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treeeeees sway
Nov. 9th, 2007 12:43 pmSo far this day has not gone as planned. I tried to put down the storm windows in the kitchen this morning, only to be defeated by odd angles and inferior upper body strength. We turned on the heat last night as it was 28 degrees outside, but the frugal Yankee in me was horrified that we were doing this when there were still storm windows up anywhere in the house (not to mention the a/c still in the bedroom window). Hopefully M will have more success than me. Then I planned to bring a couple of sleeping bags to the drycleaner's so that next week's houseguest does not have to sleep in a layer of cellar dust, but luckily I looked at their tags before schlepping them over, as they state emphatically Do Not Dry Clean. So I guess I am spending my Saturday afternoon at the laundromat. I'd rather hoped to spend it at the used book store or maybe the fabric store, but maybe I can do everything. The long weekend will help.
It looks like I am dancing at Arisia again this year, and yesterday I had a frakkin' brilliant idea for my performance. There's one prop I would really like that is a bit on the expensive side for a one-off thing, but the rest of the costuming will be pretty cheap, so I might go for it. It would add a lot to the costuming and provide a good psychological lift as well.
Had the time last night for a real yoga session for the first time since coming home from Montreal, and it felt like a luxurious unfurling. Today I still carry some of that feeling with me. I used Eric Schiffman's DVD, the Ali McGraw one. I do sometimes practice on my own without a DVD, but I find a DVD makes me do the poses I would be inclined to avoid on my own. Plus I find the practice on that DVD very effective and soothing. When I first started doing yoga I tried it and was hopelessly overchallenged, but now it is like comfort food almost. I know the poses and the principles behind them now and can settle into expressing them with intention and commitment. It's very satisfying. Also, I love when during tree pose Eric says "It's all right if you sway. Trees sway." Just something about his mellow California voice, treeeeees all drawn out, makes everything ok.
I have already eaten too much chocolate today. Theobromides, hell yeah!
It looks like I am dancing at Arisia again this year, and yesterday I had a frakkin' brilliant idea for my performance. There's one prop I would really like that is a bit on the expensive side for a one-off thing, but the rest of the costuming will be pretty cheap, so I might go for it. It would add a lot to the costuming and provide a good psychological lift as well.
Had the time last night for a real yoga session for the first time since coming home from Montreal, and it felt like a luxurious unfurling. Today I still carry some of that feeling with me. I used Eric Schiffman's DVD, the Ali McGraw one. I do sometimes practice on my own without a DVD, but I find a DVD makes me do the poses I would be inclined to avoid on my own. Plus I find the practice on that DVD very effective and soothing. When I first started doing yoga I tried it and was hopelessly overchallenged, but now it is like comfort food almost. I know the poses and the principles behind them now and can settle into expressing them with intention and commitment. It's very satisfying. Also, I love when during tree pose Eric says "It's all right if you sway. Trees sway." Just something about his mellow California voice, treeeeees all drawn out, makes everything ok.
I have already eaten too much chocolate today. Theobromides, hell yeah!
