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Tin woman…
“The yoga mat is a good place to turn when talk therapy and antidepressants aren’t enough.” -Amy Weintraub I went back to Bikram yoga this morning, after a 6 month hiatus. I’ve been doing Ashtanga yoga twice a week so I thought I’d be fine… As soon as we started, everything hurt…my shoulders were hurting […]
Moon Salutation…
I had a request from a student in my yoga class for the Moon Salutation. Thought of as the opposite to the Sun Salutation, I have to admit that I hadn’t done it in a very long time and had to look it up again to remind myself of the sequence. As I read more […]
Laughter Yoga…
“Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.” ~Victor Borge As part of team building at work, we had Laughter Yoga. I had never heard of Laughter Yoga before, but I have heard that laughter can boost the immune system and helps relieve stress. Having done yoga for many years, I was very intrigued to see how laughter […]
What’s next…
“I like the challenge of trying different things and wondering whether it’s going to work or whether I’m going to fall flat on my face.” ~Johnny Depp I named this blog Finding New Challenges because, for me, that is what life is all about…it’s about trying new things, challenging yourself mentally and physically and constantly […]
Fighting through…
After Tough Mudder on Saturday I went back to the CanFitPro conference on Sunday. I took a couple of spinning seminars in the morning, which as crazy as it sounds actually helped my sore muscles as it got the lactic acid out of my legs. I then went to the closing ceremonies where Peter […]
Just F’ing Train…
I attended the Toronto CanFitPro conference today, the largest fitness conference in the world. Taking place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, the 3 day conference has over 5000 attendees, 400 sessions with presenters from all over the world. Presenters include Peter Twist, Tanya Beardsley (of Zumba fame), Tosca Reno (author of The Eat Clean […]
Back at it…
“It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.” ~Whitney M. Young, Jr It’s been a few months since I posted last. I’m sorry I’ve been MIA, I changed jobs, summer started and time got away from me. The good news is […]
Blisters…
“We must have had 99 percent of the game. It was the other three percent that cost us the match.” ~ Ruud Gullit We had our third soccer game of the season last night. We were going for our third win against a team that’s not particularly strong and were probably too cocky for our […]
Summer’s here…
“It’s a smile, it’s a kiss, it’s a sip of wine … it’s summertime!” ~Kenny Chesney Every time I go on vacation, I come back and have a million things to do…and with summer here, our evenings and weekends are packed with patios and bbqs and all the fun stuff that summer has to offer. […]
First game of the season…
“The rules of soccer are very simple, basically it is this: if it moves, kick it. If it doesn’t move, kick it until it does.” ~Phil Woosnam Our first soccer game was Monday night…we play in the York Region Soccer League, the Women’s Elite division. Our game field is in Stoufville, which is an awful […]
