breathe, sweat, love

breathe, sweat, love Three pretty standard words, concepts, actions when you first think about it. And yet they are all absolute musts in my life! Lucky for me, they mostly come as a set, too! I’m rarely out sweating without paying attention to my breath (thank you, yoga) and loving what I’m doing anymore. Even…

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Enjoy that spoonful of Ben & Jerry’s!

I finally convinced my roommate/best friend last weekend to come to yoga. We attended a community class at the local lululemon store. We arrived to find out that class was being led by an instructor from the meditation studio: it was a guided meditation session. You might have figured out by now that I love being active. I love…

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#BOSUStrong Bootcamp Babes

Today we’re talking about workout buddies and our favorite partner exercises with BOSU and Fit Approach. And how appropriate that it’s also #womancrushwednesday! I girl-crush on these sweaty ladies so hard! As much as I do usually like to work out solo, there are so many fun exercises to do with a friend! I love my group at…

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Mountain Booty #BOSUStrong

Share this fun mad-lib on your blog to announce the start of the BOSU and Sweat Pink #BOSUStrong challenge and encourage your readers, family, friends to join in on the fun! If you don’t like our mad-lib, that’s totally fine, we’d love to have you announce the start of the challenge in another way that…

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BALANCE! Theme of the…decade?

As we end the second week of the #BOSUStrong challenge, I’m filled with reflection on the theme we’ve talked about: balance. There’s the pure physical element of balance, which I of course love. Balance is a huge part of our every day lives: to work on handstands and forearmstands, to #stopdropandyoga on hikes and runs and everywhere else, to…

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I ran. So I’m a runner. Right?

It’s been 5 years since I’ve run a race. Since I’ve gone through the rigors of a training plan. Even since I’ve played organized sports. Now I hesitate to call myself a “runner.” Why?! Reading Ariana’s debunking running myths post yesterday helped reiterate something I know but struggle with accepting: that just because I’m not training for…

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Balancing Satisfaction and Change, and Watering the Grass

The theme for my classes the past few days, based on the reading below, is all about the grass being greener on the other side. Always. For whatever f***ed up phenomenon. “Single people want relationships, settle people wonder if they’re missing out on something, traveling types miss stability, stable ones are restless, old friends want…

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