WOW WEEK

hello beautiful girls last couple days have been busy/fun....

COLLEGE.

This week is W.O.W week (week of welcome) and so many things are happening including, laser tag,comedian. hypnotist, movie,comedian, etc so much fun so much excitement around the school. 

Today and yesterday i had my 1st day of classes which were chemistry 1 and public speaking,pre calc, English. I had a lot of fun,even though we were just going over the syllabus.lol but it made me feel all grown up. Im pretty pumped to see how this year plays out. I am meeting a lot of people, and so far i really like my roommates. 

I have been walking around the campus looking into many clubs, they have over 300 once i find the ones i am going to stick with i'll be sure to tell you pretty girls. 

YOGA/work out

Yes i am still doing yoga, im trying every day but it is at least every other day so far. I am walking around A LOT. Yesterday i did 45mins of Yogatoday.com campus "turning fear into courage" this class is very hard i was sweating. They also do hand/headstands but since i have not even done these in a class i do back bends/bridges instead. My arms felt like jelly for a couple of hours later! 

I also did 20 min bike (reading my textbook killing two birds in one stone) and i did 12 min on the elliptical. It was good after this little cardio seash. i do not do much cardio any more so i just had fun with it and went at my pace instead of killing myself like i used to. 

today i wasn't able to go to the gym soooo much stuff to do but tomorrow for sure + some yoga hopefully.

 

FOOD.

EZPZ snack:

• Banana
• Peanut butter ( i used WcW)
• roasted pecans

1. cut banana in half
2. spread WCW peanut butter on, i put prob a lil more then a tbsp
3. lay pecan halves on top of banana
4. cut banana in pieces according to each nut to make little bits

This was such an awesome simple/fast snackum before my next class. the flavors melded so well, this would be awesome between some whole wheat potato bread!lol

EZPZ 

getting A's.

This is just my study routine and i seem to do very well with it if not a's, b's. 

• write notes as simple as you can. instead of writing a HUGE sentence try to cut it in half and take the main idea. this way it will be easier to remember and understand.
• Do NOT cram at all. Study each night/day for about 10-20 min and each night re-read the notes you read before, and soon you will know everything.
• make your own quizzes, this is a lot of fun, or at least to me and then you can help others around you 
• Teach other people the material. going over the material to your friend will glue all the info to your head, since when you are teaching others you are using simpler speech that you understand instead of book language.
• if you are reading your text book write main ideas/equations/vocab words on a post it and stick it on the page so you do not have to keep re-reading the WHOLE chapter over and over.
• if you do not understand something ask the teacher and it will be simplier or google the question it will be on the Internet.
• keep learning fun, find a way to will have fun learning, since i am a geek i love the feeling that i am becoming smarter with each class. GEEK ALERT haha
• and again DO NOT CRAM! The point of going to college/school is to learn cramming is only retained for a couple hours, trust me i crammed to much in 9th/10th grade.

long but good

Hey guys I feel so far from the blog community since i d not post as much as i want to let me explain/vent ...

Everyday i get on blogger to do a post but then

a band members GF/ (friend-plant) comes over and i HAVE to of course be nice and accommodate her. I just feel so awkward because i know she just talks about me when it is over and she does not talk to me unless it is gossip. I really don't know why i am posting my vent it just irritates me, because i love my "me" time where i can read blogs, write a blog, do yoga. I have learned to enjoy my company since all the girls in my city are drama fanatics, and have become more independent. 

These interruptions have shown me that i have changed since last year for the better. All you girls are the sweetest nicest girls i have ever "met" before. I love all the support you give each other so sorry for not commenting or such recently but i have been lurking your blogs and when i get the chance i plan on getting to know you all better. 

Thanks for letting me vent! haha now on the food....

Yoga

I have still been doing yoga almost everyday for at least 30min , mostly hour videos. I have a funny yoga story for your enjoyment

• I do yoga at Zoe's now while he has band practice, and one day I was doing a yogatoday.com video and he decides to set the mood for yoga and lights up a couple birthday candled on a Styrofoam plate. it was a cute/sweet idea but while i am in downward dog i smell the candles More powerfully and i look up and see a small fire on the plate! i blew it out but it was defiantly growing. After it was out i started laughing and cleaned up the little mess on the table. here is a pic of the poor Styrofoam plate

• Man o man if you have not tried yoga yet go to yogatoday.com and try their free yoga class now! they begging seems slow, but it is just to get you into a breathing pattern then it will move faster into poses and give you enough time to stretch and get stronger.
• Saturday i am going with my friend to a HOT yoga class which is exciting for me since i have never been.

