Inspiration “Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” I used to roll my eyes whenever I read this quote. Really? How could I ever love a job? I’ve worked in a number of different service jobs, as both a bartender and a server. I’ve worked in skincare. I’ve worked […]
If you’re a hiker or spend any time in the backcountry, you should be familiar with the Ten Essentials and carry them with you on all of your trips. The first time I heard of the Ten Essentials was during a Mountaineers course. Up until taking my first course with The Mountaineers, a Seattle-based non-profit […]
Teacher Training …you take three yoga classes in one day. And yes, that’s with working a full eight hours at the day job. How did I manage to do this today? With plenty of planning, preparation, determination and a pep talk or two to get myself out of bed in the morning. Surprisingly getting myself […]
Teacher Training I’ve practiced at quite a few yoga studios where there’s a sign posted on the door to the studio that blatantly reads, “No Cell Phones Or Conversations Allowed in The Yoga Room” and rightfully so. The yoga studio should be considered a sacred place. Even though this may not be a place of […]
Hiking The PCT Before I hiked the Pacific Crest Trail this year in 2018, I never, in a million years, thought my little hike in the woods would inspire so many of you to want to follow along. Thank you so much for inspiring and motivating me right back with all of your loving comments, […]
Teacher Training I decided to double up on yoga classes tonight. I started the evening off after work with a Hot Power Fusion class with Jill and then stayed for her C1 class right after. I hadn’t taken a C1 class since I first came to CorePower Yoga to check out their yoga classes and […]
Bikram Yoga, Hiking I had no idea the powerful effect hiking the Grand Canyon could have on me and how much it would change my whole outlook on life. It had never been on my radar of places I wanted to travel to. It wasn’t until my dear friend, Katie brought up doing the Grand […]
Class Themes On November 1st, I applied for my PCT Long-distance Permit. My target start date for the hike is Wednesday, April 25th. I’ll find out sometime over the next couple of weeks if I get my target start date on the first try. If not, I have a second chance of applying for a […]
Teacher Training Sunny’s Hot Power Fusion class tonight was probably the most fun I’ve ever had in a yoga class. I don’t say that statement very lightly either. I love me some yoga and have taken a number of yoga classes over the years. This class was by far one of my absolute favorites. It […]
Teacher Training Out of all the yoga teacher trainings I’ve done over the last couple of years, Yoga Sculpt teacher training at Corepower Yoga has been my favorite teacher training so far. This is quite a statement for me because when I started my first yoga teacher training, I was obsessed with Bikram Yoga. After […]
It’s been a week since I completed my Rim To Rim To Rim hike across the Grand Canyon. I not only survived it, but I enjoyed taking every single step. Hiking the Grand Canyon Rim To Rim To Rim was easily one of the hardest and most challenging things I’ve ever done. It’s also been […]
Teacher Training We started off our Group Session tonight talking about the two books we were assigned to read during our yoga teacher training, Journey Into Power: How to Sculpt Your Ideal Body, Free Your True Self and Transform Your Life With Yoga by Baron Baptiste and Hot Yoga by Marilyn Barnett. After our discussion, […]
Even though this was technically my last week of yoga teacher training, I was still far behind with meeting my 60-yoga class requirement for graduation. At the beginning of this week, I still had 20 more classes to go. I have some serious catching up to do over the next couple of weeks. I foresee […]
Inspiration My first official assignment for yoga teacher training at CorePower Yoga was to write an essay defining yoga, what yoga is to me and talk about why I practice. We were specifically instructed not to base our essay on Webster’s definition of yoga. Just incase you’re wondering what that is, yoga is defined in […]