Sunday Still Life is an evolving mindfulness project; an weekly invitation to pause the busy of our days, to re-center and celebrate the beauty and depth of life. If you are inspired to join in, please leave a link or share your thoughts in the comments below.
Photo: Lisa Flynn
It was a spontaneous road trip.
Planned between Wednesday evening and Friday morning.
Just Lily and Mama.
Twenty four hours away to visit our friends at ChildLight Yoga and experience a little taste of the amazing-ness that is Circus Yoga.
It was in this moment — relaxing, laughing and ‘hanging out’ with my sweet girl — that the floodgates of gratitude opened and I realized just how much I needed to be here.
This is my yoga.
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See more photos from the night over on the ChildLight Yoga Facebook page (including one of me “flying” with Circus Yoga Co-Founder Erin Maile O’Keefe).
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I knew starting Behind the Blog was big.
I knew because it terrified me (almost) as much as it thrilled me.
I knew because I spent months pushing off the launch date, wanting to get everything just right.
I knew because I couldn’t sleep for days (read: weeks) before I launched the first show.
I know because I still get butterflies each month as I dial numbers and say hello to someone wonderful and inspiring.
I know because of the e-mails I receive from you and the beautiful blog posts and positive life changes that have been inspired by my words and the words of my guests.
I know because I cannot not do this.
I know because my purpose on this planet is to bring people together…in yoga studios, conference rooms, auditoriums, online classrooms, living rooms, libraries, churches, community centers (and in places I haven’t even dreamed of yet)…to build community, to open hearts, to dialog, to explore, to scratch below the surface, to collaborate and co-create, to rest, to laugh, to breathe, to stretch.
To grow. Together.
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Click the image or right HERE to join me Behind the Blog with Rachel Turiel of 6512 and Growing. And just for fun, stop over to my Facebook page and tell us what YOU are doing when you listen to Behind the Blog.
Sunday Still Life is an evolving photography project; an weekly invitation to pause the busy of our days, to re-center and celebrate the beauty and depth of life. If you are inspired to join in, please leave a link in the comments.
Down the hall and into the library I pull my rolling cart filled with yoga mats.
As I pass students sharpening pencils, getting drinks from the fountain and shuffling from one class to another, they point and wave.
“Hey! I know you. You’re the yoga lady.”
“Namasté, Mrs. Goodman!”
“When are you coming to our class?”
When I arrive at the library, I move tables and chairs and set up our studio.
I match journals with eye pillows and arrange them in a line so my afterschool yoga students can find them quickly and get right onto their mats.
Together we dance and sing and laugh and breathe.
And (eventually) find stillness.
I love being the yoga lady.
Remember back in the day when you cut words and photos out of your favorite magazines and posted collages of “stuff you like” around your room (or in your locker)?
Wasn’t that fun?
In this funshop I invite you to pull out your scissors, glue sticks, notebooks and pens (and whatever else inspires you) and get back in touch with that creative place.
This online program, which is offered in a flexible, self-paced format so you can experience it as you go about your daily life, will help you to gain clarity, get inspired and start moving forward towards living the life of YOUR dreams!
Whether you are hoping to make big changes in your life or looking for gentle inspiration to help you fall back in love with the life you are living, NOW is the time to plant the seeds of all the hopes and dreams you hold in your heart.
The fun begins one week from today. Registration is open through Saturday.
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My friend Rachel is giving away a spot in the class on her beautiful blog this week. Be sure to stop by and say hello for a chance to win!
Because so many of you have been asking What’s next?
(And because I’ve been asking myself the same thing.)
Because it is the perfect time of year for it to be this.
Because this program is for everyone with an open heart.
Because sharing this process is one of my favorite things in the world.
( Click the image above or RIGHT HERE for all the delightful details. )
