Yoga With Kelly

Outside the snow is coming down, the first snow of the season. All day I could tell something was brewing. I could see it in the sky and feel it in the air. "Something is brewing," I said to myself. And boy was it brewing the snow was falling so much it was basically a white out. What a great time to be inside with the warmth of the oven to keep me cozy. In the oven curry and tarragon pumpkin seeds are roasting. The bounty from yesterday's work in carving the pumpkin, to keep away the evil spirits. <Grin> I bought a pumpkin carving kit at the store and it was totally worth the four dollars I spent on it. The instructions said to carve a hole in the bottom of the pumpkin, guess that's the way to do them now and I actually like it. After I cleaned out the pumpkin and carved it, I thoroughly washed the seeds and separated all of the gunk. I spread the seeds on clean dry flour sack towel to dry. In the morning they were ready to roast.  I drizzled them with olive oi...

Recently I was asked what my motivation is for getting on my yoga mat. I took a minute to think this question over. What was my motivation? Because I often find myself struggling to get on the mat, especially recently, since I’ve been having a hard time at my new job. It has been a tough, emotional transition. However I still make time to get on my mat and I wanted to share with this person my motivation for showing up and now I am going to share it with all of you. Yoga for me is what you make it. I told them; living daily with purpose and intention. For me yoga is more than just the poses, whether it be coming home and cooking a delicious meal with love, intention, and purpose or laying in bed knitting while watching a movie or getting lost in a show. For me these are yoga practices. These actions for you will look different, but what matters is how you do them. Setting your focus and attention on every action and how you perform those actions. The dictionary defines intention as: ...