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monday mantra.

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This week will be a 4-day work week for me. I’m excited to be spending my Monday off in Pittsburgh with the BF. 
I believe that sometimes you need someone to remind you to breathe. And this is why I go to yoga. 🙂
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I’m addicted to yoga!
I wish for a less stressful week than last week. It was a pretty intense work week last week. By Thursday I was exhausted. I don’t know if I can handle that again! Fingers crossed…
I’m happy for every moment I have to spend with those I love. Life is short and you shouldn’t wait to embrace the moment until you’re reminded of this!
Soundtrack/Mantra for the week: “We use our bodies to into the poses, but really we use the poses to get into our bodies.” — one of my favorite yoga teachers, Terri Bahr, at a yoga class at Cleveland Yoga last night. Such amazing wisdom for yoga and for life.

my yoga story: part one.

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Late last week I mentioned that I was excited to take a yoga class at Cleveland Yoga with my favorite yoga teacher, Diana. She moved to California from Ohio a few months after I really found my yoga practice and is back in Cleveland visiting this week.

Well I realized that I have never shared my ‘how-I-came-to-love-yoga’ story.

I took my first yoga class at Cleveland Yoga by myself. I’m not sure what gave me the motivation to go and try it, but I just built up the courage to go. By myself. To a class where I knew no one and nothing about yoga.

And in walks the teacher. And the class made me feel so comfortable. Well, as comfortable as a beginner student can feel. But I knew instantly…

This is for me.

And if the breathing and the postures and the teacher weren’t enough, during savasana {or corpse pose, the pose used for final relaxation} the teacher said the following:

If you’re going to be passionate about something, be passionate about learning. If you’re going to fight something, fight for those in need. If you’re going to question something, question authority. If you’re going to lose something, lose your inhibitions. If you’re going to gain something, gain respect and confidence. And if you’re going to hate something, hate the false idea that you are not capable of your dreams. {Daniel Golston}
And then I knew for sure. This is most definitely for me.

I had never been so sure about something in my life. I started attending classes regularly. I began to become more flexible in my body, spirit and mind. For those who have been reading for a while, you may have noticed that I am not religious person whatsoever. But for me, yoga fulfilled this purpose. It makes me trust in myself, body and mind, while being mindful of all of those around me.

And it can truly all be summed up by my first experience with yoga… to be passionate about things worth passion; fighting for what’s important; questioning injustices; losing your self-conscious self; gaining self-respect while earning the respect of others; and acknowledging that you are capable of more than your mind allows you to believe.

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weekend wrap up.

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This weekend = a total blur!


And not the kind of blur you get from too much alcohol. The kind you get from no alcohol, but lots and lots of things going on!

First things first: Go see the movie Red. Fantastic movie!

So my weekend goes like this:

Red = great movie.
Mexican food = deeeelish! And just what my life had been missing.
Football game = fun, but horribly played game by Akron.
Relaxing with BF at home = much needed!
yoga practice = amazing. and exhausting!
lunch with my parents = made me smile.
cleaning & laundry = much needed and complete!

And with that goes another weekend!
I’ve got a busy week ahead, but I’ve got my eye on Friday at 5!

What did you do this weekend?

hello, weekend.

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I have been waiting to say this all week: Happy Friday!

Seriously, I don’t know what it was about this week, but I have been majorly jonesing for the weekend in a major way.

Plus, we have plans that I’m very much excited for!

Tonight is date night!

As soon as I get home from work, we are going to see the movie RED {the movie starring John Malkovich – yay! –
and Mary-Louise Parker – double yay!}.

After the movie, we are going to my favorite
little Mexican restaurant, Mariachi Loco! We pretty much eat here once a week, but we haven’t been in three weeks. I’m going through salsa withdrawls. BF knows it, so we are going. It feels like twelve years has gone by since I last ate their super delicious salsa!


And our weekend just starts there! We have tickets to the Akron Zips football game against the Western Michigan Broncos tomorrow afternoon.
Hopefully we will have beautiful, Ohio, fall weather!
{fingers crossed!}


To top it all off, Sunday my favorite {and first ever} yoga teacher is teaching a class while visiting Cleveland Yoga from California. I’ll have to share my story about my first ever yoga class sometime. But for now, just know, that Diana Vitantonio is an incredibly inspiring teacher to have. She moved to California a couple of years ago.
And I am so excited to be attending a visiting teacher class taught by her!


What are your plans this weekend?

new week, new list.

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Hello, new week! My weekend was not nearly as laid back and relaxed as I thought it would be, but I still had a blast!

A few things I will be looking forward to this week:

– going to $5 movie Monday..

– practicing yoga at Cleveland Yoga.

– enjoying the beautiful fall-like weather.

– spending every spare minute with the pups and BF

– being smart with my sleep schedule this week!

– being one week closer to the new season of Glee!

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hello september.

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Welcome, September! Although August is a lovely month, we are inching our way closer to Autumn and all the fun that comes along with slightly cooler weather and falling leaves!

September goals:

– Finish the Couch 2 5k program and begin the Bridge to 10k program.

– Attend one yoga class at Cleveland Yoga per week.

– Spend less time adding events to my planner and spend more time just living at home and spending quality time with BF and the pups.

– Cook more food at home more and spend less time {and money} eating unhealthy food while I’m out.

– Go to the Akron Zips versus Syracuse Orange {and root on the Orange!} football game in the new Infocision Stadium in downtown Akron.

– Sort through the clutter from my move{s} and sell and giveaway unused items.

– Learn to utilize all that my Mac Book has to offer.

– Find direction and put together a plan.

– In addition to putting together a plan, figure out the best way to keep myself organized to the point where I can maximize sleep while juggling responsibilities during the week. I must find a groove to get in again!

– Read at least four new books this month.

– Stress less and just take in every experience as it comes!

What are your goals for this month?

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