up coming posts: 100 Days of Yoga, etc.

 
So, I believe in my first blog post I reserved the right to blog a bit about fitness. Not only am I interested in it, but it relates to the human body, physiology, etc. And that all connects to the biologist in my brain, so I find it interesting.

Well, yesterday marked the 100th in my 100 Days of Yoga, so I wanna blog about that.

And I will.

BUT, I am working on it, and in order to keep it from being PAINfully dull and all-about-me-y, I am carving it up into pieces, and editing it so it is coherent and at least somewhat entertaining.

I hope I hope I hope.

Caveat caveat caveat.

=)

AND in the interim, I will be making an effort, I promise, to get my biobabbler buns OUT there and take some new photos of, as my cousin once said, "the nature."

Anyhow, this 100 Days of Yoga has been an interesting exercise, no pun intended, and I did NOT get some stuff I thought I'd get out of it, and I DID get some things out of it I never anticipated.

Have you ever set upon some sort of long-ish endeavor where the results were not what you expected? I'd love to hear about it, so if you are inspired, please "comment" away.

xoxo

biobabbler

okay: time for yoga. then bed. then, again, outtahere!

 
Incoming biobabbler drought:  WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING!

Taking off tomorrow for fieldwork. Back this weekend.

But first, of course, before tomorrow, is tonight. Which means that now, 10:43 p.m., I must stop THIS:

surfysurfysurfysurfy, bloggybloggybloggybloggy

and start doing THAT:

That'd be "tree," a  yoga pose. Plus a few more. Before beddy-bye.

So, talk to you later, and have a great week!

xobb

Phriday photo quiz answers

 

The plant is Eriogonum inflatum, as Cindy said (in comments). I didn't post her guess RIGHT away so other folks could look and guess, but she nailed it immediately. Nice work, Cindy! HONK HONK!

I just could NOT believe the colors it had while I was there. Joshua Tree NP version of fall colors. Wow!

Second, bonus photo quiz got many VERY interesting and amusing guesses (including community service!), but that photo means I have field work this week. Specifically, work that will be near a construction site, so I have to wear that vest so cars and/or giant beeping equipment backing up doesn't flatten me in a Warner-Brothers-cartoon-like fashion. Or in any other fashion....

It also signals to onlookers that I am authorized to be climbing over hill and dale--in this case to look for bird nests and/or western pond turtles.

The looks you get from passing cars if you're hiking all over near a busy road. Truckers and construction workers (who have also hiked all over in orange vests) seem most friendly re: Honk Honk as they pass by. They see anyone doing that (male, female, indeterminate) and they honk hello. Pretty cute, actually. =)


That's all for now.

Biobabbler, frankly, is still wiped out from the weekend.

Went to Bridge School Benefit Concert (one review) in Mountain View with friends (Bear was home, sick), and got rained on maybe 1/2 the time we were sitting in the grass seating area (cheap seats we live for). And it was a wee bit cold.

Amazing performers, and Pearl Jam was especially great. If you ever see Eddie Vedder live (with band or no) you will "get" why he's so successful.

I've seen a few people at these concerts who have this sort of magical quality that sends them up into some other plane of existence than the rest of the world. Sarah McLaughlin was like that, Chris Martin from Coldplay was, too. And EV is especially tight with Neil Young, and Neil and his wife Pegi put this whole concert (and the Bridge School!) together, so I expect it's particularly meaningful for EV to be there. When they introduced him, they called him the ultimate veteran of this concert series--he's a frequent flier, for sure.

I also have to say Elvis Costello's voice sounded really great. I wonder if it's due in part to the big, thick scarf he had wrapped all around his neck, so his vocal chords were nice and warm, thank you. Maybe his wife (Diana Krall) taught him that.

ANYhow, that night I did my yoga after the concert, from 1:59 a.m. to 2:25 a.m. I am a morning person, but not THAT end of morning, so I still have some sleeping to catch up on, I think. =)

However, the yoga did ensure I went to bed feeling amazing, which is sort of shocking after sitting for 7 hours in the cold/rain.

xobiobabbler

100 days of yoga, 100 years of life?

 
I'm considering trying to do at least 10 minutes of yoga every day for 100 days. I've been drawn to the "One hundred days of yoga" idea since I first thought of it a few years ago.

image from here

I'm REALLY not good at stuff like this. Projects requiring chronic attention. But, so much of life benefits from being consistent*.

I really want yoga to a regular part of my life, again. I'm so much healthier and happier when it is. And migraines just don't happen. And heaven knows Bear is in favor of it (calms the flighty creature he married).

And I just heard of someone who did 365 days of exercise, and credited the fact that her requirements was only 10 minutes, so even if you feel awful, you can squeak out 10.

So, hm. Considering I typed YOGA in every day of my iCal calendar starting today, I guess I've declared it. We'll see.

Oh, and if you want motivation re: exercising every day? Check this woman out. Closing in on 100, she does one HOUR of yoga every a.m. and walks 30 minutes BEFORE SHE EATS BREAKFAST! She looks and sounds a-MA-zing. Totally my new hero.


We are animals, and humans specifically were designed to move. A lot.

(click on this pup for a much better gander)

I think that's why landscapes like this make me want to walk across them. The horizon beckons.

I'm thinkin' we would benefit from obeying that impulse more often--and regularly presenting ourselves with those opportunities.

Go ahead, be a human.

I bet it feels good. =)

biobabbler

P.S. Days later: Today is day 11. I've done yoga every day for the last 10 days. So far, so good.

* Merriam-Webster definition of consistent is very cool: "marked by harmony, regularity, or steady continuity : free from variation or contradiction"

the wonder that is the human body...

 
and the human mind that goes along with them.

2 things:

1. This 2 minute video of guys spidermanning an urban area like an obstacle course. Amazing!!

It's called My_Morning_Run.wmv Got it from a friend. Genius!

2. This 11 minute video of the making of a poster (in 2 days) of every pose in the Anusara syllabus. Wiki on Anusara yoga.


Tanutara:  Making of the Anusara Syllabus Poster from Ross Evans on Vimeo.

Just TOTALLY amazing.

Both are completely inspiring.

wow.


Think I'll go vacuum the carpet so I can do some yoga today!