FOOD:

 I have just been munching on fruit and whole wheat bread and smoothies recently since I do not want to buy my own groceries anymore since i do not have a job. But my eats have been very yummy to me, but not great to show everything in a food blog. 

But i have found a very yummy bread/bagel i like

Nutritional info: calories 240, fat 20. Fiber-7g! Protein 10g! sugar 7g. calcium/iron 10%. Thiamin/niacin 15%.

My review: def more bready then bagley if that makes since. But it it very yummy and made from all ingredients i know! I do not think these were fried at all since it does not have that harder/carby outside that regular bagels have. Overall you are prob better off buying whole wheat bread. But def worth it if buying on sale. I liked it and prob will buy it again if i get a bagel feeling.

This morning was a brekkie cookie made last night and heated for 30 sec this morn.

WOW heating it up a little makes  a HUGE difference! I thought they were already yummy but after microwaving it gets a gooey cookie texture bc if the peanut butter and oatmeal. FANTASTIC! 

• 1/3 cup Oats
• lil over 1/3 cup of a milk water mix
• sprinkle of splenda...sue me ;)
• less then a 1/4 of chopped dried fruit mix
• scoop of naturally more pb (sooo good in the cookie)
• 1/2 scoop of protein mix( i didn't want it too protein powder tasting)
• In the morn topped it with a sprinkle of granola
• side of jam

some melon on the side :)

Lunch will be a green monster since i just finished an hour of yoga. yumm got to get spinach now though. Dinner will be a bagel with tuna/egg/or something

Life:

Since zoe's friend is off tour for 2months we have been hanging with him a lot which is always fun. Last night we went to see G force in 3-D! (yes you read that correctly) It would of sucked if not in 3-D but it was awesome s=because of it. It actually looked like things were flying toward us. Pretty awesome and there was also car crashes and car stunts in a kid movie with gerbils talking? odd but funny.

But also since we are hanging out and out all the time now(not complaining about having things to do) I have to plan my meals more and that is why I already know what i am eating through out the day basically since i pack everything before i head over to zoes.  As long as i get my hour of yoga in i am a happy camper.

I hope all you girls are having a great summer! 

Question:

In th morning and during the day when i stand up i get dizzy/light headed and sometime it goes black for like ten seconds. it is not not ALL the time but def enough to notice.does this happen to you? why does this happen, how can i stop it?

classes,yoga,fruit

Almost the weekend!!

29 days before I move to Miami! ekkk seriously i am very nervous but kindda excited to see what life has in store for me. I got my classes and schedule skip down if you want to food.

Monday
chemistry 9:30-10:45am

Tuesday
Pre calc 8:00-9:40 am
English 11:00- 12:15am

Wednesday
Chemistry 9:30-10:45am

Thursday
Pre calc 8:00-9:40am
english 11:00-12:15
freshmen class (required, easy) 2:00-3:15 pm

Friday (chem day)
Chemistry 9:30-10:45am
Chemistry lab 11:00-1:50pm
Chemistry lecture 4:00-6:00pm

Although Friday is NOT going to be fun at least i have the weekend to look forward to and it is just one day, every other day will be fine. so i am happy with it we will see how it all goes. I just have ALOT of chemistry to do if i want to do nutrition. Which i really think i am majoring in and them minor in public relations so i can event plan!

On to brekkie

Green monster!!

• spinach
  
• cantaloupe
  
• lil cherries
  
• 1/3 peach
  
• some almond milk
  
• less then a tbsp of Jiff natural PB
• scoop of vanilla protein powder

This smoothie was delicious! the cantaloupe gave it a creamier texture, if you like cantaloupe put in your smoothie asap!

on the side i had one of my muffins with a lil smart balance butter

Later i enjoyed a huge Fruit Salad!

