NOLA Notes

Category: Yoga

This Is It

It’s so easy Too easy, often, To say This is it. Three short words To carry the day. Everyday. When sometimes We need reminding Just to breathe. To breathe, after all, is to be. And to be In just this moment Is all there is. 0 I Like This

Allowing for the Full Benefit of Living in New Orleans

I could give up liquor or cussing like a sailor.  Or I could start a diet.  Or swear off picking my cuticles on a bad day.  Or commit to reading only highbrow Russian literature written over one hundred years ago.  Or throw away my television.  Or go entirely green. The options are endless.  What to [...]

Namaste, Y’all

So WoYoPracMo is upon us. The goal is to practice yoga every day in January. That is quite the challenge to me. But truth be told, it couldn’t come at a better time than a time of needed healing. So I endeavor to start well. Anyone who practices can acquire the yoga siddhis (powers), but [...]

Think Greener!

I was a member of Greenpeace back in the 80s. They had checks printed on recycled paper well before anyone else. And even though I had a minimum wage job, I paid for my membership and my checks and was proud to support a greener world.And in law school, I still clearly remember the day [...]

My To-Do List

While on maternity leave, I am trying to get things done that will just be harder to do once I am back at work. Here’s what I’ve done so far: 1. Written countless thank-you notes for the gifts we’ve received since Sun was born. I am currently caught up! 2. Opened a savings account for [...]

Look Up!

As I move forward with my pregnancy, and the monitoring of Sun gets more in depth, my battle with anxiety has been ongoing. I know I suffer with anxiety and have to rally to rise above it. And ultimately I always do, but sometimes it gets the better of me first. One thing that has [...]

Oh, the Pains!

Over the weekend, I had very little problems with my back aching. And then Monday, it flared up again. It actually hurt pretty bad–bad enough that I left work early to get horizontal. The yoga and hot bath did very little to help–this was the first time I really could get no relief. Then I [...]

Here Goes

I am 5 months pregnant and my back is killing me. Now, counting those 5 months is CRAZY. When I got pregnant, I tried to guess my due date before the doctor told it to me. What a joke! I counted nine months from the date of conception. WRONG. So the very first thing I [...]