Lower Back Pain and Upward Facing Dog — by Aspiring To Be...Me on

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So I ran into a teensy weensy bit of a snag in my practice this week. Before boarding the plane to go out of town, I notice a slight pain in...

3 Weeks! — by Aspiring To Be...Me on

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*This is a pic of the space I've been practicing in for the past 2 days. As of today at 8:34am, December 28, 2013, I have officially com...

Finding My Way...Back? — by Aspiring To Be...Me on

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During this last observance of the Full Moon, a holiday in the ashtanga yoga tradition, I came to several...disturbing, hard, difficult, tou...

Currently... — by Aspiring To Be...Me on

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I am proud to announce that as of December 14, 2013 I have completed my first full 6 days/week ashtanga home practice. I had to break the Sa...

Baby Steps... — by Aspiring To Be...Me on

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This quote sums up exactly how I'm feeling at the moment with the exception of pretty darn happy and proud of myself ;-) I started my as...

Anger & Surrender: An Evening Asana Session — by Aspiring To Be...Me on

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*Just a little snippet of my yoga space from my evening asana session. Instagram: @aspiringtobe_me Surrender... God/The Universe/The Divine/...

A New Mantra To Live By... — by Aspiring To Be...Me on

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I came across this on Yoga Inspiration and its something that I'm going to try to remember when the dark, heavy clouds come for a visit....

Life Not Easy. Practice Not Easy. — by Aspiring To Be...Me on

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I've never realized the brevity of human strength. Nor have I truly respected and appreciated how much it takes to live life, to find th...

Ashtangi Community: R. Sharath Jois — by Aspiring To Be...Me on

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R. Sharath Jois, also referred to as Sharath Rangaswamy is the current director of the K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute in Mysore. H...

Yoga, Be Strong With Kino MacGregor — by Aspiring To Be...Me on

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I love coming across videos like these of "Western" yoga teachers. Especially, those widely known in the global yoga community lik...

Jumping A Small Hurdle — by Aspiring To Be...Me on

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Mark Kauffman of the U.S. Equestrian Team,  Pre-Olympic Practice 1968. I thought this picture served as a great simile for this post.  I am ...

Walking Again... — by Aspiring To Be...Me on

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After 5 days of a consistent asana practice, I've decided to take a day off before beginning a new. Although 5 days, may not seem like m...

Imagination is Reality — by Aspiring To Be...Me on

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I found this image as a combined result of my recent discovery of Buddha Doodles and Pinterest. I thought it was pertinent seeing as though ...

Angry?...Do Yoga — by Aspiring To Be...Me on

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Recently, I've been extremely angry, jealous, angry, sad, irritated,angry and angry some more. This isn't random, its a result of ma...

Niyamas: Step 2 — by Aspiring To Be...Me on

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The second limb in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras are the niyamas. The niyamas are rules concerning ourselves. Many like to describe the yamas ...