• pluot
• 1/2 banana
• peach
• cherries

I also did an hour of yogatoday.com podcast called "primary series part one" it was challenging but so much fun, you held alot o poses for 5 deep breaths, and lots of folding over legs. I loved this podcast because i love stretching and feeling like i am becoming more flexible. It is a great feeling. It is their free class for the week go and try it!

Giveaway:

say what you need to say
I run because i can

fruits veggies life

hey monday!

Hey guys ooops it is 4 days later! but i have just been very very busy.

• The minor photo shoot: the band my boy is in had their photo shoot Saturday, and it started POURING so he had to do it at one of the band members house which i happened to be at. all the pictures are AWESOME quality when they edit them I'll send you a link of their myspace. Then me and the boy got a couple pictures together because the photos were excellent quality. Plus they got it all done for FREE! The photographer is building up her book to go to warp tour next year.
• Sat the boys also did a little acoustic set at Dillard's (my dad is the manager) so now every Saturday they are going to do a little set, and this way they can make more fans,and will have a place to preform
• Sat,Sun nights have been partying which means staying up late and waking up late! sad news is i haven't had time to do yoga in 3 days,  i miss it super much(did it this morning) My friend's 21 bday happened so we had to celebrate! haha
• Do you guys know the band HEY MONDAY? the rhythm guitarist is Zoey's best friend since elementary school. They had a show last night in ft lauderdale so we went to go see them. They did such an AWESOME job! It was so cool to watch them bc this has been all their dreams to be in a famous band, everyone was singing their songs, wanting their autographs, wanting to touch their arm! I could feel the energy so i just started dancing, haha the rest of my group didn't dance, but i LOVE dancing so me and zoe dance.

Alex is all the way on the left.

WHERES THE FOOD???

I haven't taken much photos so i will just start with my brekkie:

i have been eating green monsters every morning which i love love. but i am all out of protein AND spinach! So this morning i had a shmorishborg

• broccoli
• 2 egg whites,1 egg
• 2 slices of tofu
• teryiaki sauce

WORKOUT:

20 min of yoga journal sun salutations

Kim Kardashian 30 min ab workout

10 min of cadiokie(not fun very odd so stopped early)

Hopefully ill be back for spa day, i am babysitting all day today. mulah

GIVEAWAY:

funniest thing i just remembered:

MY last night i dreamed i found PB and J larabars! hahaha i seriously thought i did but nope still have yet to find new larabars :(

Pamper with me

Hello everyone!

soooo sorry i haven't been able to post i have been so busy in fact today i am actually at an orientation at FIU in Miami, so hopefully the timer post works!

when i get back full report on bruno (dont go! haha) and boys band performance!

 Today i want to show you girls 2 EZPZ (haha sorry i had to) recipes for your skin!

*you might be tempted to eat these but don't! haha*

EZPZ Skin glowing/cleansing Mask

• 1 tbsp honey
  
• 2 tbsp finely ground almonds
  
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
  

Mix them all together, rub on wet face gently and then rinse it off with warm water. After i suggest using a toner since your pores will be slightly opened to clean it out ( i use witch hazel, cheap and simple) then your moisturizer of choice to close everything up. 

EZPZ SUMMER SCRUB

• 1 Peach, super duper ripe.
  
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
  
• 1/3 cup white sugar
  
• 1/3 cup olive oil
  

Peel peach and mash it up into a goop, mix all ingredients together. On wet skin massage/scrub the mix onto skin. Do not let it come off right away. remember you are pampering yourself, this should not be rushed massage untill you do not want to massage anymore. Rise it off. 

Have fun with these girls, i always have fun using things in my kitchen for my pampering days because i know it has no harsh chemicals and if i can swallow them then they should be perfect for my skin.

OPTIONAL: give your self a lil time to do this podcast runs 21:21 but yga for about 17min. Try it out even if you have never done yoga, you can stop anytime you want. Also i think medatative yoga on pampering days make one calm and feel energized. 

Have a great day girls! hope you enjoyed it!

this may be done on the 5th or not....

