NEW YOGA BLOG!

oh, my poor blog, i fell out of love with blogging here because i got busy, because i didn't have enough focus, because i'm too excited about everything to write it down.

i've started a new YOGA BLOG right over here. more focus, more updates, more photos.

...& we're off to start a new blogging life! see you at MiaParkYoga.com, friends. 

long time, no see!

the blizzard of 2011 has come and gone, her effects lingering lazily, actively keeping us mere humans reacting. as we should! we should always consider mother nature's state as we interact with her.

i'm home and so happy for it. i'm considering my state as i interact with the inter net and my blogging has been slim pickings lately because i spend a *lot* of time online. now that i am a social media consultant, i'm looking at this glowing screen very often.

and i love it.

and i need to balance how much i love the internet and social media. for now, i will work on the mighty bright and beautiful newsletter and nibble on organic cheddar cheese as i look onto the very snowy porch from my huge kitchen window.

happy winter day if you're internetting or if you're out and about.

cold.

happiest 2011 and happiest new year. i have a cold, one that i started in brooklyn and finished at the himalyan institute. even pandatji, the main speaker and spiritual head of the institute was a little sick.

in order to better fight this cold, i have inside of me:
home made ginger tea
echinechea
kefir coconut water
vitamins
green powdery drink
herbal chai
grapefruit seed extract
zinc
chawanprash
triphala
ayuvedic herbs
and what else? i can't even remember. and now...rest. i need to rest to take on the "rest" or 2011! happy new year in korean: say hay bohk manee bahdo say yoh!

snow. s n o w.

i'm in brooklyn and the blizzard has shut this work horse city down. it's lovely. it snowed 20" over night and the snow was up to my knees this morning. i love being influenced by nature, accepting what she provides and working harmoniously with it. our human nature is so influx, so ruled by the mind and emotions. mother nature has her own agenda and it behooves us to be in tune with her. the effective but challenging issue is that the more we're in tune with ourselves, the more we're in tune with mother nature. but sitting still with ourselves in order to know ourselves is...so...challenging.

when i started a regular meditation practice, i had huge energy bursts, shivers, freak outs - all terribly uncomfortable. i wanted to pull my hair out and rip out my heart. i made myself sit through it and with proper guidance, that energy, prana, finally worked it's way out of my body and mind after being contained within so tightly for so long. elizabeth gilbert talks about this experience in her book, "eat. pray. love". she also had shakes and uncontrollable movements when she sat to meditate, to go deeper inside herself.

knowing ourselves and mother nature is not easy, not for those unwilling to evolve, not truly productive if tried once or twice. knowing ourselves and mother nature takes building an intimate, strong relationship with our inner spirit (not mind) and is rewarding beyond description. truly, freedom only comes when we are able to face our inner demons, embrace every layer of thought and feeling, and love ourselves. and consciousness rises. in drips. and with every drip, our hearts become lighter, we have more humor and love in our hearts and the glorious nyc snow storm in december of 2010 becomes the most wondrous thing you've ever walked into.

what a great way to end 2010 and welcome the new year!

heavy mind. light heart.

when i cross bridges, i often fear that the surface below me will fall straight down and i'll plummet into whatever is below me, which, in chicago, is usually dark, cold water. my heart is heavy with holiday sadness and family problems. today, i told myself to fall into the water. i said aloud, "mia, just let go. fall. into. the. abyss." i will. i'll do it, i'll fall into the great unknown and see what happens. if i try to control too much, i'll stand above what i don't know, forever frozen and not knowing what's below, what can happen next. the opportunity to grow is a woven into every breath. i will take advantage of this chance to evolve and let the shaky bridge that connects past to present to future fall away from under me. woah, what an exciting way to end the best year of my life! and what a great way to begin the next best year. 

Chic-A-Go-Go: The Superions (Fred Schneider)

happiness!

woohoo! i'm cranking on my parayoga level one test. i'm so surprised about how much i know already. there are certainly things i need to research in this open book test, but knowing the practicals of this practice is so far so good. there's still soooo much i don't know, it's overwhelming. so, taking a small bite of this giant sweet dessert of knowledge is a great start.

i also got the OK to assist rod stryker, my main yoga man, in minneapolis in january. brr! woah! but we're studying the sutras at yoga center minneapolis and if that won't create internal heat, i don't know what will.

the way i'm taking this yoga test is crazy, it's so hard for me to sit sill and finish. my vata/wind energy imbalance, i guess. i'm getting it done, though. and i'm cooking and doing laundry in my kitchen, all at the same time. mia! oh, i do so much.

the food i made was so good, though: roasted brussel sprout soup. danggg, so good. i ate it with multi grain crackers (i can eat wheat again!) and brie, thank you very much, trader joe's.

i'm so excited about the next few months! finishing this yoga written test and it's other components, going to nyc and the himalayan institute for christmas and new years, assisting my yoga teacher in january, my birthday in february and mexico in march/april to train with my teacher, again.

lucky little girl i am...and a hard working woman, too.