POSE OF THE DAY...

Hot yoga happiness... 2 of my favorite poses... Standing Bow Pose Dandayamana-Dhanurasana- benefits include moving all the blood from one side of the body to the other, then back again. It develops balance and increases the size and elasticity of the rib cage, and firms the abs and upper thighs. Improves flexibiltiy and strength of the lower spine and builds patience, determination and concentration. My other favorite pose in yoga has always been tree pose, its different in hot yoga though, but I like it.... The tree pose Tadasana -improves posture and balance, increases flexibility in the ankles and knees, and hip joints. It also prevents a hernia by strengthening internal obliques!

The hottest of the yoga

Everyone that knows me knows that I am just slightly obsessed with yoga! Ok... maybe more than slightly... I have been intrigued for a long time with Eastern philosophy, and so yoga kind of just went along with that. My dad and my mom really connected with yoga before my dad died and I believe it brought them closer. It also was very healing to my dad after his stroke and heart attack.... So perhaps my obsession with yoga is maybe a need to somehow still connect with my dad, or maybe its all about feeling centered everytime I go! Whatever reason it is, I always know (and my husband for that matter haha) knows that whenever I start feeling out of balance, or grumpy, its time some YOGA and me time! That being said, I have always pretty much done power yoga at the gym, which I know is pretty westernized version of the goods but it still has roots... When I discovered hot yoga, I went with my awesome friend Jen and the minute I started I was hooked to Bikram! And every time I went after that I knew it was where I needed to be. I needed this, it was a new challenge, and it was almost like a step up from the yoga I had been doing for SO many years! I was hooked! So right away I signed up and have been squeezing all the toxins out of my body that I never even knew I had! haha! All I know is it is total, and complete amazingness, and uncomfortableness all rolled up in one 90 minute class! With the room being 105 degrees, by the time you leave, it is like you jumped into a pool and drip dried by getting squeezed out like a super wet wash cloth! Depending on so many factors, you can lose up to 1000 calories in one class alone! Its amazing and its like I have been taken to a whole other level in yoga land and I am completely infatuated.... Happy yoga!

apple to the core...my newest latest...

Something about creating the perfect balance of a wonderful life through the crazy of having 4 kids, an awesome hubby, a perfect home, and centering on every level spiritually, mentally and physically, and keeping it all together is romantic yet crazy... i try and succeed, try, and fail.... but honestly keeping it simple to the core and moving to the future and living in the moment is as simple and sweet as an apple, yet hard to the core.... everyday is a new day and i am loving every minute traveling this crazy road of a housewife, yoga mama, fitness crazed, zenhappy, mama who is trying every day to become a better person and be happy...wanting to help others find that too...especially my own kids... this is my new blog...and its apple to the core...peace out....