Happy Half Birthday to me! Today is a rest day for Workout Wednesday. I’ve just arrived in Florida after over 2 weeks in my beloved New York City. I have many fitness (and food) adventures still to tell but in an attempt to have a vacation with my family I’m […]
When I fell in love with exercise it fueled my obsessive nature – length of class time, reps, weights, calories burned, calorie intake, distance completed, rate of perceived exertion, amount of sweat, weight lost etc. I spent a very, very long time letting the numbers of fitness rule my mind and heart that when I discovered yoga at a studio on Christopher Street in NYC called Laughing Lotus in 2002, my world forever changed.
From my LLYC t-shirt circa 2003.
When I found yoga, I found a way to enjoy exercise in a way that was more physically, mentally and emotionally challenging than running a marathon. Through yoga, I gained a new perspective about my pursuit of fitness and health. Yoga helped me learn to be accepting of myself and to appreciate the power of my body, mind and soul. Prior to practicing yoga, I definitely was using exercise as a form of torture along the pursuit to become what I thought was going to be the best version of myself. Now, even though I don’t practice yoga regularly it is really a part of who I am. […]
Cycling in the water? Yup! I mentioned that I was going to squeeze in as many NYC Workout Options as I possibly could during my 2 week stay and yesterday, I got the chance to experience AQUA – The First & Only Aquacycling Studio in NY (per their window):
Neat that my reflection was captured in the window.
Today I’m thrilled to have a guest post from a fellow runner and music aficionado (my words not his), Gerard Pescatore aka The Music of Running. I’ve mentioned Gerard in my Thank You Note To My Fitness Inspirations. Gerard has great taste in music and has helped me with expanding my musical horizons and has been a cheerleader of my sporadic running through injury rehab. Gerard and his wife are both avid runners. Gerard is strong, fast and knows his running stuff – he’s currently training for his 16th marathon! Today this avid music lover brings up a controversial subject in the running world in his post today – music while running. […]
Since I’m gearing up for some interesting workout options for my upcoming trip to New York, I figured I’d do the Fitness Questionairre recently posted on Brittany’s My Own Balance and Kimberly Anne’s Manifest Yourself.
Image: InspiredHomeFitness
Next week I’ll be on the East Coast on vacation. Suffice it to say that I can’t wait to get to New York to see friends, eat great food, take the the subway and say, “No Sleep ‘Til…
Yup, […]