The other day I did something life-changing…
I officially joined Team Beachbody as a Coach! I cannot wait to hit the ground running — literally!
Over the past several months I’ve been looking into ways of improving myself physically, mentally, and emotionally.
What better way than working on myself while helping others achieve their goals??
I can’t think of anything that sounds more rewarding in every way!
Stay tuned for what’s sure to be a crazy awesome adventure!!
xo
I’ve been meaning to post this for the last week, but life happens, y’all!
We were exhausted after our whirlwind travel weekend in Buffalo + Canada when we got home late Sunday. It took us a while to get our butts moving on Monday — but we both had the day off. Sure, we could have (should have?) rested. But we wanted to take full advantage of pretty much the most beautiful weather we’ve had all year in Northeast Ohio! And to celebrate our actual anniversary, of course!
Chad was able to make it to our last Spring session of story time, which I had been hoping he’d get to go to at least once. He got to see all of the adorable that is Moosh at storytime.
Something super random happened while we were there… Chad ran into a friend he was in Big Brothers Big Sisters with (she works at the library). They hadn’t seen each other in years (however I had seen her before but didn’t realize she knew my husband). She mentioned that her kids were on their way to the library with her sitter. Chad made a joke about us needing a full-time sitter and was she available. Not only is she available (and willing!) to start watching Ari for us, but she lives DOWN THE STREET. NO joke. Like, a 2 second walk from our house! Sometimes you’re in the right place at the right time, friends! True story!
After our library shenanigans we took a chance — we skipped Moosh’s nap and went straight to the zoo. Brave decision, friends! B-R-A-V-E! But the day was BEAUTIFUL. Seriously. 75* and not a cloud in the sky!
It turns out everyone in Akron decided to venture to the zoo. There was a line probably a couple hundred people deep just to buy tickets. I couldn’t have been happier that we are Akron Zoo members and were able to skip the line entirely!
We rode the carousel for the first time (because Moosh insisted — no joke). He was so excited. And then… not so much. But he clung to that penguin for dear life! Ha!
Then Chad took him on the train (I promise we DID see animals! Ha!). He is OBSESSED with trains these days, so his excitement was adorable!
See? We saw animals! Or at least empty glass cages! Ha!
We nearly cancelled our reservation for our anniversary dinner out of pure exhaustion, but we really needed a night out at dinner by ourselves. We went to Nuevo Modern Mexican in Akron. We’ve been really looking forward to trying it out. It did not disappoint!
We sipped on some seriously tasty margs [made with juices freshly squeezed on-site], snacked on guacamole, and devoured our dinners in record time. It turns out we’re still trying to master the ‘slowing down’ to eat thing. Every time we eat without Moosh we eat like he might walk in and take our attention away from food any second.
It was an awesome second anniversary. I wouldn’t have it any other way. And we’ve officially realized that going out without Moosh is incredibly important, so we’re working in regular date nights! 🙂
In an effort to live a more authentic life in 2014 and to do so happily, I’m sharing a list of some easy tips to serve as a reminder to myself (and to you!) on how GOOD it can feel to live in a way where you feel supremely happy!
Here’s what I’m focusing on right now:
I’ll check back in in just a couple of weeks!
Last summer I had one of the most powerful nights of my life — the night of the #BelieveInCLE Yoga & Music Event at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!
I wrote about the experience here. I had originally stated that 1100 yogis were practicing together, but come to find out it was 1400!! FOURTEEN HUNDRED! Incredible!!
A second Believe in CLE event was announced near the end of December and I knew I was not going to miss it.
Cleveland Yoga from the East Side (the studio I began with 7 years ago!) and Inner Bliss Yoga from the West Side hosted the event this past Saturday at the Cleveland Museum of Art‘s (fairly new) Atrium.
Note :: All of the professional pictures in this post have been borrowed
from the ever-so-talented Candy Kolsen of New Image Photography,
courtesy of the Believe in CLE Facebook page!
It was my first time in the CMA since the atrium was added on. I’d heard wonderful things about it and couldn’t agree more! What’s even better is that the atrium had its “Living Breathing Collection” which was a collection of plants/grasses/live growing things!
Denise Dufala from 19 Action News started the night by talking about her amazing yoga transformation from one-year ago. People who don’t practice yoga think us yogis with all our ‘transformation’ talk is nonsense. But I assure you, that given an open mind, an open heart, and a little time with a yoga practice, and everyone has a ‘transformation’ story of sorts. Whether it be physical, emotional, mental or all of the above, yoga is life-changing!
A DJ and Tammy Lyons from Inner Bliss got the vinyasa practice started.
It was a little chilly at first, but the power and energy in the room heated it up! And it was definitely a power practice! The sequences were both thoughtful and challenging! As always, modifications were encouraged to make it an all-levels class.
But it was HARD y’all! In a good way. But hard, nonetheless.
About halfway through the 90-ish-minute practice, Tami Schneider from Cleveland Yoga took over and led the 800-yogi class through some fairly tough core work. (Boat pose is my friend, right?? Right. Well, that’s what I kept telling myself as I counted back from 50!).
Oh and the assists!! I nearly forgot about the assists! There were about 40 yoga teachers from various studios across northeast Ohio who were assisting the 800 practicing students. It was so nice to get a little ‘love’ in a spinal twist and triangle pose!
The savasana came at a perfect time (doesn’t it always??). I never imagined that a room filled with 800 people could be completely silent, but it was. It was awe-inspiring silence. Knowing that I was surrounded by all of these people who I loved — these people who I didn’t even know but that I ‘knew’ from this 90-minute practice — THAT was incredible.
The only interruption to the silence was an a capella solo from Annie Yoder. It was beautiful. And it brought me to savasana tears — which are the best, most therapeutic tears in all the land!
At the end of the practice I was WIPED OUT in the best way ever. I can’t wait until the next #BelieveInCLE event! I’m excited to hear about a new venue and excited to share yet another vinyasa practice with a thousand people I don’t know but love anyways. <3
In the meantime I’m going to be riding this post-yoga high for a while… and spreading my love for CLE + Northeast Ohio everywhere! Love my home!!