Thank you to my 8 friends who let me share their practice today out on the tennis court. I promise I will get better at getting the words out of my mouth. (They sound so beautiful and flowing in my head - but must be getting short circuited by the time they reach my mouth-lol). You were all great sports today and I appreciate your participation!!!

It was a beautiful practice with my new women friends at the shelter. I had five students today, and they all did an amazing practice. Lots of laughter and giggles, and even more PRIDE for a job well done on their mats. I thank all of them for letting me into their lives.

EXPAND YOUR BREATH AND CREATE SPACE FOR THE DAY

Yoga at the women's shelter was AMAZING today. The three women who participated in my class were gracious and their energy was delightful. I enjoyed teaching them yoga, and was amazed at how the energy shifted from nervousness to strength within the first half of the class. Thank you to the three of you, for letting me share an amazing day and an amazing practice.....Don't forget to breathe.

A great big thank you to my friend Barb, who let me practice teaching her several revolved poses - including revolved arda chandrasana (more than once on both sides). The words sounds so profound in my head, but getting them out in the same order, is quite a different matter.

Awareness

I took a walk this morning and felt so alive and one with the universe. I was aware of everything around me. Birds on the fences and in the trees, the bright green color of the landscape, bright yellow flowers on the trees, the red blossoms on the pomegranite tree, water overflowing from the sprinklers, the amazing sky with the sun peeking through the clouds, the brisk coolness of the air on my face. Have a beautiful day everyone! What you think you create, What you feel, you attact, What you imagine, you become Adele Basheer

Thank you to all my friends who donated money to help me buy mats for my journey in teaching yoga at the women's shelter. Your donation and graciousness is much appreciated. Namaste'

Woke up to a beautiful rainy day....practiced a sequence for a class I will be teaching on April 19. Hubby practiced with me, or at least for the warm up....I only had 40 minutes of sequencing and had to increase it to an hour, which was really pretty easy. I get so excited sharing what I have learned with others....I <3 YOGA...

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Teaching yoga to my tennis guys before their game this morning was so much fun. What a great bunch of guys, with great senses of humor...One of the guys brought his college age son to play today....He was a tad bit hesitant about the 'yoga', but was a sport and joined it. After class, he told me, "I didn't think I would like yoga, but it was really calming." All of the guys are doing amazing, I can see where they are becoming more flexible and less intimidated by the poses.

Hiked Casa Grande Mountain today with my husband. He was such a sport taking all the photo ops...It was an amazing hike with a really long incline....my legs will be saying ouch tomorrow....and by the time we got to the top, my heart and breath were singing...

Namaste'

Poses on the courtyard....

Today I played on the courtyard of my backyard with lots of fun poses....using the timer on my camera was very, very intimidating....but I got one good picture out of it, anyway.