Yoga with Julie

The Cowgirl Yoga Experience: Yeehaw and YeeAUM! www.bigskyyogaretreats.com                                              Ahhh to go on a yoga retreat. So exciting but so many choices! When it comes to finding a yoga retreat the choices are endless, from different locales, to spa retreats, to intense trainings, to weekend getaways, to long excursions. My mom and I have been saying for years we wanted to take a yoga retreat together, but timing and coordination were everything.  Not only did I have to find a chunk of time to take off work, but both of us wanted to align with the intention of the retreat.  We were also coming from different yoga experiences…there is myself who has been teaching yoga fourteen years, in my mid 30’s and extremely active, and my mom who enjoys gentle yoga, has a few injuries, and in her upper 60’s. We spent at least a month or two trying to find a retreat at the end of June to celebrate both of our birthdays, however nothing was aligning

Food for thought exercise (literally and figuratively): How is your life's appetite and what are you hungry for?  I started thinking of this post as I was physically hungry for food, but it inspired the question about my appetite for other aspects in life which then led me to asking myself what am I hungry for.  The physical sensation of digestive hunger is easy to take care... if you are hungry, eat. If you are satisfied, stay as you are.  If you are stuffed, then don't eat more. We can take digestive appetite with traditional food and relate that into life's cravings... In terms of life's appetite ask yourself, "am I starving, satisfied, or stuffed?" When asking think of different aspects of your life like career, love/relationship, adventure, etc.  Perhaps you are bored with your career and  starving  for something new to bite into.  Or perhaps you are happy right where you are in your career and there is no need to change anything.  Or co