…the past few weeks have been trying…
Nothing major, just small daily hurdles that are so common in everyone’s life.
However, instead of letting these things accumulate and get me down, I am working hard to keep a positive attitude. Keep a smile on my face. The positive outlook made for a happy week.
And on this Saturday night, I look back and I am grateful for the week’s activities:
- I did yoga everyday – focusing on both asanas and pranayama. It is refreshing and rejuvenating. I am seriously researching yoga teacher training, and this gives me a new excitement and lease on life. I feel that the best way to prepare myself for this is to fully immerse myself in it… so you will probably hear more about this…
- I read three books this week, and I learned something valuable from each of them. Circle of Simplicity, a book written in the early 1990s that spearheaded the “neo”-voluntary simplicity movement; The Long Road Leads to Joy, a beautiful small book about walking, containing poetry, proverbs, and photographs; and a general history of yogic principles and schools in the Hatha Yoga Illustrated. All three were from the library.
- I ate delicious whole foods this week that I prepared with my own hands.
- I exercised everyday; the aforementioned yoga, as well as hiking on Monday, weightlifting on Tuesday, Pilates on Wednesday, row machine on Thursday, and spinning on Friday. Today was a day of rest. Tomorrow is our weekend walk…
- I got a haircut on Wednesday and a bonus head massage from my sweet stylist. Before getting my cut, I had two people tell me that it looked like a certain presidential candidate… guess which one.
- Kris and I went out for brunch today, a change of pace from the home-cooked meals, but also a way to support a new community cafe… it was delicious and lovely. We also had a date tonight to see a movie.
- I knit 8 inches on my sister’s cardigan today. Her birthday is in 16 days. I hope to finish in time!
- I wore my cozy black turtleneck sweater and stayed nice and warm all day – March’s wind definitely came “in as a lion”!
I end this week happy. I will choose to begin the new week with a smile on my face.
What a lovely sentiment – we can always choose to be happy. Have a great week!
I’m glad you had a good week
. It sounds lovely. I look forward to hearing more about your exploration of yoga teacher training! It sounds very exciting. I have been really enjoying yoga myself lately and would like dive deeper. I should take a class at a studio or something. Glad you are still happy! Hope your week is going well.
Great post. I am registered for the 200 hour yoga certification course starting this July for one month. I and totally excited about taking it I hear that it is intense but amazing. I am going to blog about my experience so if your not sure if you want to do it…you can follow me on my upcoming journey.
What a great post!
You made me stop and think about not take all the little things for granted!
a beautiful list of moments thoughtfully chosen. there is so much that we can choose to do to make each day rich and meaningful… thank you for this reminder!
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(i love that pic of you too
xo
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