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No more 6:00pm classes – no more commuting…

“Most people think relaxation is is very simple; just recline and close your eyes.  Yet, excepting the scientists, nobody understands what relaxation really means.  You are tired so you go to bed and think that is relaxation.  But unless you are free from muscular, mental and emotional tensions, you are never relaxed.  Despite a superficial sense of well-being, most people are full of tensions all the time… Even while sleeping, thoughts and worries revolve in the mind, so that the tense person wakes up feeling exhausted.  In order to relax completely, the inner tensions of the body, emotions and mind must be released. Then the actual state of relaxation dawn.

… Yoga Nidra is a more efficient and effective form of psychic and physiological rest and rejuvenation than conventional sleep.  Those who adopt this technique in their daily routine soon experience profound changes in their sleeping habits.  The total systematic relaxation of a yoga nidra session is equivalent to hours of ordinary sleep without awareness.  A single hour of yoga nidra is as restful as four hours of conventional sleep. This is one of the secrets of the superhuman efficiency and energy of many great yogis, past and present, who have managed to achieve so much in one short lifetime.”

– Swami Satyananda Saraswati

I mean sole…  “on average we take 10,000 steps a day, logging some 115,000 miles in a lifetime, the rough equivalent of 4 times around the planet… with 26 bones, 33 joints, and more than 100 tendons, muscles and ligaments per foot” – soles of your feet are referred to as your second heart for a good reason.  Caring for them and practicing standing poses gives you strength and stability. In fact, according to a reflexologist, walking barefoot in the grass (or how about sandy beach:) decreases anxiety and the blues by as much as 65% as that sensation releases those feel good endorphins… so there’s so much to be said for yoga toes – spread them out and feel the earth beneath you.  It’s so grounding.  Ever since I saw a documentary on NHK (kind of like PBS of Japan) about the benefits of reflexology I had been intrigued… so this yet another bible:)  Thank you BFF for always knowing my interests and aiding my explorations.

Wildcrafted soaps with beautiful scents of the outdoors… of the trees, the forest.  If you can’t get to the forest for your sanity, then at least these scents and  your imagination can take you there. While at it, how about a Tree Pose?  Last night, Vinyasa yoga and today Moon Yoga… practice, practice… Then a practice of no striving with Restorative… Get your yoga in – even 20 minutes… it’s all good.

Siskiyou?  Mt. Shasta is in Siskiyou county of California. “Although the meaning of the name Siskiyou is uncertain, it is believed to be a Cree Indian word for bob-tailed horse. ”

Just some vignette of recent past – Birthday cake with and without candles;  few birthday gifts to highlight – Wagamama* is a super popular restaurant in London…  Skidless for yoga mat – reminded to spread our toes – spread our love ! Chewy gooey ginger cookie served in coffee filter at Blue Bottle – chocolates displayed like jewels in glass case; crazy pop donuts (though fun to look at, did not eat any) – gorgeous mushrooms at Ferry Building…Simple is beautiful – Love Alice Waters.

* “waga” means “our” or “my” and mama means you know mommy:) BUT actually, “wagamama” means bratty, self-centered and spoiled.  Know anyone like that?