Introducing....Yoga Waves

Soon after I returned from Dubai, I found my way back into the coffee shops of Los Angeles with an actual focus on my writing and a palate for stronger coffee (thanks to the Dubai days of Turkish and Arabic coffee, a little drip is not cuttin it anymore.)

A new chapter in my life was unfolding and I was ready to embrace the waves that come with it.

Previously, my writing was an outlet to express my wacky, all over the place deep thoughts (hereslookinatme blog) from being in Dubai to turning 30. Now, with my new focus, consistent education through books and my own practice, and then paired with a need to express myself through writing, a new blog has been born.

I vision a blog now, but maybe tomorrow my thoughts will be spread across pages in a book, or on screen, or a chalk board, or possibly painted on the side of a city block, or words in a rock song, or spoken through me on "The Today Show." My ego mind is what stops these "idiosyncratic thoughts" from turning into reality. My heart is what will keep them alive. It just depends on how important it is for me to listen to my heart or to "Miss Ego."

“Why do you never find anything written about that idiosyncratic thought you advert to, about your fascination with something no one else understands? Because, it is up to you. There is something you find interesting, for a reason hard to explain. It is hard to explain because you have never read it on any page; there you begin. You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment.” - Annie Dillard, In the Writing Life”

Anyhoo...
As you know, I have always lived a "granola" lifestyle. A little bit of Buddha talk here, a taste of vegan there, and a few ujjaye breathes in between created more agni (fire) for this way of life. Not until recently have I truly embraced the yogini within. My body now screams for the love I receive when I bite into the most delicious vegan supreme burrito with tempeh bacon at Real Food Daily, or the excitement when I find the perfect Lululemon tank, also the peace that shapes my soul after a walk around Yogananda's Lake Shrine, and not to mention the awesomeness that takes over when I tell my ego mind to fck off!

So, I have decided to devote my granola ways to this blog. I am committing myself to writing here everyday. To hopefully educate and inspire you to embrace the yogi within yourself.
Topics will vary from...
my own personal yoga practice to an article from Yoga Journal that I found interesting to Paramahansa Yogananda speeches, Ayurveda medicine, the best yoga apparel, how to meditate according to Yogi Bhajan, Eckhart Tolle's explanation on how to embrace each moment, a quote from Paulo Coelho, or explaining why it is totally good for you to devour a hot fudge brownie sundae once in a while (I once waited on Deepak Chopra and his wife and they each gobbled down a burger and fries.)

Where will the yoga waves be tomorrow? Will my waves be quiet and balanced, will they be huge waves of love or of anger, or just some white wash of a day filled with peace and stillness. Whatever they might be, I hope you are washed away with a smile...