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No One Gives a Shit If Your Day is Rough

October 8, 2014 by Lindsay 2 Comments

I know, I know. Not, like, the best title ever.

I just wanted to get Google's attention.

Anyway. The other day I was talking to a person I know who uses Tinder to look at other people in her area. I'm a little bit jealous because I can't do that anymore to my pesky husband who's all "I really think we shouldn't see other people," and I guess I have to be ok with that? But friends who are on Tinder are very fun for me. No risk and all that. ANYWAY. This person matched with this other person and he said to her in his very first attempt at contact "this has just been SUCH a Monday."

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Energize + Intensify

September 30, 2014 by Lindsay Leave a Comment

This morning while I was racing to teach yoga through three elementary schools worth of traffic I got pulled over for running a red light which was really yellow and also 4 other people did it too and they didn't get tickets and it really wasn't fair but there's nothing I can do about it.

But I got a ticket, and then was late to work, and then spent the remaining class time I had talking about injecting a little more energy into each of our postures in an effort to be a LITTLE more present while we practiced.

It's hard to turn off our minds. It's REALLY hard sometimes when you run into a class and throw your mat down and have to offer some kind of physical and spiritual guidance when seven effing minutes ago you were listening to an officer of the law (who happened to be about 22 years old) tell you that you really shouldn't run red lights when there are cops behind you. ...

Try Not to be a Bitch When You Enter a Yoga Studio

September 22, 2014 by Lindsay 2 Comments

Last night I was sitting at the front desk in my yoga studio checking people in before the evening class. I was kind of sleepy like this picture of my dogs sleeping.

A woman who I didn't know came up and signed her name, then asked if the could PLEASE OH PLEASE borrow a yoga towel for free because she'd forgotten hers and had no money and PLEASE OH PLEASE.

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The 9/11 Checklist

September 11, 2014 by Lindsay 2 Comments

This morning my friend Deborah taught a lovely yoga class all about celebration and gratitude and it was just wonderful. My body was super tired because I'd already taught yoga once before I took her class, but it was just NICE to be reminded of how lucky we are, and of course on a day like today we can't help but remember that some aren't quite as lucky as us.

So, here are some things to do today.

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Running and Walking and Knees and Weight Loss

July 23, 2014 by Lindsay 5 Comments

So, we've been doing some fitnessy things.

And then I hurt my knee.

That's kind of the entire story, but I've been thinking a lot about the things we've been working on, tools we've used, and some pretty messed up things about our culture. As per the usual?

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