Hey everyone

happy 4th, didn't post for the 4th bc i woke up at 6 AM ! yes 6am i have not woken up that early since ummmm..... school.Of course i barley got any sleep but its all good we went to peanut island with zoes friend on his boat! and we just partied till 2, play "water" pong on WATER. and drinking,chillaxing on floats and just having a fun time. then we went home where i passed out from the sun for a couple hours then headed over to my casa for a bbq my dad was grilling and he grilled me a veggie burger. that's love

I didn't over eat that much i may of had one to many cookies but only 3 (they were all generous sizes) and a veggie burger, corn, guac with chips. pretty good for a dinner but i felt over stuffed.

anyway(no pictures sorry i was delirious half the day)

Sunday eats

Brekkie 

oat bran

• 1/3 cup oat bran
• 2/3 almond milk
• 1/3 water
• 3diced dates
• coconut sprinkle
• tbsp of choco chip cookie dough Peanut butter yummmmmmm

Then went to whole foods to get dinner. and of course a sample of granola and a fig

Lunch

fruit salad, water melon,mango, dried chilled cherries, coconut

Warm English muffin 1/2 ricotta with Cinnamon and splenda, half smart balance butter Cinnamon, splenda.

This was a very good sweet dessert lunch. a mock Cinnamon roll if you will.

Went to see Ice Age 3 with the boy! we went in to the theaters and no one was at the ticket buying booth! so we went inside and only saw the concession stand people, so we just walked into the movie! no one stopped us, it was weird but fun! there i snacked on a trio strawberry bar and green tea, plus 2 cookie dough bites zoe had.

at the end i was still hungry(9pm) so went back to my house to eat dinner

Dinner-

I didnt end up eating my whole foods for dinner bc i want to be really hungry to enjoy it all so it will be lunch today! but dinner was a bowl that was a shmorishborg of...

• Cottage cheese
• Homemade guacamole
• The other veggie burger my dad grilled
• 1 egg/1 egg white "fried"egg (used pam to cook it on stove)

Dessert

A lil hand of m&m's and 2 squares of dark chocolate.

YOGA

tried doing stress reduce yoga from yogatoday.com (it was their free class of the week) but i got to say i love challenging myself so i didn't particularly enjoy this class so i stopped 11min in. This would be GREAT for first timers and people who just want to reduce stress but i wanted a yoga workout flow. SO i went to my podcast and did the balance flow and guess what

1. i can do all the vinyasas without a problem
2. I went from tree poses to toe balance back to tree pose(all on only one leg!!)
3. I did the crow for two breaths this time! doubled my record.
4. I feel sooooo much better and energized, i love yoga and i love how i feel about my body after. I am so proud of my body for being able to adapt and get stronger to hold these poses.

pac man...doughnut?

Hello Fabulous!

yesterday i had this yummy smoothie full of

• protein powder 
• cherries 
• cranberries 
• banana
  

On the side a banana doughnut w DCD...yummmmm i am now in love with dark chocolate dreams. today i made PBU using Dark chocolate dreams and almond milk. i can not wait till i thickens!!

Dinner:

(pic of zoe comp)

English muffin pizza with ricotta cheese and marinara sauce

side was blueberry applesauce no sugar added

Dessert- just munched on a spoon of DCD and 2marsh mellows and a couple pieces of Green and Black chocolate.( yes mother nature gave me a present today so that explains the whole munching on choco at night)

This morning:

I snacked on a couple pecans and date before i did yoga- yoga amazing podcast balance flow. i did soo well! i even was able to go down in a toad balance and stand back up directly to a tree pose! i was pumped. after this 30min class i did my OWN flow to kanye west and lil Wayne haha  it was there more mellow raps, worked well i was focused i did warriors,chaturangas,down dog, wheel and such. i will for prob 15min. it was a lot of fun i think i will try to add my own lil flows after practicing with a teacher. 

Brekkie:

PBU banana smoothie, with 5/6 ice cubes and 3 egg whites on the side

This was not a pretty looking brekkie do i didn't bother snapping a pic but the smoothie was AMAZING! i will be doing this with DCD PBU.

Lunch 

almost five hours later

 a humongous salad!

this all went with about 5 cups of spinach! 

• half an avocado i eventually mushed with a spoon of ricotta
• grilled bell pepper and onion
• grilled portabello mushroom
• tomato 
• 2 egg whites
• 1/3 slice of a natural pizza with out the cheese, i love the marinara soggy bread part of pizza.lol

which turned to this

this was so good i love grilled portabello mushrooms. my dad is making more tonight on the grill and they marinate it with a lil EVOO for healthy fat and balsamic vinegar! needless to say i am PUMPED.

