My new handmade yoga apparel!

I am sooooo excited to share my very first piece of yoga apparel.  Yes, yes, I don't really have yoga clothes, tank and comfy pants do just fine.  BUT I do understand why ya'll love the wonderful yoga apparel now, it really is lightweight. 

 (The beautiful package, I want those green pants now)

I entered a giveaway that the Flying Yogini was hosting a few weeks back.  She was giving away a beautiful yoga shirt handmade by Mishogawear.  When I won, I was actually shocked, I don't usually win much.  Mish was so wonderful, and she specially designed the shirt for me.  I love ocean blue!  When I meditate, I visualize the ocean, it always calms me.   She was so sweet, and kind!  AND did such a beautiful job!

If you have not been to her site, I highly recommend looking at it.  I am making a list of all the beautiful clothes I want now.  There is a shirt with Ganesh, I NEED THAT!

 ~So Beautiful~

Even Tuki loves the shirt, but duh, who wouldn't right? 

 ~Tuki usually has to approve things~

I seriously need to start a fun yoga apparel collection now....this could be dangerous....VERY dangerous:-)

~Thank you Mish~

I am looking forward to journaling a lot this month, and maybe I will have some fun new yoga pose pics to share.

OM Shanti Shanti Shanti
Namaste
Terra

Bringing Together One-ness

I still need to figure out how to make sure I fit in yoga & meditation everyday.  I am so thankful to have found this amazing yoga community, you all are so inspiring. 

This month I will be sharing my yoga and meditation experiences, good or bad.  I also decided to commit to the Lululemon Commit30.  The Commit30 I chose was 30 days of meditation for 10-30 minutes.

Here is a bad report, but will become positive when I finish telling you about it....

The Bad (kinda):
I only did yoga once this week, and only ten minutes of meditation once.That makes me sad:(  BUT I do break-out in an asana everyday, my favorite lately is the Dancer's pose (Natarajasana)!!

The Positive:
My in-laws came to visit last Friday, to Tuesday....THEN my Grandparents, Aunt, Uncle, came to visit Thursday and Friday.  Whew, busy week, and full of family love!!!!

So tomorrow I will start off this month right with an hour and half of Shiva Rea. AND some wonderful, peaceful meditation:-)

I look forward to catching up on all the wonderful YIOM blogs.

I may send a daily blog through my phone somedays, just depends on where I am at that day:-)

Namaste,
Terra

Breathe-Calm-Tell Dog to be Quiet-Breathe-Calm.......

All of my animals have always looked so relaxed, even down to my sweet little guinea pig Zeppo.  I try to figure out how they do it, how they can go into complete relaxation so easily.  I am going to guess it could be because they have less worry, and more time to play.

After almost three months of working on meditation, and some frustration during the process.  I had a break through today, I did!!  This is probably the silliest thing to discover, but the best thing.

So this week I decided to try a Shiva Rea yoga DVD from Netflix.  I wasn't for sure if I was ready for the yoga workout, but I need to give myself more credit.  I had a fantastic workout, and now feel amazing.  This week I was able to do plow (Hala-asana) and headstand (Salamba Sirsasana,) the King and Queen of asanas.  Yep, almost three months, and I am able to do the two big yoga poses, YAY ME!!!  I even held the Salamba Sirasana for 60 seconds. 

At the end of the Shiva Rea workout I did, she had us do several minutes of meditation.  Well between yelling at my dog for barking, and making sure my legs were not falling asleep.....I did it, I actually went into complete relaxation.  I had a visual, and felt so peaceful, and all the extra thoughts just passed by. 

So whenever I meditate, I end up meditating in a quiet space, no music.  I really struggled with the silence, but kept trying to find that happy place.  Well guess what?  Today on the DVD, there was some of the most relaxing, beautiful music being played.  AND with the music, I successfully went into a complete relaxed state.  YES!!! I am sooooo happy!!

There is a beautiful website called Spirit Voyage, they have amazing music on their site.  On Fridays they have free music downloads.  So I will be working on making a mix of music, and enjoying some lovely chants, while working on the most amazing form of relaxation.

OM Shanti Shanti Shanti

Namaste
Terra