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Revenge of the Bees + Why I Do Yoga

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I just got stung by a bee in my backyard! OUCH! At least I think it was a bee – I’m really not sure since it stung my BOOTIE! Wow that really hurt. It’s a good thing you weren’t near me when it happened cuz I was cussin’ like a sailor! I bought a jar of honey this morning from Bees n’ Blossoms at the Reston Farmers Market - could this be revenge? Maybe this bee misunderstood because Bees n’ Blossoms treat their bees really well, using only organic and natural methods.

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Anywho, this morning I had….a SMOOTHIE! Yes, surprising I know. Here’s what I had:

  • vanilla rice milk
  • banana
  • baby spinach
  • Spirutein vanilla protein powder
  • 2 tablespoons of Better n Peanut Butter

And just now I enjoyed my current rave for lunch:

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  • 1 cup cooked oatmeal
  • 3/4 cup fresh blueberries from the Farmers Market
  • 2 tablespoons Chocolate pb2 (you can see it peeking out of the top left side in the second picture)
  • 1 tablespoon maple syrup
  • pinch of cinnamon

SO YUMMY! For those of you who count, it’s 6 WW.

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Yesterday I spent some time with a yoga teacher friend and she asked me “What do you want from your yoga practice?” I didn’t’ have an answer right away but I’ve been thinking about the question. During my practice this morning it came to me. I want to feel connection.

Connection with my mind.
Connection with my body.
Connection with my breath.
Connection with my True Self.

This is why I practice yoga.
During my regular non-yoga practicing hours, I move through my day running errands, talking on the phone, surfing the internet, teaching, cooking, exercising, eating, etc. My mind jumps from one thing to the next. I am not thinking about my body or my breath. I associate with whatever it is I’m doing in the moment – I’m a wife, I’m a daughter, I’m a yoga teacher, I’m a customer.

But during my practice this changes.
I quiet my mind and bring my attention to my breath, and I feel…whole and…happy.

Why do you practice yoga? Or…why don’t you practice yoga?

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Waiting for Kombucha

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Hi there!

So it’s raining again today for the 1 billionth day in a row! Really it is crazy how much rain we’ve gotten. On the positive side I saw this outside my  house today:

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This morning I took Marty and Rosie for a walk and as usual they were FREAKING OUT with happiness as soon as I picked up their leashes. It’s so cool how they are completely jazzed about going for the SAME WALK that we went on yesterday, and the day before, and the day before!

I had my standard Smoothie for breakfast: banana, spinach, Spirutein vanilla protein powder, cinnamon, a little salt, vanilla hemp milk (unsweetened), and pb2. In addition to Better N Peanut Butter, pb2 is my other favorite peanut butter-type product. I even wrote about it on the Double Dog Blog.

For lunch I had another gigantic salad, this time with lots of cauliflower, tomatoes, and chickpeas and topped with Newman’s Own Low Fat Sesame Ginger dressing – YUM!

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I also had the other half of the deceptive Trader Joe’s muffin that I started yesterday. And an apple. I’m HUNGRY today!!

I just checked on my kombucha. Yes, I’m making kombucha from scratch! Kombucha is a fermented sweet tea – you can read all about it here. My friend Kristen gave me the starter kombucha mushroom (called a “skoby“) and besides that all you need is tea, water, and sugar. My first batch didn’t turn out so well (it didn’t taste great and it wasn’t fizzy like the kombucha you buy in the store) but I think I figured out what went wrong. I used decaf green tea and you have to use caffeinated tea. So this time I used a black Chai tea. I also learned that once it’s ready you have to bottle it up and let it sit on the counter for a few days before refrigerating it. SO…it’s fermenting on my counter as we speak and tomorrow I think it will be ready :) I’m really excited to try it. For now, it looks like this on my counter:

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