... and the winner is!

For the past ten months (since the end of May 2009), Chris (my gentleman friend) and I have been traveling, on the road, or temporarily located. Besides some brief stints in a single location, it's been pretty all over the place. 30+ states, 4 countries, and thousands of miles. Through all of it, this blog has been one of the few consistencies in my life. 


Here, I talked about how our long, extended trip was to find our next home. Chris had lived in the Midwest his entire life and I had been in Wisconsin for about 5 years and we were ready to move on. So, as noted, we did a very, very thorough search to find the next right place. The funny thing? (As a yogini, I should be able to appreciate this even more)


The place we ended up deciding on moving to happens to be the very first place we visited. 


In June of last year, after visiting my parents for a couple of weeks, we embarked on a bicycle trip from Ithaca, NY to Ann Arbor, MI. On April 10, 2010, we moved into our new home in Ithaca, NY. From Alabama and Alaska to Washington (both State and D.C.), we ended up where we started. How's that work for ya'?


I'll talk more about homemaking in the future, but for now the winner is... Ithaca, New York! Hello, new home!

... and the winner is!

I am so happy to be in one place. While I am still landing, grounding sequences feel just right. I've done a few of these in the past (while going nutty from all of the travel), but another can't hurt. For those who do chakra work, this sequence finds its home in the first chakra. Give it some of that good yogi energy. 

1. Sukhasana  (Easy Pose)
2. Deep ujayyi (Ocean Sounding) breath, sending breath to root chakra
3. Sun breaths, continuing with ujayyi
4. Table, grounding through parts of body in contact with floor
5. Arch spine towards ceiling, chin towards chest in Marjarasana (Cat Pose)
6. Arch spine towards floor, crown of head towards ceiling inBitilasana (Cow Pose)
7. Flow with breath between 5 and 6
8. Table
9. Lift opposite arm and leg in table to balance
10. Repeat other side
11. Garbasana  (Child's Pose)
12. Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward Facing Dog Pose)
13. Hold for 5 long breaths, bending and straightening legs, warming up
14. Plank Pose
15. Begin Kapalabhati (Skull Shining Breath) in Plank
16. Chaturanga Dandasana (Four-limbed Staff Pose)
17. Rest on stomach, return to normal breath
18. Push back up to Plank
19. Adho Mukha Svanasana
20. Uttanasana (Forward Fold Pose)
21. Tadasana (Mountain Pose)
22. Sun Breaths in Tadasana
23. Utthita Vaya Muktyasana (Standing Wind Relieving Pose)
24. Tadasana
25. Repeat 23 and 24 other side
26. Vrksasana (Tree Pose)
27. Patanvrksasana (Toppling Tree Pose) 
28. Urdhva Prasarita Eka Padasana (Standing Splits)
29. Virabhadrasana I (Warrior I)
30. Virabhadrasana II (Warrior II)
31. Trikonasana (Triangle Pose)
32. Ardha Chandrasana (Half Moon Pose)
33. Trikonasana
34. Utthita Tadasana (Five Pointed Star)
35. Tadasana
36. Repeat steps 26-35 on other side
37. Sukha Matsyendrasana (Easy Twist). Repeat other side
38. Tarasana (Seated Star Pose)
39. Matsyasana (Fish Pose)
40. Savasana