Yoga with Julie

I'd like to thank the impending hurricane Isaac for inspiring this blog post.  May you be a gentle storm and make your visit brief... Time to prepare for the hurricane..flashlights check, candles check, water check, food check.  The good news of the hurricanes that exist in nature is that we can prepare for them and take necessary precaution as best as we can.  Although, you never know their true magnitude until they show up.  We know we can expect high winds, rain, perhaps some thunder/lightening/hail.  No amount of wishing will send the hurricane away and it is out of our complete control to re-route its path.  So what do we do once it arrives, we sit, watch, and wait for it to pass.  We know that it may be ugly, but eventually the hurricane will run its course and beautiful clear skies will once again be in our neighborhood.   Just as mother nature's hurricane, we have all experienced the mind's hurricane, where it feels like you are being flooded w

You cant control the weather, but you CAN  control your reaction to the weather.   Picture this...your day at the beach starts as a beautiful bright sunny day, and then all of a sudden you start to see the clouds roll in and then the sky opens up. Beach day + downpour does not equal happiness, true?  Your initial reaction of course is to scramble and protect your precious things from getting wet (hide that cell phone!), but what happens then?  Do you curse the weather because how dare mother nature decide to let it rain on your beach parade! You may say your day is completely ruined because of the downpour.  Feelings of anger and disappointment all of a sudden roll in just as quickly as those clouds rolled in.  But here is the difference between the clouds rolling in and your emotions rolling in... No matter what there is no way in the world you have control on the weather, however you certainly have 100 percent control of your emotional reaction.  The clouds wont disappear if yo