Tag: August Instagram Challenge

Good morning.  Here is the shot for the day – astravakasana – a definite favorite of mine.  Taken outside The Ashram, thank you Vanessa. Have a beautiful Friday 🙂

Namaste!  Here’s today’s installment of #shesgotlegs challenge. Spinal twists are so beneficial, warmed me up nicely on this weird weather day. Forecast predicts T-storms, very unusual for Seattle.  Feels like summer to this Minnesota native.  🙂

#shesgotlegs Here’s my shot of the day.  You may think it looks painful but it really felt awesome after Claudia’s Power Class this morning.  I was fully warmed up and getting supine felt fantastic. Here is another pose I’m working on for later in the Challenge.  I hope I’ll be able to pull off a…

I thrashed all day wanting to get the “perfect shot” sans photographer. I was given free reign to do any backbend I wanted. Ohhhhh the wonderful agony of picking something. But the Basenjis don’t have opposable thumbs. Luckily I found humans at The Ashram willing to help me out.  Here it is….drumroll 🙂 I’ve been…

It is a beautiful day here in Bothell.  I’m finally taking some time to eat – I’ve been practicing yoga on my patio a whole lot this morning.  Changed the sheets, which I’m very grateful to have done.  Dishes next I guess.  At this rate I’ll never make it to Power at 3 p.m.  …

Ok, I am really excited by my #backbendsgonewild choice of the day. I was hope hope hoping that I’d be able to touch my head with my toes. I was pretty close the other day when I wasn’t warmed up, I figured I stood a chance after class. Thank you Davin and Shannon for making…

I’m a microbiologist.  God damn I hate Mycobacterium tuberculosis.  I hate that one-third of the world is infected with it.  And it sure is scary to read about totally drug resistant tuberculosis cases.  Holy Hell. I *do* however, believe in the power of prayer. Namaste  

Here are my choices for my Instagram challenges. #backbendsgonewild: #shesgotlegsI’m pretty darn happy with both but I wish I could try a dozen more times in a dozen locations.  Alas, I need to be a scientist now.