SOMETHING OTHER THAN YOGA . . .

Many days I find myself driven to do more, learn more, be more (and that usually involves yoga). Today is not one of those days.

We’ve had a busy few weeks:

• My Yoga Therapy training is complete (I got an ‘A’ for my final class — woohoo!!!). Now what? Well, it is time to get on the marketing bandwagon.

• We had 50% of our flooring replaced in our home, including halls, office, family room, kitchen and dinette. For 5 days we moved furniture off the floors, then for 4 ½ days we sat in our master bedroom as workers pulled up old floor, drilled and filled in uneven spaces, and then lay the new flooring down. Then, for 5 more days we methodically moved furniture back into the house — replacing all castors with felt tips, so that our beautiful new floors won’t get scratched). It was also a great time to dust behind furniture that hadn’t been moved in 10 years; not to mention dust the entire house due to the work done.

• Howard and I both got our second Covid vaccinations, so we are done with that, tho still wearing masks.

• Best of all, we entertained our son, daughter-in-law and 3 California grand-dudes. Dinner on the NEW floors and long-awaited hugs.

• I continued to zoom in on yoga workshops (Doug Keller, Alison McLean, Ann West, Stacey Rosenberg, Christina Sell, and Roger Cole).

So, today, rather than think about yoga and new floors, I went out back and trimmed one of our mandarin trees. Hot, sweaty, dirty work. The reward? A better looking tree and many mandarins from the branches I trimmed. I also feel a wonderful sense of accomplishment. I find myself repeatedly going to the window to admire my handiwork. I do worry that the man who helps with the yard may chastise me a bit for doing his work. But, once in a while, it feels good to get one’s hands dirty and sweat a bit, to change the routine.

Now, I sit — finally able to to feel inspired enough to write in this blog and to make some changes to my website (sprinkling a few testimonial comments on some pages). Do you think the change in routine helped with that?

I hope you are having a great weekend, and that you do something that gives you a sense of accomplishment (like trimming a small tree).

I’d love to hear how you change up your routine a bit.

Leave me a comment . . .