Gratitude Monday.. on Tuesday

  Be grateful for all the things you have, I lose sight of this sometimes. It's easy to focus on what you don't have so I'm challenging myself to participate in Gratitude Monday. It's simple, say what makes you grateful today. here. now.

- I'm grateful for my family, my crazy family. Thick and thin we have grown together and loved together.
- I'm grateful for my boyfriend, Im grateful for the fact that we've gotten to the point in our relationship where we are comfortable being grouchy. There's no limits to our love and we are just scratching the surface.
- I'm grateful for my body, who I still struggle with but my body has yet to fail me.
- I'm grateful for my opportunities in this world.
- I'm grateful for all the beauty I've seen and Im grateful for all the beautiful things I have yet to see!
- I'm grateful for friends and excitement when somebody else can finish your sentences.
- Finally, I'm grateful for handstands. I've been practicing and practicing and I'm grateful for the little progress!

Happy Tuesday. I wish the world a peaceful day and soft landings!

Be motivated

Athlete's typically use their bodies as their tools, weapons. We use our bodies in our work, our play. What we don't do is connect with this beautiful machine, we don't listen. For me, I used and abused my body for my sport. I fuelled it with garbage and then asked it to perform.  It took 2 knee surgeries for me to actually listen.. and now i do.
I used to do yoga in high school, I taught 'Yoga and a Story' to young kids where we would read a story that had a valuable lesson and then do simple yoga poses that resembled animals. What I wish I realized then was those lessons were just as valuable to me as they were to the kids. Im now just rediscovering my passion for yoga and all it entails. This blog is my journey and my outlet. Yoga isn't about the fancy clothes or the poses (although they can be exciting), it about the connection between body and mind, soul and the earth. I've changed a lot during my college years and my perspective of the world is different now from what it was. Im learning to love, cherish and forgive. I see selfishness and it teaches me selflessness, greed teaches me generosity and hate.. hate most of all teaches me love.