Spring Into Action! Log your training here :)

This 30BaD post is for support and inspiration. (-Because I need some! :) & I think others do too.) My goal is to get outside and to exercise as a daily routine. I will log my training as I go. It's mostly yoga, running, dancing, jumping, strength training and powerwalking. I invite you to use this post as your daily log too. Your energy would be of great help to me and to the rest of the 30BaD members. -Let's sweat! ( ';D)

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Permalink Reply by cbs on May 13, 2010 at 2:12pm

Colors, clay lol? I just choose red hehe. Actually I hope to make a mold and cast it in bronze.

Well, I faced a big fear this evening and succeeded! OK, not big to you all but a big feat for me. I'm exhausted. Tomorrow is the last day of class and we are cleaning and eating and I got a big watermelon, for me and others if they really want some lol.

Figgie, good job on the meditation!

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Permalink Reply by Isabella on May 13, 2010 at 8:23am

When I get back from drawing classes I will dance, stretch and do strength training. Will log :)

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Permalink Reply by Figgie on May 13, 2010 at 10:11am

Arg...didn't get through reading everyone's posts up to this point, like I like to....anyhow will post today so I don't forget:

20 min Bellydance DVD (Love Potion is the name, I think, best instruction in bellydance I've found!)
Doggie run between 14-16 min (timer is not with me at the moment)

Had just mind-blowing dreams last night. Flying/dying/seeing my life 'events', also first time I can recall purposefully being aware in a dream, it is hard to explain. I am definitely going through some kind of spiritual shift, well, I have been for a while but I think it is reaching up to a higher summit, I think I am finally allowing it.

My practical/competitive/slave-driver side is yelling at me for not doing ENOUGH exercise today. My spiritual (and physical) side has a different take. She wants me to relax, eat what I want (serious tomato desire) and just rest up from all the internal growth because it does effect the physical body. I keep reminding myself that a day of rest is not really a day of rest if you are not peaceful inside.

Ah! Forgot to mention yesterday and today that I have continued the daily meditation, today is day 7.

Hope to catch up with you all later!

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Permalink Reply by Isabella Tomberella on May 13, 2010 at 10:19am

Walked koko thru the 'hood. It was about a 20 minute walk.

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Permalink Reply by ♥ AimeeLovesYou on May 13, 2010 at 2:11pm

Hina-
Oh man, you are really making me want to do one. No more bragging. :) --> "The Z workouts just push my mood and energy through the roof,..."
The affirmations make a big difference don't they? Especially when we say them before our day gets in full swing. Also, being grateful is HUGE. It always changes my mood & sets me straight. Gives me perspective on things & has me get present. Good job Hina. :)
The Z workout I have to try next week. I have a 3 day (4 hours per day) dance workshop this week. I'm super excited about it! So next week will be my Z test week. :) I'll be ready! Xx..

WL-
Yes, I saw the whole movie. I saw it on Netflix. I recommend it. Definitely check it out.

Figgie-
Woh. Seriously sounds like things are stirring. It even sounds like what Gurmukh mentions in the video. Interesting.

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Permalink Reply by ♥ AimeeLovesYou on May 13, 2010 at 2:26pm

Sleep: Slept about 8 hours
Sunshine: Cloudy, cold & rainy.
Water: About 3 liters
Love: How is feels when it rains. Everything gets quiet.
Gratitude: I'm so grateful for this fruity lifestyle. It makes me really happy. It also has made me feel more connected to people, plants, & myself (on all levels).
Bliss: The feeling I get when I'm in "the zone" is indescribable. I reach this state easily in dance, artwork & mediation. I hope to be in this state all the time one day. Each year I get to experience it more and more. It's like a banana when it gets ripe. It gets little spots one by one. Eventually it gets so many spots that they connect & the whole banana turns brown. That's how I want "the zone" to be for me. More & more until it is everywhere & it becomes me! :)
Joy: 30+ minutes of yoga asanas & the 5 rites, plus the pranayama, mediation & kriya I did this morning.
Juiciness: Grapefruits / Pear-banana-date pudding (-twice) / Cucumber noodles & mixed lettuces with carrot-arugula sauce on top (-twice)
Feelings: Feeling really happy. But feeling like I miss the warm sun & want it to come back. -Soon.
:)

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Permalink Reply by cbs on May 13, 2010 at 2:47pm

Your posts are beautiful and inspiring and I'm off to get my beauty sleep. LOL! XX

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Permalink Reply by Willow on May 13, 2010 at 2:29pm

Walk/jogged 5 miles in about an hour this morning- 3 of them barefoot on the astroturf. Had hoped to do more this afternoon but the incessant rain is making me lazy and even a bit achy. Blah. The sun is supposed to come back out on Friday, so I'll just look forward to that and do the best I can in the meantime. It's amazing how a little damp weather can so affect the way I feel.

