humour, and her instruction is easy to follow, relaxing, and challenging (when I want it to be). What a lovely way to break up hours in front of the computer working! Combined with all of the raw food, my focus and concentration have greatly increased, and I leave the mat refreshed and energized. |
… Loving your body and making it feel as good as possible.

*kiss*
I am joyful.
I am searching for restorative yoga classes in Guelph, Ontario. Google has provided me with 2009 workshops, but little else. I am tense, stiff, and stressed – not interested in sweating in a room full of other sweating bodies, nor “working hard”. I wanted to be nurtured. This can’t be too difficult to find. If money was no object, I would consider private classes, but $60/class is not within the current budget.
“Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine
I don’t believe in New Years resolutions; I believe in goals and dreams. This is what I wrote at the beginning of 2009. My life has certainly changed since then. While 2008 was fantastic, 2009 was challenging. It was brilliant, painful, inspiring, and heartbreaking – a cornucopia of deep feeling. Love lost, self found. I shed enough tears to fill an ocean, but discovered the hope and strength to find my way through the darkness.
I was laid off from my project management job and spent several months finding myself and redefining my goals. Similar to 2008, I traveled and studied. I spent a good deal of time touring Ontario wine country, and visited my favourite haunts in Ottawa, Quebec, and Michigan. I drank tequila in Ensenada, explored the mysterious beauty of Iceland, and stood at the top of Mount Baker, Washington. I learned some additional modalities in energy work, applied to the American Institute of Holistic Theology, achieved my ACB (Advanced Communicator Bronze) in Toastmasters, and joined the Guelph Guild of Storytellers. I took several advanced CSS 2.1 courses and became a whiz at designing table-free web sites. My client base has grown exponentially and I am enjoying the prosperity that comes with repeat business from work well done.
2010 has seen me make some serious decisions about my future – in terms of career, finances, health and human connection and I am excited and passionate about everything that this year will bring.
Goals for 2010
2009/earlier goals that didn’t make it
Happy 2010… and may the new year bless you with health, wealth, and wisdom… and hope.
“Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.” – Vaclav Havel
“When the perfect order prevails, the world is like a home shared by all. Leaders are capable and virtuous. Everyone loves and respects their own parents and children as well as the parents and children of others. The old are cared for, adults have jobs, children are nourished and educated. There is a means of support for all those who are disabled or find themselves alone in the world. Everyone has an appropriate role to play in the family and society. Devotion to public duty leaves no place for idleness. Scheming for ill gain is unknown. Sharing displaces selfishness and materialism.” – Confucius