Okay i swear i am not in high school anymore! I'm not even in college anymore but sometimes the little girl in me comes out and gets really shy. I don't know if i have made it clear but i recently graduated college and moved back to my old home town with my parents!!!!
Don’t take pity on me! Envy me, it is one of the best set ups i can hope for. I have a few temporary jobs while i am applying and interviewing for medical school. But mostly fun things like promoting, hosting parties in LA and tutoring. Anyways back to “blast from the past” Today i saw two people from my far past, about five years ago and it was so weird. I totally picked up my cell phone and pretended to text anyone, even though i had at least 8 unanswered texts and a few emails and calls. I was just pressing buttons, nothing made sense! I think i accidentally erased some numbers. Lol
The two people were my childhood’s best friends older brothers (not the same best friend now but my high school partner in crime). Now her brother was a stud in high school and about a year after graduation I went to USC and she went to Notre Dame, i ran into her brother and we started talking. I was at school, so relationships were just fun and she got word that i “broke” his heart and i still haven't talked to her. I apologized and told her i just wasn't interested but there was nothing i could do. Anyways i was at the gym when i ran into him, he looked the same, came over and said hello but luckily my phone rang, so it was an excuse to get away. I was so nervous, my heart pounded for maybe an hour, well at least 20 minutes before the other blast.
You know that first crush you have that's not necessarily out of your league but for some reason you and him just never happened. Well Dustin was my first crush in the sixth grade and although I batted my eyelashes and flirted with him and his friends, i ended up dating his best friend in high school for about 18 month. When i ran into him today it literally took my breath away. Seriously i got so red and almost fell off of the elliptical machine. Luckily i caught myself and pretended to go for my Gatorade. He came over and said hi and I was not only nervous but i was out of breath. I smiled and asked how he was and told him id say bye before I was finished working out. I finished as quickly as possible and did my stretches as deep and long as possible. (I'm hurting now) Then went to the bathroom to freshen up and went over to say bye. I didn’t get a number but about an hour ago i got a text from an unknown number saying it was great to run into me.
I haven't answered back because I am not sure if its my old best friends brother or if its my crush. Hoping its the latter!!! Fingers crossed!
Sometimes the little girl in you just jumps out and takes over.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Monday, November 23, 2009
Power Yoga
November 23, 20009 Yoga Session
Monday Week 13
Today i went to the 8:45 yoga session because i had to make one up and also because i knew that today our actual yoga class was going to be the post test, so we werent going to do an actual yoga session
I had a really great class. I loved it. It was face paced and seemed like power yoga. I was doing a lot of down facing dogs and forward lifts. we did vinyasas, chaturangas. One of the things about this class was it was harder to hear and follow along, usually Sharkie walks us through our workouts and maybe ive just gotten use to her way but i can usually follow along with my eyes closed, but this class she called out positions and sometimes i missed them and was in downface dog instead of child. We did alot more poses that were based on the core and upper body. We didnt really roll around like we do in Sharkies class but it was still a great workout and i did sweat more than i have ever done.
It is a great workout i hope i make it to wednesdays, if not i will try to do yoga at least once or twice before thanksgiving.
Happy Thanksgiving
Monday Week 13
Today i went to the 8:45 yoga session because i had to make one up and also because i knew that today our actual yoga class was going to be the post test, so we werent going to do an actual yoga session
I had a really great class. I loved it. It was face paced and seemed like power yoga. I was doing a lot of down facing dogs and forward lifts. we did vinyasas, chaturangas. One of the things about this class was it was harder to hear and follow along, usually Sharkie walks us through our workouts and maybe ive just gotten use to her way but i can usually follow along with my eyes closed, but this class she called out positions and sometimes i missed them and was in downface dog instead of child. We did alot more poses that were based on the core and upper body. We didnt really roll around like we do in Sharkies class but it was still a great workout and i did sweat more than i have ever done.
It is a great workout i hope i make it to wednesdays, if not i will try to do yoga at least once or twice before thanksgiving.
Happy Thanksgiving
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Creative Yoga
November 18, 2009 Yoga Session 20
Wednesday Week 12
I was actually really excited for todays class, i came in with the need to do the wheel, the pedant and the tripod. It was nice to do yoga today, it was definitely what I needed after a full night of writing a paper and working on a presentation. I did well on my presentation so i was happy going into Yoga.
Before our yoga session i set out to prove to myself that i could stop counting breathes, do the pedant and also relax and release some anxiety. Alma and I walked in and started practicing but we werent warmed up yet so it was a little bit harder than it was later in the workout but finally we did it and when we did it was alot easier and it definitely happened and it was very fulfilling.
Another part of todays instructions was that for about ten or fifteen minutes we got to do yoga on our own. It was nice because we were already in vinyasa and in free flow moving with our body. The way i did it was i started with a forward fold that went into warrior 2 into triangle into inversions into warrior 2 and back into downward facing dog. Each of this poses i held for about 5 or 6 breathes.And then i did it again but on the other side. It felt really free and liberating. Then i did a simple sun salutation C.
