Namaste

Namaste means I bow to you. The spirit in me honors the spirt in you.

We say it after each yoga class. At the beginning of class we set an intention for ourself or someone else. We honor that intention through our practice and we honor ourselves and one another.

I would do yoga every day if I could. I never leave without feeling better physically, mentally, and spiritually. I leave knowing that I have a divine energy within me, and I need to honor that by being kind to others and always kind to myself as well.

So go do some yoga. It's good for the soul.

Decisions

What if I had taken that internship in Grand Junction, Colorado?

For those of you who don't know, I was offered an internship in Grand Junction mere hours before I was offered an internship at Niles West here in Skokie. I had literally just gotten on the train from the interview at Niles when I got a phone message from Grand Junction. I listened to my heart and here I am...but what if I had gone there?

It is SO crazy to think how decisions like this ripple on and on and we can never truly know what would've happened if we had chosen differently.

Ohmygoodness October is over!

Ohmygoodness, I didn't post for all of October! I have been kinda stressed out with work. I'm stressed because there never seems to be enough time in the day, all I've been doing is things that I don't have a lot of experience in, and I'm really lacking confidence in myself.

On a different note, I have had tons of thoughts pass through my mind for things I wanted to write on here. So I'll just pick and choose a few of them. This may lack some coherence.

Summer was freaking magical. When I run down towards the lakefront path every now and then, I just think about being out there on the beach all summer having the time of my life. I can almost still taste summer. It's slipping away and I'm finding it hard to let go this year.

I've been pretty busy with leagues. I'm in two vball leagues (one intermediate, one rec). The intermediate one is a blast because it's more challenging and it's pushing me to become better. The rec league is filled with some of the greatest people I know, and I can tell we are going to have an absolute blast each week. I also played in a softball/kickball league. This was my first non-vball league. It's humbling playing something you're not necessarily skilled in. The people I met through that were awesome amazing too.

I have a secret to reveal to y'all now. I can swim. Like if you dropped me in a pool I could legit not die. I've been working on it since July and have come a really long way. As in when I first started learning I was kinda freaking to put my head in the water. This is big for me. It's been on my bucket list for a while. Now I just have to get better so when I go to Greece I can swim in the Caldera and when I go to Australia I can get my scuba license and swim the Great Barrier Reef.

Ok....Less than Three. How cool was that??? Meeting one of my favorite idols and just one of the people I admire most in Susane Colsanti was an amazing experience. She's just as awesome in person as I knew she would be. I feel like I've lost a bit of my positivity and confidence over the past month or so because work has been so new and challenging. Seeing her helped me remember that I need to believe in myself and believe in the knowing. We'll see you in New York for those cupcakes!

 The conference itself was great too--all about anti-bullying. It was a room full of people united for the same cause. Bullying isn't acceptable, should never be acceptable, and it's time for us to stand up for those who feel they can't stand up for themselves. I've seen firsthand what can happen to these kids when we don't help to stand up for them and it breaks my heart. <3 conference was a great start.

Well I would so write more but it is time to go to bed. Another week. Let's do this.