I used to be a yeller. When my patience wore thin with my 3 young boys, I would often turn to yelling to relieve my frustration. That was before September 26, 2011 when I cashed in my 30 day unlimited yoga Groupon for PBY. I got to sit behind Taz on my first day!   I was hooked before I even realized all the benefits. Since that day, I don't yell. Well, okay, I am human and they are 4, 7, and 8 years old. I occasionally raise my voice. I am grateful to PBY for this.

I have been involved in sports since I was 9 years old.   I finally settled on track in high school and college. I continued running until I tore my ACL during the teacher balloon pop at field day in 2003. It was embarrassing and basically the end of my running life. I hobbled along for a while after surgery, but it didn't help having 3 kids in 3.5 years. The doc suggested I stop running and jumping to end my knee pain. It worked and I have been able to avoid surgery. I turned to indoor cycling as a way to get my heart rate up and not hurt myself. I decided to start teaching cycle classes a few years ago. I now use all my cycle earnings to fund my yoga.  

I had always wanted to try yoga. I knew it probably would be good for my body and my temperament. It was hard to find the time to try something new with three young kids and no extended family in the area. My youngest started a preschool program in September, so I had some kid-free time.  It is time consuming, but worth making it a priority. I have had to ease up on some of my expectations of home cleanliness and have been ruthless in how I spend my entertainment time. My husband who travels often makes his schedule as flexible as he can so I can make it to the studio.  

On June 20th and 21st, PBY was so lucky to have 13 little people from age 8 months to 10 years old bless our hot room with their vitality and flexibility.

Taz lead the tiny yogis in 1 set of each posture in modified heat and humidity.

As is standard with children, we all learned more from them than them from us. They reminded us all what a perfect spine is, how to be fearless in life, how to laugh in camel and every other posture, and to simply radiate.

Each child received a certificate of completion and most of all, we had a ball. It was over before it started, and we were left wanting more.

Thanks Taz for keeping things real, making it fun and sharing the love for the Yoga with our future. May they all be yogis!

Sadhguru and Isha Kriya

Isha means that which is the source of creation.

Kriya means an inward action towards that.

Isha Kriya is a simple but powerful guided meditation designed by Sadhguru which you can do at home.

"I wondered if there could be an actual chemical causing the massive obesity epidemic, so did a friend of mine, John Erb. He was a research assistant at the University of Waterloo, and spent years working for the government.

 

He made an amazing discovery while going through scientific journals for a book he was writing called The Slow Poisoning of America. In hundreds of studies around the world, scientists were creating obese mice and rats to use in diet or diabetes test studies.

 

No strain of rat or mice is naturally obese, so the scientists have to create them. They make these morbidly obese creatures by injecting them with a chemical when they are first born. The MSG triples the amount of insulin the pancreas creates, causing rats (and humans?) to become obese They even have a title for the race of fat rodents they create: "MSG-Treated Rats" .

 

MSG?

 

I was shocked too. I went to my kitchen, checking the cupboards and the fridge.

 

MSG was in everything! The Campbell's soups, the Hostess Doritos, the Lays flavored potato chips, Top Ramen, Betty Crocker Hamburger Helper, Heinz canned gravy, Swanson frozen prepared meals, Kraft salad dressings, especially the 'healthy low fat' ones. The items that didn't have MSG had something called Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein, which is just another name for Monosodium Glutamate. It was shocking to see just how many of the foods we feed our children everyday are filled with this stuff. They hide MSG under many different names in order to fool those who catch on."