portland

A WINTER REPRIEVE

I guess everyone will have a reprieve of sorts after the next week or so as school goes on break and people begin to travel towards loved ones to celebrate Christmas. If you’re familiar with me or this blog you know how much I love rain, Winter, Christmas, ect. In the week before Christmas I’mContinue reading “A WINTER REPRIEVE”

MAHALO & ALOHA

I went to South Portland this week to visit one of my teacher training peeps. The plan was to do some yoga in the park and then go eat lunch. Her kids caught wind of our adventure and flew through her house and into her garage. They were so excited my friend could barely getContinue reading “MAHALO & ALOHA”

AN END TO A BEGINNING

Buckle seat belts kids, this is gonna be a long post… Yesterday was my last day at teacher training with Three Sisters Yoga. It was hard to meditate (we start out our weekend mornings meditating for 30 minutes) both days. On Saturday I was teaching my co-students for 15 minutes. On Sunday, most of usContinue reading “AN END TO A BEGINNING”

JUST SHOW UP (AND THE UNIVERSE)

I feel like so much has happened in the past two weeks, it’s difficult to pick what to write about! I’ll start with a journal entry I wrote after meditating in training: I am grateful. I am grateful for life. I am grateful for new friends. I am grateful for yoga. I am grateful forContinue reading “JUST SHOW UP (AND THE UNIVERSE)”

BEING STILL

Don’t let the title of this post fool you. I’ve been very physically un-still lately. My step-dad, H, and I went to the OR Zoo last week. H is getting to a new place, the stroller and ergo have become somewhat of a prison to him after a while, he wants to R U N Continue reading “BEING STILL”

SINCE HE CAME

This time last year I was pregnant. This time last year I think I lived a very luxurious lifestyle, sleeping in until 8 or 9, venturing into Portland for prenatal yoga classes, stopping by various french or vegan bakeries after yoga. My biggest decision was whether I wanted the vanilla cupcake or the chocolate chipContinue reading “SINCE HE CAME”