After that we got started on faster vinyasa yoga and i started sweating alot. We did some inversions and today we also did the boat and the locust which felt really good and opened up my back. I really liked todays practice and we also got to relax and at the end of it i was really happy and less stressed. Which is what i wanted. Overall i love my semester with Yoga!!!!
Wednesday Week 12
I was actually really excited for todays class, i came in with the need to do the wheel, the pedant and the tripod. It was nice to do yoga today, it was definitely what I needed after a full night of writing a paper and working on a presentation. I did well on my presentation so i was happy going into Yoga.
Before our yoga session i set out to prove to myself that i could stop counting breathes, do the pedant and also relax and release some anxiety. Alma and I walked in and started practicing but we werent warmed up yet so it was a little bit harder than it was later in the workout but finally we did it and when we did it was alot easier and it definitely happened and it was very fulfilling.
Another part of todays instructions was that for about ten or fifteen minutes we got to do yoga on our own. It was nice because we were already in vinyasa and in free flow moving with our body. The way i did it was i started with a forward fold that went into warrior 2 into triangle into inversions into warrior 2 and back into downward facing dog. Each of this poses i held for about 5 or 6 breathes.And then i did it again but on the other side. It felt really free and liberating. Then i did a simple sun salutation C.
After that we got started on faster vinyasa yoga and i started sweating alot. We did some inversions and today we also did the boat and the locust which felt really good and opened up my back. I really liked todays practice and we also got to relax and at the end of it i was really happy and less stressed. Which is what i wanted. Overall i love my semester with Yoga!!!!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Yoga Tone Abs
November 9, 2009 Yoga Session 18
Monday Week 11
Someone told our professor today that we were not doing enough working out on our abs. As funny as it may sound, today i told one of the other yoga girls that i was feeling sore on my upper body and was more flexible and bendy but that my abs and stomach was not getting more tone. Haha i got exactly what i asked for because today we worked out our abs.
We did a lot more boats and core strengthening asanas. It was nice. It was a little more fast paced, but it is the eleventh week i expect it to be...
Like normal we began with Sharkie telling us to notice our breathing, and as soon as i do that i still start counting seconds. But once the routine starts i notice i stop. One of the ab vinyasa we did today really felt like it was working our core and our arms. We started in downward dog and lifted our legs for hold of about 5 breathes...going into runners lunge and then warrior one on the right side. Back in downward dog we held a plank and went from high to low, then we dropped our chest to the floor and did a cobra and into upward facing dog. Back into downfacing dog. The we got up into a forward fold and went into a high chair and we held this almost ten breathes and again followed the vinyasa but with the left side. It really did make me sweat and got me to feel the pull in my abs.
Monday Week 11
Someone told our professor today that we were not doing enough working out on our abs. As funny as it may sound, today i told one of the other yoga girls that i was feeling sore on my upper body and was more flexible and bendy but that my abs and stomach was not getting more tone. Haha i got exactly what i asked for because today we worked out our abs.
We did a lot more boats and core strengthening asanas. It was nice. It was a little more fast paced, but it is the eleventh week i expect it to be...
Like normal we began with Sharkie telling us to notice our breathing, and as soon as i do that i still start counting seconds. But once the routine starts i notice i stop. One of the ab vinyasa we did today really felt like it was working our core and our arms. We started in downward dog and lifted our legs for hold of about 5 breathes...going into runners lunge and then warrior one on the right side. Back in downward dog we held a plank and went from high to low, then we dropped our chest to the floor and did a cobra and into upward facing dog. Back into downfacing dog. The we got up into a forward fold and went into a high chair and we held this almost ten breathes and again followed the vinyasa but with the left side. It really did make me sweat and got me to feel the pull in my abs.
Double Yoga
November 16, 2009 Yoga Session 19
Monday Week 12
Todays yoga class was really a workout and im not sure if it is because we did double yoga with a partner or because i have been incorporating some of the yoga advances that the other instructor taught us to do last wednesday.
Double yoga was really cool we did alot of stretches with a partner!!! It was nice because sometimes we cant bend that far and they pushed us. One of the coolest ones was when we did the double downward facing dog, although i did not get to see when Sharkie demonstrated it because i was the student she was demonstrating on. But people started clapping and after when i looked around and others were doing it, it looked really awesome but i did now know how to set it up. The other cool one was being sat on while in childs pose because it really opens up your hips.
Another really cool thing that happened today was that i was finally able to do the upward bend other wise known as the wheel. It did hurt a little on my muscle on the upper back of my legs. But it was really cool to do and i have noticed that my balance and flexibility is getting stronger.
What i love about the wheel is that i have never been able to do it and now i can finally. It opens the front of my body alot and stretches out the back of my legs, i am not sure that its suppose to be liberating but it definitely is. I cant hold it for ten seconds but maybe five.
Today we also did a breathing relaxation at the end. we started breathing in through our right nostril and breathe out of the left nostril and back and forth and definitely relaxed me.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Be Silent!! Be Still!!!
