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IMG_0261_smallSomeone’s getting a crepe at the crepe shop on the street of Vancouver – the girl making the gigantic crepe says it’s her … first day on the job and … she’s practiced by making she thinks about 200 in the morning. Whhhat? Did I hear that right?200?Maybe 300, she smiles. Practice, practice if you want to get it right… it’s everywhere. The intention, the effort and then … repeat.

She seems a bit nervous with this one, intent that it not have a hole or a tear …needs a nice smooth even spread…
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IMG_0260_small chocolate and fruit toppings – YUM:) Good Job, girl, smile:)

IMG_9900_smallProduced with intentions to end hunger.
IMG_9904_small@UBC Botanical Garden…some apples covered with cheese cloth gauze, grown with intentions. There’s “energy” felt in the clean fresh air here.

Wouldn’t it be cool if there was a meaning, an intention to everything we did? (or would that make us go crazy, lol)
Wouldn’t that “intention” in our actions (or in this case, non-action) defog your muddled thoughts ?
Wouldn’t that bring back the “one-pointed” samurai sword like focus and direction?
No, not quite Sankalpa – not so grand – what I mean is, more of clear, calm, focus, devoid of distractions on things we do that appear to be just a natural progression of things we let happen. It’s no big deal. Almost a realm of not caring… the ordinary.
Precisely.

kaya (Kaya, the American Girl doll, who “draws strength from stories and lessons of the elders” in the tribe …a definite choice for my inner child:)

I used to have long hair in my 20’s for wrong reasons and cut them when I was super busy to deal with the maintenance and this, because I wanted to do the gym and long hair was ikkey with all that sweating. Today it’s back to long – and I am not doing hot yoga anymore.

Today it’s long for a reason I may share someday …it’s not any holding your breath in anticipation kind of a reason.

Anyway, my sister is visiting and when she saw me in my long hair I have not fashioned for awhile she said:
“Oh, are you donating your hair to Locks of Love?”

me: “?”

She mentioned this organization and now I have a mission to grow my hair even longer!

My intention is to donate my hair when it’s long enough – for those with long hair, maybe you’d consider it too?

To have the hair length of 10 inches from tip to tip is pretty long… never had it so long so it’s kind of a challenge – feel like cutting it today so exercising patience. Donating blood makes me feel a bit too vertigo so here’s my other choice – I will just donate my long hair, when it’s time:) Measuring it!

Here’s the site for Locks of Hair – Click Here!
I have learned that it’s important to go to a salon that knows what’s needed so your hair would not be wasted – here’s an input from Yelp for SF area but I am sure there are local salons who can also help – when it’s time, I will seek help.

By Kay T. Ananda

Yoga brings Joy!
Joy to your body, heart, soul and allows your mind to settle all the debris to the bottom of the lake, ripples gently subsides so that like that shining water, your lake in your mind is still and crystal clear. Only then, you can find your truth... when your mind clears and all distractions are gone, leaving you - stillness and clarity. Peace.
Dog is doing yoga all the time and brings you laughs!
Anger is borne out of fear; how do we find that fearless path of inner peace?
Why Bark when you can Wag to express your JOY Joy joy !!!???
無心でしっぽをふる喜びを表すあの子犬のようなJOYを糧に無理ない、各自のコンデイションに寄り添いながらもチャレンジ精神をとりかえす…そんなヨーガを:)
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自分自身が心と体の調和で得た平穏…日常の小ちゃな事に見出す喜びをヨガ愛好者のどなたとでもと共有できたらと願うばかり。ジョイを共有し、ジョイフルライフを。そう、もし犬に例えるのであれば、恐れや威嚇で吠えまくる犬ではなく、シッポふりふり笑顔で愛と喜びに満ちた心持をヨガを通しシャア。恥じる気持ち等恐れず誰でもできる自身ジョイフルヨガを肝に銘じりたい。LOVE LOVE LOVE:)Shanti Shanti Shanti:)