Over-joyed

After Thursday-Saturday with friends from Wisconsin, and just getting back from a day with college friends at a reunion, I am tired as anything. It was a beautiful, wonderful thing to see all these people that I had missed having around, but now I need to retreat back into my joy of solitude. Oh my goodness, I do love being alone sometimes. Eat with my fingers, lick the bowl, burp out loud, and pee with the door open. Amen.

Here's another thing to add to the joy pile, though: Namaste-Heather blog is having a sweet giveaway. Loads of stuff all for the raffling. And, yes, I am shamelessly getting another entry for blogging about it, but also reducing my chances by letting people know about it. I figure it evens things out, but lets people know about her great blog, too.

Good luck!

Over-joyed

If you don't know what Breath of Joy is (a entry in this sequence) check out some Youtube videos for it. It's a great pranayama.

1. Sukhasana  (Easy Pose)
2. Tadasana (Mountain Pose)
3. Breath of Joy (8x)
4. Begin lightly jumping, feet barely leaving floor
5. Taking 30 seconds or so, continue to increase height of jumps until you are jumping as high as you can. If your knees can't take that, insert some energy-raising activity that works for your body
6. Take feet 2-3 feet apart. Swing arms and twist torso, pretending your arms are empty coat sleeves, letting them gently hit your body. Exhale "Ha!" as you twist. 1-2 minutes.
7. Tadasana
8. Utkatasana ( Chair Pose)
9. Uttanasana (Forward Fold)
10. Ardha Uttanasana  (Half Forward Fold or Pike Position)
11. Utkatasana
12. Tadasana
13. Repeat steps 7-12 six to twelve times. 
14. Virabhadrasana I (Warrior I)
15. Virabhadrasana II (Warrior II)
16. Trikonasana (Triangle Pose)
17. Vinyasa to Tadasana 
18. Breath of Joy (8x)
19. Repeat steps 14-18 on other side
20. Prasarita Padottanasana (Standing Wide Leg Forward Fold)
21. Folding forward still, bring torso towards on one. Coming through center, repeat on other side. 
22. Slight backbend on coming up, hands interlocked behind back
23. Prasarita Padottanasana, hands interlocked behind back
24. Slight backbend on coming up
    
25. Upavistha Konasana (Seated Foward Fold)
26. Urdhva Dhanurasana, gently coming up by placing one hand behind your sitz bones and bending knees (so feet can be flat on floor), only using one arm as you slightly straighten legs to bring sitz bones off of floor (Upward Bow)
27. Repeat steps 25 and 26, other arm
28. Tarasana (Star Pose)
29. Supta Matsyendrasana (Reclined Twist). Repeat other side
30. Savasana