GOALS FOR JULY:

1. start trying green smoothies
2. stop mindless snacking
3. no more diet cola, try for water and green tea(which i am sipping on right now)
4. No grocery shopping, the reason is i want to be able to splurge when i go to college so i can have plenty snacks and food options to stay healthy.
5. Summer glow bikini camp
6. of course at least 30min of yoga a day, i really like this goal! :)
7. HAVE FUN

Giveaways:

snackface

nutritious is delicious

polenta

Giveaway: the healthy lawyer 

My camera is charging right now so i do not have dinner and dessert pics

Dinner was mom made polenta and sauerkraut, polenta is sooo yummy 

Dessert was a sundae kind of thing-

• spoon of choco ice cream
• spoon of vanilla ice cream 
• 1/2 TBSP DCD peanut butter
• 1/2 TBSP WCW peanut butter
• tsp of choco chip dough peanut butter
• 4 roasted marsh mellow

Just what i wanted! i wish i could of taken a pic but i know i will be eating this again!

This morning i did yoga 30 min of a core/balance yoga it was for yogi level def not my level so i stopped half way though but i did all of it until i couldn't do anymore, I feel good about doing 30min and i got really stretched out and energized. Then i did the day one of summer glow i am so excited to see if i get all toned by the end of the month or just see if i feel any different.

Brekkie

I could not decide if i wanted PBU,peanut butter,bread, oatmeal but then i felt like eating something savory so i had 

• 1/2 cup of polenta
• about 1/4 cup of some veggies in a sauce my mom made

Very yummy, and just what i wanted. I thought i was still hungry but i had a cup of coffee and was satisfied.

QUESTION: does anyone else feel like they are still hungry when they actually had enough food? i guess i wasn't full like i am when i have oatmeal or oat bran.

Well I'm off to go do some crafts with magazines while the boy has band practice

Have a great day!!

time to stop being lazy!

GIVEAWAY: zesty

 So this is the first summer in about four years that i have not had a summer life guarding job! last summer i was a making a cool 12 bucks an hour! This summer i make 20 bucks a week for watching my lil sister in the morning. Yea i'd say its a downgrade. but since this summer has started i have been doing nada ZIP ZERO ZILCH. this is so not like me so i am going to come up with a list and try to do at least on thing every day for the rest of the summer.

1. clean up room
2. redo math placement test
3. bake veggie girl Blondie's
4. sell all clothes i have never worn
5. Do yoga every day
6. Find all roommates
7. crafts
8. get a tan
9. Find out what i need to bring down to FIU
10. have a spa day
11. email a health place if they need volunteers
12. get my dad to ask about babysitting to his employees (he is their boss.mwahahaha)
13. Buy an ipod touch???? 
14. Buy for dorm
15. Re do my blog and make it pretty
16. Sign up for SGBB over at oh she glows 
17. Operation beautiful
18. Make bread
19. make seitan
20. Make my roommates a gift or baking good
21. do yoga with zoey
22. learn to skim or at least get on a wave
23. make an easy college cookbook to bring with me
24. Play more poker with the boy
25. Get dressed up for a night out with the boy
26. Find out what classes i want to take
27. make hummus
28. go kyaking
29. make an article of clothing
30. Write a list of jobs i would love to do (not looking at wages)
31. Fix my bike and ride down town
32. Pick up trash on the beach
33. find a free yoga class
34. exercise on the beach .... but a fun way

What else should i do? i want to be more productive and not sitting on my comp for hours or watching tv for hours.

Alright on to the food...

 Last night i wanted pasta but there was no pasta in sight but there was

• 2 Bruschetta Tomato Basil Parmesan boca patties 
  
• marinara sauce
• ricotta chesse 

So i mixed them all up and munched down with a piece of rye bread from the too jays bakery 

and for some reason i got the munchies  so i munched on

• an ice bar
• spoonful of zoey's pb chocolate milkshake
• spoon of ice cream
• half a piece of toast with toasted marsh mellow
• ice tea
• a bite of pizza crust 

haha yea this is what happens when i cant make up my mind, i find humor in it.