November 4, 2009 Yoga Session 17
Wednesday Week 10
Wow todays session of yoga was a more athletic type of Yoga. One in which we moved alot, we did stretch alot but we also moved more rythmically to our breathes. As we inhaled we moved into a new asana and as we exhaled we moved back to our central strengthening core position.
Today was nice because we did a sun salutation with the instructor and then we did it again two more times on our own. Now this may not sound like such a big deal but to me it is because i can go at my own pace with my eyes closed and finally feel like im entering a state of relaxation.
We have got use to our warrior poses but now i am focusing on dropping my hips lower and holding them still longer. My triangles are also lower and more straight but what i have realized is that i am again shaky like i was two months ago. And although in the past i wouldnt have pushed myself so i wouldnt look like a novice or beginner now i dont care, because i have realized that no one is even looking at me.
Today sharkie also taught us how to breathe easily by breathing like darth vater she asked us to breathe like he breathes and i couldnt help but say "Luke I am your father" haha!!! I always have to have fun, even when im relaxing. We learned a new twist today from the pigeon pose it was a deep stretch. It was nice, and i do feel like today i broke out a sweat because we were moving so fast, in a vinyasa!!!
During our final relaxation period it was once again hard for me to stay still but i accomplished it at times! I kept repeating be silent, be still! Be Silent! Be Still! It helped me lay still and focus on my breathing.
Wednesday Week 10
Wow todays session of yoga was a more athletic type of Yoga. One in which we moved alot, we did stretch alot but we also moved more rythmically to our breathes. As we inhaled we moved into a new asana and as we exhaled we moved back to our central strengthening core position.
Today was nice because we did a sun salutation with the instructor and then we did it again two more times on our own. Now this may not sound like such a big deal but to me it is because i can go at my own pace with my eyes closed and finally feel like im entering a state of relaxation.
We have got use to our warrior poses but now i am focusing on dropping my hips lower and holding them still longer. My triangles are also lower and more straight but what i have realized is that i am again shaky like i was two months ago. And although in the past i wouldnt have pushed myself so i wouldnt look like a novice or beginner now i dont care, because i have realized that no one is even looking at me.
Today sharkie also taught us how to breathe easily by breathing like darth vater she asked us to breathe like he breathes and i couldnt help but say "Luke I am your father" haha!!! I always have to have fun, even when im relaxing. We learned a new twist today from the pigeon pose it was a deep stretch. It was nice, and i do feel like today i broke out a sweat because we were moving so fast, in a vinyasa!!!
During our final relaxation period it was once again hard for me to stay still but i accomplished it at times! I kept repeating be silent, be still! Be Silent! Be Still! It helped me lay still and focus on my breathing.
Yoga in the Fall
November 2, 2009 Yoga Session 16
Monday Week 10
Its finally starting to feel like fall and as the leaves fall so do i with every tripod asana pose i try out. Lol. But before i get into the specific asana poses and the routine we did this morning. Id like to start by saying that like the new month started, Sharkie also lead (or lack there of) through a session in which she let us lead ourselves in warming up. I worked with two other girls and we bounced poses off of each other. It was nice to do because we got to stretch what we thought we needed to stretch.
We did that for a few minutes and when we felt stretched we got into downward dog pose and sharkie took reign of the class. She did repeat some of the warm up moves we did because maybe she noticed that the rest of the class hadnt or maybe because she wanted too.
This session i feel like we focused a lot on inversions, extending our triangles and twists and also finally trying the tripod. On one of the backward bends i was also able to finally do the backward bend where instead of doing the bridge we put our hands behind our head and lift both our hips and chest into the air so that our head floats above the ground not touching. I was not able to do it for very long but it did happen.
We also did a relaxation exercise at the end of the class where the instructor ran us through visualizations of colors, i saw the bright reds and the oranges but i think i was too stressed out to follow through the rest and i kept moving and got a little anzy. Which is the first time during Yoga.
Monday Week 10
Its finally starting to feel like fall and as the leaves fall so do i with every tripod asana pose i try out. Lol. But before i get into the specific asana poses and the routine we did this morning. Id like to start by saying that like the new month started, Sharkie also lead (or lack there of) through a session in which she let us lead ourselves in warming up. I worked with two other girls and we bounced poses off of each other. It was nice to do because we got to stretch what we thought we needed to stretch.
We did that for a few minutes and when we felt stretched we got into downward dog pose and sharkie took reign of the class. She did repeat some of the warm up moves we did because maybe she noticed that the rest of the class hadnt or maybe because she wanted too.
This session i feel like we focused a lot on inversions, extending our triangles and twists and also finally trying the tripod. On one of the backward bends i was also able to finally do the backward bend where instead of doing the bridge we put our hands behind our head and lift both our hips and chest into the air so that our head floats above the ground not touching. I was not able to do it for very long but it did happen.
We also did a relaxation exercise at the end of the class where the instructor ran us through visualizations of colors, i saw the bright reds and the oranges but i think i was too stressed out to follow through the rest and i kept moving and got a little anzy. Which is the first time during Yoga.
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