Superstar

May 14, 14 Superstar

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Perspective 3

May 07, 14 Perspective 3

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Melanie’s Mojitos Recipe

May 01, 14 Melanie’s Mojitos Recipe

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Just in time for Cinco de Mayo, but delicious all summer – mix up a pitcher of these marvelous mojitos and you know good times are ahead. 1 Pitcher Water 1.5 C Lime Juice 2 C Vodka ( I use Absolut Vodka) 2 C Rich Simple Syrup (2 Parts Sugar/1 Part Water Mint Sliced Lime Serve in a punch bowl and add ice to glass when serving.  Garnish with the lime and...

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Workflow

Apr 30, 14 Workflow

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I Give Up: I Can’t Complete the 200 Days of Yoga Challenge!

Apr 28, 14 I Give Up:  I Can’t Complete the 200 Days of Yoga Challenge!

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I didn’t succeed at my 200 day challenge.  I just couldn’t complete the number of classes I would need to make up to do it.  I took my son to New Mexico for spring break, I couldn’t find a yoga studio, I got asked to work in California, and I realized I was just not going to complete my 200 days of yoga challenge. It was a disappointment to realize I wasn’t going to make 200 yoga classes in 200 days.  It was a challenge I liked.  In the back of my head, I had hoped I could continue and could actually do 365 classes in 365 days.  I wanted to know what a year of yoga would do for my body.  How would I  be different.  I was fascinated by the idea that I would do yoga every day and I could see the impact it would have on my life.  But I never scaled back my travel or other activities.  I wanted it all. I realized I am more diverse than just yoga.  I want a rich and full life and I want to travel.  I am not willing to give up travel to do yoga.  So here I am, trying to find a standard and doing mostly daily yoga. I have been trying to figure out my “new normal.”  If I don’t do yoga every day, then how much yoga do I do?  I also love the benefits of going almost every day.  I like how daily yoga impacts my life.  It is a practice and I like practicing yoga almost every day.  I really struggled over this and it felt like a real journey for me to figure it out.  In my life, I haven’t been good at regular exercise.  I don’t wake up and think “exercise sounds good”  because mostly it doesn’t.  I would rather read a book on the couch.  So I had some fear that if I didn’t do yoga every day, then I might just stop...

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