YOGA

This morning i woke up and did another INTENSE yoga class from YOGATODAY.COM. it was the "transforming fear into courage and self confidence" lots of chaturangas, downward dogs, lots of arm strength. They also introduced hand and headstands( i can not do these yet but its something to work on) it was an hour long i really enjoyed this one a lot and cant wait to master it!  

this class like all their classes (all about an hour long) was $3.99. Compare that to DVD's you buy for $15 for 30min sessions

Brekkie 

was overnight oat bran

• 1/3 cup oat bran
• 1/3cup water
• 2/3 cup almond milk
• spoonful of okios Greek vanilla yogurt
• Tsp of vanilla
• sprinkle of sweetener
• 1/3 smooshed banana

All of those soaked overnight in the morning i added

• chopped up dried cherries
• 1 TBSP of melted WCW peanut butter
• colorful sprinkles for a nice touch and a lil crunch

At first i wasn't sure if i liked it but after adding he pb i fell in love. This is the perfect brekkie for a hot morning.

Man o Man

This morning i did the Yogatoday.com free class of the week for hamstrings and such . I was going to have an off day but my legs were really tight so i wanted to stretch them out. This class was good lots and lost of leg stretches(obv) which i did need today so that was good

Observation: I really enjoy doing flows the best, not just concentrating on one muscle. it is a lot of fun, kinda reminds me of a weird dance.

Brekkie:

PB choco banana smoothie

• Advantage choco protein milk(like half the carton)
• A frozen banana
• Lil extra coco,and ice
• scoop of naturally more PB

I also enjoyed a small blueberry pancake with strawberry jam.

Today is a busy boring day but i really need get ahead of the game and get as much of this college stuff out of the way so when the time comes i can be done with it all.

To do list:

Make doughnuts 

Make flax and oat breakkie muffins

Finish math placement test

Housing note

finish thank you notes

Figure out meal plan for FIU

Do Loan Note for FIU

Send in that i finished loan counseling

buy camera cord

Another yoga class probably some where in there so i can d-stress from all this college stuff.

Heat warning

Man it is hot over here yesterday was a down poor of rain and today we have a heat warning. You know this girly is staying inside...until it is pool time

FOOD:

I made a Oatmeal cookie for brekkie yummmm

• 1/3cup oats
• 1/2 scoop whey vanilla protein powder
• 1 nice scoop of naturally more pb
• scoop of coconut
• 2 dried apricots diced
• 1/8 cup milk

Lunch stirfry:

• Broccoli
• sauteed tofu with honey teriyaki sauce
• lil cheese
• roasted red peppers and onion
• half English muffin with a dab of butter

It was very good i cant believe i haven't made one before, since it is so hot here i cant have a really hot brekkie or i get even hotter, no go for me.

YOGA

This morning i did 2 yoga amazing podcast.

1. Yoga for creativity- approx 25min. The teacher just did whatever moves he felt like doing, he was being creative and letting his body move. It was fun he even did the crow which i cant do YET.
2. Yoga for weight loss- this one was a lot of fun, it was Vinyasa flow,fast and sweaty. It was approx 25min ( this was a lot of fun)

After i was done i felt so good, and refreshed and calm. I started doing my to do list for collage and what needs to be done before i go to orientation in a couple of weeks. ekkk I'm starting to get nervous.

Question: When you can not do a pose do you just practice the pose over and over again or do you just keep doing classes and soon enough are able to do diff poses?

I am very sorry about no pictures, i have been tearing my room apart, but no worries whenever i make something really yummy i snap a pic so there will be pics up once i find the darn thing.

Giveaway: missy maintain

N her Shoes

i Run beacause i can

run to the finish

Yoga Fun!

Hey everyone !

I'm back but i can not find my camera cord to show you all my goodies so instead i will save that when i find my cord.

Today: i did a 30min core yoga class(podcast) it wasn't a flow but it was fun. I also think i had a lot of fun bc i bought a pink yoga mat from Target today! As well as

This is so very yum. I am falling in love with PB more and more 

PB loco chocolate chip cookie dough Peanut butter. I put this on half an English muffin and toasted it with marshmallows in the toaster over so they "roast" sooooooooo gooooooood. TRY THIS NOW!

