I just got back from a super wonderful bicycle ride. It was oh so summery outside :)
P.S. I know you’re jealous of my sexy helmet. Head injury prevention is the latest fashion rage.
Yoga Dinosaur
Hi. I'm Abi. I drink too much coffee. I used to have really crazy eating habits, but they are better now. I love yoga with all my soul and have a passion for creating fun, healthy food. This is my personal blog and documentation of my yoga journey to a happy, healthy life. Dinosaurs are awesome.
Outfit o’ the evening.
Bye guys I’m off to my friends birthday party :)
Sometimes I like to try and make my favorite poses even more challenging. It’s fun :)
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Just messing around.
This is me on the big stadium screen making my speech at graduation. How weird is that?
Plan for the rest of the day:
- do some yoga
- finish choreographing modern dance final
- finish typing modern dance easy (yes my teacher is crazy, I have already graduated for pete’s sake)
- take a shower
- eat lunch
- Tame the beast on my head that is my hair
- put on clothes (sigh)
- go to school
- dance o’ round
- leave school
- coffee with friends maybe?
- come home
- deal with crazy family
- have dinner
- deal with crazy family some more
- brush teeth
- sleep
Ready, set, goooooooo!
I think my body is telling me to take it easy.
I have been exhausted and craving protein lately. I seriously crashed and took a 3 hour nap today out of the blue. I was trying to finish choreographing tonight, and it just isn’t happening. I ended up lying on the floor of my room for thirty minutes before I realized I was too tired to move. I’ll just have too cut it close and finish tomorrow before class.
I think all of the all nighters I’ve been pulling and basically just insane stress from this year is catching up with me. Not to mention my house is full of relatives and all of the graduation madness. I really need a break.
I am always afraid to take them though. I think that if I don’t do yoga to the point of sweating or some kind of workout for two days I will lose strength and get out of shape. I know this isn’t true though. It might even help me get some much needed muscle recovery which I think is why I am having the protein cravings and need to sleep.
And sleep I will. I fell like I could sleep of days right now. It is something I am not used to. Goodnight.
I’m going to stay up all night attempting to choreograph something for my modern dance final.
Yep. Game plan.
I was going to try and answer some questions tonight but am epically failing.
I just had too much fun at graduation and wore myself out. I didn’t mess up my speech (woooo!) and overall had a blast the whole day long at rehearsal, senior luncheon, and graduation its self. Afterwards I had sushi with my whole family.
What really blew my mind is that I have almost conquered all my fear foods. I had inorganic dairy and sugar and white carbs and fish today without even blinking. All kinds of stuff that a year ago I would have NEVER be able to eat, I did in moderation. I am free.
It is so weird to think that the whole time I was restricting myself so much I wanted to be in control. I wasn’t though. I was a slave to the foods I could not eat. I was a slave to things having to be pure. I was a slave to worrying what would happen if I ever slipped. I was a slave to numbers. I did nothing but worry. Now I choose to eat clean because it makes me feel good and sometimes I choose to eat cheesecake because it is fun, yummy, and a social event. I have never been more in control in my life.
I’m beat. Good night world.
Hi guys, I graduate today :))))
I’ll post more pictures later. Have a great night!
My grandpa is so smart.
He was talking to me about my future and what I wanted to do after college. I told him I was really interested in medical research. He then ended up talking to me for the next twenty minutes or so about the importance of natural health. Here is a direct quote from him:
“I can tell you one thing, I see more and more people these days getting sick. It doesn’t matter if they are old or young, more and more people are getting sick. It is sad really because there are so many simple things people can do to prevent illness. I had a friend who was a doctor that worked with people to lower blood pressure just by walking. They didn’t change anything else. They just added a walk into their daily routine. Every single one of them reduced their blood pressure. There are so many things people can do to stay healthy on their own, they just have to know what to do and then do it.”
I have never been close to my grandfather. He has always lived very far away from me, but we actually ended up having a lot of common interests. My grandmother was on dialysis due to kidney failure and she managed to be able to stop having to take it because of medicinal mushrooms. My grandparents and aunts researched it and found a natural cure on their own. It is really surprising to me because he spent his life working incredibly hard as a salesman, a grocery stocker, and other ood jobs always just scraping by. It makes me wonder if all old people can be so profound. Maybe it is just something that comes with time.
I spent the past 30 minutes doing one sun salutation.
I held every pose for a loooooong time and breathed and breathed and breathed. I have never felt so calm. I felt so strong in down dog. I have been so incredibly worn thin lately. Any second my crazy family from across the country is going to arrive. Tomorrow I graduate (and have to say my speech, ick). I just finished typing my modern dance final today.
It felt so nice to put all of that stuff on the back burner and fill my lungs with air. I have a lot of trouble meditating so this was perfect.
