Yesterday I was in the kitchen chopping vegetables and all of a sudden Skylar got quiet. Not a good sign because I was thinking, oh God, what is she into now.
But I turned around and saw her practicing some yoga. She was working on bakasana (crane pose).
She just turned four. But she’s been watching me do yoga since her birth. Well, technically sooner, since I did yoga while I was pregnant with her so maybe she felt the yoga, too.
I don’t ever “practice” yoga poses (asanas) with her. She just does what she feels like which is how my practice is. I just work on whatever pops into my head and what my body asks for that day. Plus, kids are natural yogis. They just contort, bend, and pop themselves into all kind of poses and take it for granted.
Here’s a really old picture of me in bakasana from this post with tips on how to stay up, or get up, in bakasana
After chopping all those vegetable it was time to east some. Spring time means lots of salads with fresh veggies.
I dressed this one with Orange Coconut Lemon Pepper Vinaigrette
And also had some leftover Mac-n-Cheeze (Vegan, GF, one-pot) to go with it.
Or just pair with Cinnamon Sugar Roasted Chickpea “Peanuts” if you’re craving something a little sweeter.
From my last post about In the News and the Influence of Blogs, thanks everyone for the congratulations you extended for my Fox News feature. It was really exciting for me to be quoted and hopefully just the first and not the last time. I liked hearing if you’ve had any brushes with fame, too.
Everyone seemed to unanimously agree that yes, blogs have incredible influence and power in shaping and influencing purchasing decisions. Everyone seemed to report that yes, you’ve bought things after seeing them on blogs and that you trust the opinions of bloggers more so than celebrity opinions, for the most part.
Dessert: Who doesn’t love chocolate? I actually know some people who don’t love it, but they are not from the same planet that I am.
Chocolate Chocolate-Chip Cookies (Raw, Vegan, GF. You can dehydrate them or bake them in the oven)
Questions:
1. If you do yoga, what’s your favorite pose? Why?
I love pincha mayurasana (feathered peacock pose). I love the feeling of being inverted but balanced on my forearms. I’m in the pose, here.
Inversions and arm balances are poses I really love to practice. I dig backbends, too, because I love to open my chest and chakras and I like the feeling of being upside down and looking at the world from that vantage point.
2. Any poses you’re working on in yoga or otherwise?
I am working on the:
get more sleep pose
try not to blow up my slow computer pose
laugh more, worry less pose
spend more time in my kitchen creating and having fun pose
lay on the beach pose (but that’s coming up!)
What poses (silly or otherwise) are you working on?
3. If anyone has any topics you’d like to see me address, recipes you’d like to see more of, questions you’d like answered, I am open to suggestions from your inquiring minds and could do a future post(s) covering the popular requests.
Speak now and enjoy your day!
my fave pose is crane or just a simple should stand. i love being upside-down! congrats on your news spot–i visited the site and saw it! :) the circle of influence is indeed strong because we are real people, with limited funds so we have to make our purchases with thought and think of others!
I am so uncomfortable whenever I do yoga. I know that means I need to do it more to get my body more bendy (flexible is probably the word I’m looking for here ;-)) and better balance, but it’s so hard for me. My favorite pose is probably child’s pose because I don’t feel like I’m going to fall over or pull a muscle.
I’ve yet to find a yoga practice that I love. I seem to be more of a Pilate’s gal…..And I think I’m still working on keeping my pose, period! Some days can be a challenge…HAHA!!!!!
A current pose I’m working really hard on right now is bakasana. I just feel like it’s a challenge and I’ll be so proud when I can do it for more than 2 seconds! Also, I am REALLY trying to get more limber, ie, not having to constantly bend my knews to do forward folds. How long does that take? I know yoga isn’t a competition and it’s a practice, but I just need to “feel” more limber. ;)
consistency, a daily practice, do it and all will come :)
Wow! That’s a really neat asnewr!
I really hate to say I do any yoga — it is just glorified stretching on my part. I do lots of warriors and downward dogs and pigeon poses after running and those all seem to help. But I’d love to take some instruction on what to do and to make sure I’m doing the poses right.
honestly, i’m not doing as much yoga lately as i’d like to be. . . at some point though, i’d love to get back into it. skylar is so cute!!
