Chakra Aligning Sequence

I love Yogajournal.com because they offer a variety of sequence videos by many different instructors.

My mind was a little off balance for the last couple of days and was in much need to realign my chakras.  The video I chose today was called "Get Into the Groove" by Alanna Kaivalya.  The sequence is to help realign the lower three chakras..root, sacral, and solar plexus.

You want to move through Surya Namaskar A a few times to warm yourself up.

These next few pictures are the asanas in the sequence:

Here is the link if you would like to check out the video yourself:

Get Into The Groove

Yoga Love...

Just wanted to share something that I found on tumblr... why we really do yoga.  Not to be bendy and in shape but to connect with our inner self and calm our minds.



Physical form and poses, although useful along the way, are not the end goal. It simply does not matter whether your hamstrings are long or your body is toned if you are not a nice person. Alternatively, a person practicing the most basic level of yoga while maintaining a heartfelt devotion to living a more compassionate and peaceful life is perhaps a very accomplished yogi. Whenever excited students would bring in photos of contortionists and other extremely bendy people to show Jois and his grandson, Sharath, Jois would always take time to look deeply at the image. Then his furrowed brow would clear and he would say, “That not yoga. That only bending. Yoga means self-knowledge.” — Kino MacGregor, The Power of Ashtanga Yoga

Veggies Veggies Juice and More Veggies!

My husband and I purchased a share of an organic farm near us!  Each week for the next 25 weeks we will receive a basket of organic fruits, veggies, and spices!!  Today we went for a ride to pick up our first basket of crops.  The farm is absolutely beautiful and it smells amazing when you walk past all of the fresh crops.  Due to the fact that the farm is organic it takes a lot of extra work to keep the plants healthy and growing without being taken over by weeds.  Sunday morning we are going to help them catch up with the weeding in the carrot beds.  I am pretty excited to start volunteering there a couple times a month.

This was the basket of veggies we received today

We have also purchased a juicer, which I am completely obsessed with and have been juicing EVERYTHING!  My favorite juices so far are carrot/apple and kale/apple.  I need to start looking up more juice recipes!  Since I started juicing I haven't had one cup of coffee in the morning and I feel great!  I can not believe the energy a cup of fresh juice can give you!  Now that we have so many veggies from the farm I can experiment a little more!

 For dinner tonight....A cup of fresh kale/apple juice, organic veggies and whole wheat pasta salad!

Oh!  I forgot that I grabbed a bundle of some fresh sage at the farm and I

am going to dry it out to make a sage stick for cleansing!