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Permalink Reply by Ravani on May 13, 2010 at 10:17pm

My day was really full yesterday and I went to bed without posting. Have to catch up quickly and get out to the gym! For 5/12:

Breakfast: 1/2 big watermelon
Lunch: Banana, date, lettuce smoothie
Dinner: 24 oz oj, lettuce, mango, tomato, pineapple salad.
I'll probably eat the same thing for awhile - I like it and I don't have to think too much (always painful for me!)

Exercise: Light; I did Z's workout again. Stretched for 20 minutes. Jumped rope for one.

Sun: It rained. No sun. No dog walk.

Water: 3L

Sleep: It was more than I've had before - something like 12 hours or so.

Feelings: Somewhat overwhelmed. I'm learning and working on a bit too much all at once. I received (on trial) a debt-free instructional thing that has about 40 cds/dvds! I wanted to accelerate paying off our house, perhaps rent it or sell it, and be free to travel. I'm working on ways to free my husband from his business so that he can be with us traveling. The "seminar" has really useful information, but I'm constantly at that, learning about exercise (the book Aimee recommended just came in from the library), still working to renovate my house (like my kitchen, aside from most of the sheet rock, has been gutted and I have to put it back together. I know NOTHING about this, it just sounded so ideal to take an ugly house and make it beautiful. And I'm studying so much about Central America to see if I could go there this winter and transition my family. (In my free time, I'm talking them into moving to Central America!) I know the answer is to slow down and breath, but there are deadlines that must be met and I truly am up for it. This is me whining in the corner before I go in for another round.

But life is great, really it is, and I'm enjoying the return of some of the energy I used to take for granted.

Figgie: would be horrible for you to lose your lunch hour. As for myself, even if I ask a question, I've forgotten by the time I hit the "send" button. But thanks for the tip on Cold Mountain. I watched the beginning of the video WL posted and I'm going to hold off for now. I'm on a 90-day fast from all things I would deem upsetting in the entertainment world. My mind/feelings seem to be even more sensitive than my body, and I'm finally listening. I'll see it some day I'm sure - it keeps calling me. (Like the salt???!!!)

I'm so glad you're enjoying your meditations. I'm doing something of my own right now. As an aside, I used to live in an Ashram - it's where I picked up "Ravani". Although it was wonderful, I've shifted and changed much since then. My (current) call is not so much to the Eastern practices; I'm following a much more Western group of spiritual teachers. (And yes, I can hear what an oxymoron that sounds like. Sad...) Although I frequently change things up, I've loved these teachings for nine years now and am still really entrenched.

Do they gas organic fruit?

Aimee: Were you at the Fifth Avenue Apple? I love that cool glass building. Did they fix your laptop? I watched No Impact Man with my son. It was really cool. Wow! Such focus. I live 6 miles from Hawthorne Valley Farm. I stayed there for a week as a chaperon when my son's fourth-grade class went for their farm trip. The kids herded the cows, fed the chickens, planted, etc. It is a wonderful place. I buy all my food there! And I know Ronny from Ronnybrook farms! It's great to see your home "town" featured (just a little bit) in a movie. Have fun with your dance workshop - dancing is my all-time best thing to do.

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Permalink Reply by ♥ AimeeLovesYou on May 14, 2010 at 9:12am

I was at the Apple store near Lincoln Center. Yes, all is well. Laptop is shiny & like new.

Very cool about the farms. I'm jealous! I want to visit them too. ;) Xx..

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Permalink Reply by Ravani on May 14, 2010 at 9:35am

Maybe I should take my mac to the boring looking (but ever so much fun) apple store near me.

Well, if you decide to make the trip, I'd love to meet up with you!

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Permalink Reply by ♥ AimeeLovesYou on May 14, 2010 at 10:15am

Yes! That would be fun. :D) I would love that.

And yes, get your mac serviced if you can. Sorry it's not an all glass store. The one I went to is all class too. Similar to the 5th Ave store. :) It's no biggie. Just walls. But pretty.