I need to work on a “I don’t have to go to work, but am not poor” pose ;-)
Triangle pose is my favorite. I am really just a beginner with yoga and can’t do a lot of the more complex poses.. but I am sure my balance will increase as time goes by.
When I can’t sleep – I literally sit in child’s pose in my bed for about 5 minutes. After that I can go to bed in an instant. It’s a miracle worker!
I am still working on pincha mayurasana, myself! That and handstand, those are my next two. I was so proud of myself when I finally got up in Crane pose! It’s such a rush! As for life poses: need to “get back to reality” after a nice week off and do my “wake-up-when-alarm-goes-off pose” followed by “apply myself to job” pose.
That’s so cute about Skylar! I think it’s great that she’s growing up with yoga around her, whether she realizes the benefits of that now or not! I know you’d never “force” anything on her, and I’m sure that will make her all the more excited to someday soon develop her own practice. :)
Warrior 2 and Utkatasana always stick out in my mind as favorites, just because they both are such powerful poses. But I also love headstand and tri-pod headstand – inversions are always fun!
I loved your daily yoga poses! I think that’s so cute Skylar was working on a pose. So fun! I’m working on my “let’s not worry about money and take a vacation” pose.
well you clearly are taking a page from my book then b.c that’s what I did last week when I informed Scott we were traveling, and I was buying, but that we WERE going on vacay :)
I’ve never been to a real yoga studio before or anything, but I love doing yoga on the Wii Fit. My favorite post is the Sun Salutation – I always feel so relaxed and calm while doing it.
I’m also working on my baking pose – I have had quite a few disasters in the past few weeks and really want to come out with a good recipe this time! :-)
baking pose. oh girl, you and me both. it’s always a gamble in the kitchen :)
KdMgEe Wow! Great thinknig! JK
Awww, Skylar is her mommy’s girl! That’s so fantastic. She seems to enjoy the poses and she’s forming wonderful staying-fit habits that she’ll likely have with her for life. I know you don’t push her to do anything, but she clearly looks up to you and admires you!! :D So adorable.
I don’t do yoga… I think I’m too fat for it? LOL I don’t know, but I’d love to get into it someday. Dustin, too. It’s so good for the body and mind! I have heard so many people rave about it. I’m entering a phase of my life that it’s time to reduce inflammation and stress levels and I think yoga is a great outlet to do so! :) I have Wii yoga, I should try it, haha. I think starting with any kind of moves is beneficial.
don’t even say that about yourself. you are beautiful, inside and out!! :)
As for yoga, it’s the #1 thing that reduces stress, inflammation, toxic thoughts, and is what helps me feel centered. You will love the benefits, too!
i love downward dog, as *simple* a pose as it is…the “easy” yoga poses are awesome the most powerful as you can concentrate on breath and how your body feels, practise getting deeper into the pose.
i read your blog for your personality and writing style! so whatever you care to share is fine by me! (lately, have been loving the photography posts because all the info is new to me, and also because your enthusiasm just shines right through!)
My favorite yoga pose at the moment is pigeon pose and child’s pose for destressing! I love how Skylar is doing her own yoga! I have found greater enjoyment of yoga by just doing poses that feel right at that time instead of following a set out flow :-)
not pre-scripting it is key for me, too.
I want some chocolate chocolate chip cookies! Oh how I wish you could come over for some tea and some gabbing…and cookies! Wouldn’t that be great?
And how cute is Skylar? I love that she’s doing yoga already, that is starting such a great habit that she can carry on for the rest of her life.
I have been going to yoga lately, a Vinyasa class taught by this wonderful instructor. She blends the spiritual with the physical, says stuff that makes the yoga *click*. I just love her. I don’t know that many poses yet, but I do love all the warrior poses, they make me feel so strong, and I love all the twists, the ones where you place your hands at heart center and twist sideways from your belly. Oh feels so good!
i love that you found yoga that just clicks for you!