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I’m not sure why we need one of these a year… How bout the 31st of every month is yoga day 
Either way, make sure you take advantage of this fabulous day and get your yoga on! The official site is YogaDayUSA but you can also find great deals at some of the online yoga classes like YogaVibes or their tweet here with the coupon code.
I guess what I’m saying is this: No matter how you do it, get it done 
~Namaste
SB
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I just found this site while surfing the net… For all bloggers this is a great way to make keepsakes of your blogs:
Turn your Blog into a PDF Book/Archive.
Give it a try and let me know how you like it.
So this little idea of mine has been growing for a while but I’m ready to kick start this baby. I’m looking for yogi’s with a voice and something to say. Setup is as easy as typing the blog name you want into your browser i.e. http://mynewblog.omblogger.com you will be guided thru setup and be off and running with your new page.
If you have any questions, by all means contact me @ gpy (at) me.com
And by all means, if you have friends, tell them about it too!
~ Namaste
SB
This weekend one of my all time favorite teachers is in town doing a 3 day workshop of what promises to be an amazing weekend. My yoga today however, will be a perfect mix of meditation, rest, and watching the little one while my beautiful wife immerses herself in a fantastic yoga workshop weekend.
After all, the gift of yoga is for me the yoga itself. Finding a way to both share yoga with another, and take part in the mental and physical health of someone I love… Is there anything better?
Join me today, or this week, in enabling somebody… In sharing the gift of yoga with another.
~Namaste and happy freezing cold day to everybody! Stay warm!
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As some of you may have noticed my two teachers listed over there on the right hand side, well, they FINALLY made it out to teach a workshop for our group of yogi’s here in FL. I say finally because while I can go to them, I cannot take my fellow FL yogis with me. It was a fantastic weekend and really made me remember a lot of things about why I practice, why I loved their special style so very much when we were living in SM, and why I wanted to become a teacher.
For those of you who have not had the opportunity to practice with Brick & Krista Cahill, I have to say, there is no better class for a power yoga junkie!!! Their special blend of kick ass power with a focus on “flying” gives me just the right amount of physical exertion that allows me and my ADD mind to finally find that calm place (evident by my snoring in svasana!)
It was the lack of this specific style of yoga that convinced me that I needed to be in teacher training, and that I needed to bring this style to the people of Tampa FL. I realize this morning that I have forgotten that path. The fact that I dubbed myself “Daddy Soft” this weekend is further proof that I need to get back on the plan to bring this unique blend of power and grace to a new community.
So to B&K, thank you for being my teachers, thank you for the inspiration to better myself, and thank you for sharing your gift with all my fellow yogis here in Tampa this last weekend.
Next stop, SB will be working towards an ass kicker class of his own… Stay tuned!
For those who would like to see more of what I’m talking about you should definitely visit one of their classes in Venice CA, or watch here for info on when they will have class streaming enabled to share with the masses! Or you can check out their websites: Brock & Krista
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As some of you may have noticed my two teachers listed over there on the right hand side, well, they FINALLY made it out to teach a workshop for our group of yogi’s here in FL. I say finally because while I can go to them, I cannot take my fellow FL yogis with me. It was a fantastic weekend and really made me remember a lot of things about why I practice, why I loved their special style so very much when we were living in SM, and why I wanted to become a teacher.
For those of you who have not had the opportunity to practice with Brick & Krista Cahill, I have to say, there is no better class for a power yoga junkie!!! Their special blend of kick ass power with a focus on “flying” gives me just the right amount of physical exertion that allows me and my ADD mind to finally find that calm place (evident by my snoring in svasana!)
It was the lack of this specific style of yoga that convinced me that I needed to be in teacher training, and that I needed to bring this style to the people of Tampa FL. I realize this morning that I have forgotten that path. The fact that I dubbed myself “Daddy Soft” this weekend is further proof that I need to get back on the plan to bring this unique blend of power and grace to a new community.
So to B&K, thank you for being my teachers, thank you for the inspiration to better myself, and thank you for sharing your gift with all my fellow yogis here in Tampa this last weekend.
Next stop, SB will be working towards an ass kicker class of his own… Stay tuned!
For those who would like to see more of what I’m talking about you should definitely visit one of their classes in Venice CA, or watch here for info on when they will have class streaming enabled to share with the masses! Or you can check out their websites: Brock & Krista
Both on and off the mat I find myself engulfed in a world of ADD and it is driving me nuts!
When did my life become so busy and complicated that I not only do two things at once but find myself doing three or more… and doing them all badly! As I type this I’m watching TV, working on MY blog, updating the OmBlogger main site, and watching email come in and checking it to make sure it’s not “work”.
