Made it thru Monday Beam

1.8.13

We made it through the first Monday of the Year! Hopefully you were able to strive through and not feel dragged through.  There is a ton going on moment to moment, which is all we have so here are the highlights from the last few days!  Stay tuned for recipes coming this week and more postures of the day!  Toward the end of this post check out the Yogi Sisterhood demonstrating all 7 Postures of the Day so far, and we now have a Facebook page for them, support us with a little likeage:)

King Pigeon...this is the first yoga picture I ever took....the first "cool" posture I didn't even know I could do till my guru  saw it in me and came over to me and showed me the foot hold...then magically it happened and has been getting better and better ever since.  Pigeon is the posture for Day 3....Continue to the last pictures for all the days in a row being demonstrated by the Yogi Sisterhood

This is in Georgia in 2011 on Stone Mountain. Fancy Pose and Fancy Scenery:)

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Party for my Papa's bday(the dad of my lil bros  and my stepdad since I was two:)  My mom made about a thousand amazing enchiladas, beans, rice, salsa, carrot cake, the whole shabannnng.  I literally meditated on the way over and asked God to help me only eat what I needed...I ended up with an amazing salad, vegan beans and rice and frutas!

The Lil Bros PingPonging it up

playing with my heart

In case you didn't know:) Whole Foods Salad bar(which is friggin legit) is $3 cheaper on Wednesdays!

Bobbi!!!!!!! The ol' girl gotta sell her....if anyone is looking for a 2001 Fordwindstar named Bobbi with a VCR lemme kno!

Garden investinggggg

Tree Pose with half Lotus and Reverse Prayer variations day 4.  Quote of the day during yoga class while in this posture, "If you fell out maybe on this side focus more, if you didn't fall out, maybe on this side go deeper and don't worry about falling" -K.S. (may not be verbatum as I was mainly focused on not passing out:) Yoga Tropics Vinyasa Fridayze!

Tried this one cause I never had before...needs work

One of my best friends got a lil Animal Medicine while we were hanging out

I don't know if you but I make chocolate:) however this is one of the very best chocolates you can buy.  This was from  Whole Foods in Encinitas, not sure if they have them down south here or not, but if ever you see them grab em!

Supported Crescent for Day 5

Still Crescenting

Twist it out between your bends or forward folding is fantastic release as well if appropriate

and then one more

Superfood Green Smoothie see in two more pictures the ingredients!

Vinny(the vita-mix) starting to combine the forces

Ingredients: Grapes, Orange, Spinach, Cacao, Hemp hearts, Cayenne, Sea Salt, Coco Oil, Maca Powder, Lucuma Powder, Flax Seeds, Chia Seeds, Goji Berries

OB with some of the Beam team

Day 6 Cobbler's Pose

Soul to Soul

When Moving forward, Heart First instead of Head First

Superfood Smoothie at Veg N Out: Acai, Banana, Strawberry, Mango, Pineapple, Coconut, Flax, Hemp, Chia...BOMB

Some of the Beam team came to sit at the "bar" with me....Veg N Out in North Park check it out, burgers are incredible tons of vegan options all vegetarian! I work there on Sunday and Monday Evenings

my dindin: cucumber mango salad with sprouts, tomato, avocado, sriracha, cayenne, jalepenos, sea salt

Sometimes you just gotta get pretty pink stuff to  make cleansing yourself more fun!  Dr. Bronners if your not on it get it, dry brushing your skin before you shower...research it and practice your skin will thank you, Exfoliating gloves, foot power, tweezers of course and Coco oil for everything.

Day 7! Plow Pose!

Day 6! Cobbler's Pose!
 so as you can see you can lay in it, sit in it, or go up against the way and go for it, also you could put pillows under knees to help for tighter hipsters.

Day 5! Supported Crescent Pose!

Day 4! Tree Pose!
If beginner start with the soul of your foot against the calf of your standing leg, then for more advanced go higher with the foot, and different arm variations

Day 3! Pigeon Pose!
This one also has many variations, on your back (reclining pigeon),  surrendered to the mat, sitting up working deeper variations like Mermaid, and King Pigeon

Day 2!  Bow Pulling Pose

Day 1!  Lotus Pose (here with the twist)

First Yogi Sisterhood Chocolate Party!  More details, pictures and recipes to come!

Veg N Out's Chili...dude seriously I know I work there, but I started working there because I loved it so much, and I promise I get know other benefit from telling you this besides knowing I shared....Best vegan Chili I believe I have ever had, in this picture you can see the Daiya Cheese, onions, fresh homemade pico de gallo and avocado added.  You really gotta try some!

Me and me Big Bro, he made some coffee that was ready just in time for me to get home! Superb  Duder. Great work.

Everyday is still getting better and better!  Can't wait to see you soon, feel free to comment on here, or email me, lightbeamteam@gmail.com  Also if you're wanting to order some Chocolate, I will be making a batch on Wednesday so email me so I can send you an order form!  Much Love always talk to you soon!  LOVE4ALL

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1.2.13

so exciting the second day of the year.  every day has the opportunity to be better than yesterday. taught some yoga. ate righteous. was surrounded by great friends while getting things handled.  charge is back at the school it's so interesting feeling the difference in people when this time of year happens:)  anyhoo today's pose of the day is bow pose.

food today included yerba mate, had cashews and gojis as snack then juice adventure for lunch con mi sistah, and snacks with my babybro for dindin and coffeeeeeee

stay tuned manana will be posting a recipe for superman superfood greendrink for my friends that need nutrients(that's everybody heehee) or want to try a real powerhealth shake from natural vegan sources.

Quote of the day, consider this in your daily practice and daily walks and breath; "when I was tasting your chocolate for you one time and said it was a little bit bitter, if we hadn't known what bitter tastes like you wouldn't have had to figure out how to make it sweeter..you had to make it not as good to make it better."
 -Jaso Neves

The history of this bow pose variation was I first had a big white book of yoga postures...I slept with it every night my teacher let me borrow it, memorized it smelled it and then bought my own copy of a smaller version when I gave him his back. I was forever attracted to the backbending because of the heartopening effect, and because it meant overcoming doubts and fears I had placed on my self since fracturing my vertabrae in highschool. Then, I stared at a picture of my other teacher doing this specific variation...here's him then me:

my teacher in the good ol' days and me today
www.janogalindo.com is He

regular bow pose

fancy flip book photoshoot styley thanks Jaso

Teaching at Chula Vista Yoga Center tomorrow at 9am and then again at 5pm!  The Yogi Sisterhood is coming  too!  See you there!

pre-game(class) pep talk with One of my very favorites art by Kristyan Stjerne check for more art and his spectacular journeying at www.kristyanstjerne.blogspot.com

Earlier today at Juice Adventure across the street from Southwestern College, been going there for quite some time now, the owners are awesome family style, and they have a lunch special smoothie and sammich for 7.95  tell them Ashley says Hi, got some Vegan Smoothies

and vegan avocado sammich...i love sammiches.


Good night loves see you manana....Eat anything vegan today? post a comment...yoga posture or questions? comment:) ooooooooh and www.cacaobloom.com to be launcched sooncome stay fine tuned! Love4all