For good and bad, habits are the invisible architecture of daily life. Research suggests that about 40 percent of our behavior is repeated almost daily, and mostly in the same context. (p.7) Better than Before, by Gretchen Rubin The Power of Habit I’ve finished reading The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg and it was […]
January Experiment: Daily Yoga
In 2018 I’m doing month long “experiments.” Thirty day journeys into developing habits and routines that I think I may want to implement into my life. At the start of a new year we often have a list of “resolutions” that are vague – things like “lose weight” or “get fit.” These monthly experiments are […]
Heart Openers – On and Off the Mat
“Arms stretched out behind you, grasp your hands behind your back…lift your gaze and open the heart” The yoga instructor gently continues to remind us to round the shoulders down and back throughout the class. We are practicing heart openers. I love yoga for many reasons: the chance to intentionally practice deep and full breathing, […]
Running with Friends
Running has become a time that I really enjoy. I usually run alone, sometimes with music or podcasts playing. It’s “me time” – time where I don’t need to think about anyone else but the path ahead of me. That’s why 6 months go when my friend Robyn put out the call for friends to run […]
Coming to the Mat as a Beginner
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.” -Zen Master Shunryo Suzuki One of my co-workers is a certified yoga instructor. Lucky for us, he was approved to give a free 6 week yoga course after work one day a week. When we started the series, he made […]
3 Reasons Why I Love My Fitbit
**This is NOT a sponsored post. I just love how the Fitbit helps keep me active on a daily basis. It’s been about a month since The Broad Street Run, my first longer race. I enjoyed taking a break from running after the race. It was an intentional break, catching up on things that had […]
Broad Street Run Recap
I first came to Philadelphia in 1995. One of the things that really surprised me about the city was how quickly the landscape and feel of the city changed block by block. This was also one of the things that delighted me during the Broad Street Run. I was able to get a glimpse of […]