I know most of you have do yoga and know the basic benefits from yoga but there are A LOT more benefits then flexibility, strength, calmness, posture. Some are...

•  Pulse rate. A slower pulse rate indicates that your heart is strong enough to pump more blood with fewer beats. Regularly practicing yoga provides a lower pulse rate.
  
• Organs. Yoga practice massages internal organs, thus improving the ability of the body to prevent disease. Additionally, an experienced yoga practitioner becomes better attuned to her body to know at first sign if something isn’t functioning properly, thereby allowing for quicker response to head off disease.
  
• Energy. Regular yoga practice provides consistent energy. In fact, most yogis state that when you perform your yoga correctly, you will feel energized after your yoga session rather than tired.
  
• Sexuality. Yoga can improve your sexuality through better control, more relaxation, and more self-confidence.  ;)
  
• Stress Reduction. The concentration required during yoga practice tends to focus your attention on the matter at hand, thereby reducing the emphasis you may have been putting on the stress in your life
  
• Self-acceptance. Focusing inward and realizing through your yoga practice that perfection is not the goal, self-acceptance begins to take over
  
• Hostility. Most yogis report a huge reduction in the amount of hostility they feel as well as a sense of control when anger flares. This calm effect is likely from the relaxation and meditation that is incorporated in their yoga practice that leads to an overall calming of the nervous system. Less hostility means lower blood pressure and stress and a healthier approach to life
  
• Triglycerides. Triglycerides are the chemical form of fat in the blood, and elevated levels can indicate a risk for heart disease and high blood pressure. A recent study shows that yoga can lead to "significantly lower" levels of triglycerides
  
• Vitamin C. Vitamin C helps boost immunity, helps produce collagen, and is a powerful antioxidant; and a yoga regimen can increase the vitamin C in your body.
  
• Migraines. Regular yoga practice has been shown to reduce the number of migraines in chronic migraine sufferers.
  
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Studies of people with OCD have shown that practicing yoga has lead to a reduction in symptoms–resulting in less medication or medication no longer needed.
  
• Reaction time. Research done in India shows that reaction time can be improved with specific yoga breathing exercises in conjunction with an already established yoga practice. The improvement was attributed to the faster rate of processing and improved concentration gained from yoga.
  

That is just a small list! in the link there are 77 benefits.

Reasons why i started yoga

• I wanted to stop "excersising" and just have fun 
• Need to be more flexible, i have never been able to do a spilt
• I like dancer,long toned muscles and yoga will create those.
• I have heard so many good things about yoga from fellow bloggers.
• I was curious if i would even like it, and i LOVE it! 

Yogadownload.com - alot of free 20min classes some have slides,some do not

Yogatoday.com- every week has a free yoga class,and they do there classes out side to do as well as cheap yoga classes. This free class is called "Happy hips and hamstrings"

go to Itunes podcast for free classes

• power yoga with Dave Farmer (no pictures so it confuses me but i can not wait to know the postures)
  
• YogAmazing-i did the core yoga class with him and it is a video, perfect for beginners

Today i found out what my favorite texture of food is.... Creamy. I L-O-V-E all things creamy. Greek yogurt, Peanut butter,fluff, creamy pies,whipped cream, smoothies, Frozen Yogurt, etc

What is your favorite texture of food?

Yoga help please

Hey everyone sorry about no postage been pretty busy with school coming up, but i have been reading every ones posts! I'll be back tomorrow morn with my brekkie and such but i wanted to say hello.

Giveaways:

Choco covered katie

lucky taste buds

for the love of health

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so the reason i wrote this little post is because i did yoga today for 30min and i loved it! it was a free easy class. But i want to do more since the times goes by so fast, and i feel so refreshed and stretched afterward. But i have no idea the diff in classes and how much diff beginner is them medium. I like to push myself so doing beginner I do not want to do,since I rather be already a advanced. I need help! i want to get those lean yoga muscles but become flexible, i am so tight and never have been flexible.

I have a question: what is a good beginner/medium yoga dvd/online/free/whatever class that will challenge me to be more flexible. on the free-cheap side please. more then on suggestion is great!