This Sunday on the plane home from my last trip I decided that I would try to focus on a single task at a time, to take each task and focus. Then I realized who I am, and that while this is a great idea, it will never happen. SO, I decided to at least bring awareness to my tasks, to notice how many different things I’m doing at the same time, and to try to weed out the nonsense ones.
What I’ve noticed is that I do a lot of things out of habit like checking mail as it comes in. Is there really an email that can’t wait 15 minutes for me to respond so I can finish writing a blog post? Well, there may actually be, but here’s the point, if I can’t learn to find my Drishti, than I will never calm my mind…
Day 3 of my experiment, and as I finish this post I am only doing 2 things…
How many things do you do at once on an average day?
How many of those things need to be done at the same time?
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Both on and off the mat I find myself engulfed in a world of ADD and it is driving me nuts!
When did my life become so busy and complicated that I not only do two things at once but find myself doing three or more… and doing them all badly! As I type this I’m watching TV, working on MY blog, updating the OmBlogger main site, and watching email come in and checking it to make sure it’s not “work”.
This Sunday on the plane home from my last trip I decided that I would try to focus on a single task at a time, to take each task and focus. Then I realized who I am, and that while this is a great idea, it will never happen. SO, I decided to at least bring awareness to my tasks, to notice how many different things I’m doing at the same time, and to try to weed out the nonsense ones.
What I’ve noticed is that I do a lot of things out of habit like checking mail as it comes in. Is there really an email that can’t wait 15 minutes for me to respond so I can finish writing a blog post? Well, there may actually be, but here’s the point, if I can’t learn to find my Drishti, than I will never calm my mind…
Day 3 of my experiment, and as I finish this post I am only doing 2 things…
How many things do you do at once on an average day?
How many of those things need to be done at the same time?
Its been far too long my friends, I’m sorry to say I’ve been too busy to blog. It is sad but true. Today, I realized just how long it had been, and realized it was time once again to get by ass back here and share the love.
Since the birth of our baby in June I have to say I’ve been further away from my practice than ever before, but that’s really no excuse. These last few months I’ve been traveling and while being away from my girls, I have had the opportunity to make a decision for my practice. With 24 hours in a day, 8 of which belong to the customer, what do I do with the rest of my day. Normally I’d find a drinking buddy, go have dinner and drink the night away. This was great for a week or so, but then I started to question what I was doing, and why I wasn’t using this time for the good of my soul instead of the bad.
SO, I made the conscious decision that if I had to be away from my family I would at the very least take care of my body and mind… So for the last few weeks I’ve made almost a class a day while on the road. The initial benefits of getting back to a normal practice are all there, plus I quickly realized how cool it was to have the opportunity to take from that many different teachers. Some good, some not as good, one that was down right bad… But I’d like to think I learned something from each and every one of them. Phrases like “let the electricity from your breath spark the tingle in your fingers” as we came out of svasana. In each class we take there are things that are the same, maybe we do them the same, maybe they are just taught the same, but hearing phrases like this really helped me realize that there are truly many paths to the same destination.
What have you done today to recognize and set your sights on your destination? Have you checked your path, are you still on it? Or does it need to be totally adjusted? Any way you look at it, they are all OK, just choose consciously to follow your path and you will always end up where you need to be.
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Its been far too long my friends, I’m sorry to say I’ve been too busy to blog. It is sad but true. Today, I realized just how long it had been, and realized it was time once again to get by ass back here and share the love.
Since the birth of our baby in June I have to say I’ve been further away from my practice than ever before, but that’s really no excuse. These last few months I’ve been traveling and while being away from my girls, I have had the opportunity to make a decision for my practice. With 24 hours in a day, 8 of which belong to the customer, what do I do with the rest of my day. Normally I’d find a drinking buddy, go have dinner and drink the night away. This was great for a week or so, but then I started to question what I was doing, and why I wasn’t using this time for the good of my soul instead of the bad.
SO, I made the conscious decision that if I had to be away from my family I would at the very least take care of my body and mind… So for the last few weeks I’ve made almost a class a day while on the road. The initial benefits of getting back to a normal practice are all there, plus I quickly realized how cool it was to have the opportunity to take from that many different teachers. Some good, some not as good, one that was down right bad… But I’d like to think I learned something from each and every one of them. Phrases like “let the electricity from your breath spark the tingle in your fingers” as we came out of svasana. In each class we take there are things that are the same, maybe we do them the same, maybe they are just taught the same, but hearing phrases like this really helped me realize that there are truly many paths to the same destination.
What have you done today to recognize and set your sights on your destination? Have you checked your path, are you still on it? Or does it need to be totally adjusted? Any way you look at it, they are all OK, just choose consciously to follow your path and you will always end up where you need to be.