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I can stand on my head

Third Yoga Class

Our 6-week yoga class is halfway over and I find myself thinking ‘wow, that was fast!’  As we left last Sunday, I was a little bummed in knowing that there are no regular Sunday evening classes (it just works with our schedule and is a really nice way to get ready for the week).  Rather […]

Change the way you think

Enjoy the things you hate to do

What do you do if you need to do an activity regularly in order to achieve one of your goals?  What if you do not like to do that activity?  It can be real drag to force yourself to do things that you don’t want to do day after day, over and over again.  More […]

Enjoying new yoga practice

Second Yoga Class

Ali and I are fresh off the second class of our 6-week Intro to Yoga journey at YogaLifeNH in Exeter, NH.  It’s only the second week and I am already finding that, not only do I enjoy the class, but that I look forward to it.  I hurt myself pretty badly last week while training […]

Live a positive life

10 Ways to Be More Positive

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.  Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.”  Helen Keller It gets increasingly harder to be positive in what seems like a very negative world.  Turn on the news and all you see is the bad in people and the bad in society.  Talk to your friends […]

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1st Yoga Class

This past Sunday Ali and I took our 1st yoga class at YogaLifeNH in Exeter.  Finding parking was a little difficult but, truth be told, that was the only negative part of the experience.  The building was in a little office park type area that was quaint and charming.  It was a brick building, easy […]

Beat those resolutions

2016 New Year’s Resolutions, Part II

I hope that you have read 2016 New Year’s Resolutions, Part I and found it useful!  Do you have a plan yet on how to keep those resolutions?  If not, that’s ok!  Read below for some more ideas.  And if you do, that is also great!  You should still take a look below to see […]

Start Yoga 2016

Beginning Yoga

It is the New Year and, like most people, I have decided that I need to get back into shape.  Over the last year, I have gone from training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) twice per week and running 5 days per week to doing one workout every couple of weeks.  I have noticed a change […]

Complete those Resolutions in 2016

2016 New Year’s Resolutions, Part I

Complete those resolutions! Part I 2016 is just around the corner and its New Year’s resolution time again!  45% of Americans will make those pesky resolutions this year and, as you already know, most of them will fail.  It is very unfortunate, though, because the New Year is a great time to make the decision […]

Don't fail at your New Year's resolutions

Why Resolutions Fail

It’s that time of year again!  45% of Americans are going to make a New Year’s resolution.  46% will keep those resolutions for 6 months.  8% will keep them for the whole year.  We’ve all done this, I think.  But, why is it so hard to complete those pesky New Year’s Resolutions?  Take a look […]

No More Procrastination

Understand Why You Procrastinate

I am a recovering procrastinator.  I wrote recently that about the role of identity in procrastination but today I would like to talk about how that identity forms and how it relates to something called the 6 Human Needs.  You are not predestined to be a procrastinator regardless of whether your parents were procrastinators or […]