Stone black labs from a country of Hachiko:) Hachiko in Shibuya is a lovely meetup place – shiba-inu in Shibuya – perfect.
Category: Beautiful Places
Started out quite exciting with my trip to Japan scheduled to depart on New Years Day – but for crazy reasons delayed to depart on the third instead. So New Years Day was spent on the beach with our favorite dog and watching the sun set.
Then within moments, watching the first super moon of this new year rise as it smudged orange red the entire horizon… breathtakingly beautiful that I forgot to capture it on camera. Sometimes, this phone camera is such a distraction from genuinely experiencing… so here are some photos from earlier that day – it was especially a low tide exposing expansive Beach dotted with abundance of starfish. Frocking in the waves 🌊 with our pup, breathing the fresh ocean air, I was reminded its the simple things in life, like being in nature, being with those you connect with, is all about living my yoga – with joy.
Last 2 photos are taken in Tokyo – where I finally landed on the fourth of January- I just love how Japanese people adorn the entry way with little whimsical decorations of New Year auspiciousness – don’t you? 
Grateful to spend Thanksgiving with friends and family. Thank you to this generous soul, the “bright & luminous” One who should give us a cooking class and a lesson in sharing from the heart. The leftovers should serve as our lunch and dinners for couple of days… she laughed as she insisted we take more home.
My first Moscow Mule in copper mug + straw:) it has a … kick!
So we can kick up our heels and dance and let the world whirl and spin around us?!?
Music please:)
Then … there was the dessert table …
Counting our blessings, not calories* (really!) – Happy Thanksgiving !
* post- thanksgiving detox yoga to glide through the bustle and hustle of the holiday season. Many studies have shown, lowering the cortisol levels is as if not more effective than lowering the caloric intake for weight management – if applied consistently and regularly, customizing the style/school/type of yoga to fit the particular conditions and timeline/age/stage, yoga works even better. Ashtanga style of yoga was primarily designed to settle down the teenage boys through strong athletic physically demanding sequence enough so that they can get to a place of peace where meditation – the ultimate goal of yoga – is even possible. Without all the angst, the frustrations or chaos. Ashtanga style according to yoga scholars*, modeled after British gymnastics/calisthenics dished up as yoga – would that INTENTION – to whip the boys into shape and get them to a point of quiet – would that be appropriate for women in her 30’s, 40’s and 50’s and beyond? How about for men in their 30’s? maybe; 40’s? or 50’s and beyond? Something to think about, that … your own intention defines your practice.
* Read The Yoga Body, by Mark Singleton Fascinating book that makes one think about the cultural appropriation when it comes to yoga … what is authentic? What is real and true for that Self.