SNOW!??! Time for a little reflection on winter!

Three work outs today!!!  One for the physical, one for the physical and mental, and one for the emotional!!

Let's get it started with the physical!! 

Woot Woot!  Put on some good upbeat motivational music!  Get a stop watch or a timer,  and get excited!

30 seconds Jumping Jacks
30 seconds Push ups
30 seconds Mountain Climbers
30 seconds Crab Walk
30 seconds Jumping Jacks
30 seconds Crunches with legs up towards te ceiling
30 seconds Mountain Climbers
30 seconds squat presses
60 seconds of rest

Repeat 4 or 5 times!!!  You are going to feel so amazing!!!


Time for a little yoga! 

If you are unfamiliar with yoga please skip  this part and just do some light stretching with focus on your breath.

Basic rules to follow:
Inhale expand the body (example rising up to standing)
Exhale contract the body (example forward fold)
Hold the postures as long as you desire
Focus is on the breath, allow theposture to take the whole inhale or exhale
Body is engagaed and strong in postures

Begin in Childs Pose (Balasana)
Down Dog (Adho Mukha Svinasana)
Forward Fold (Uttanasana)
Rise to standing arms toward the sky (Tadasana)
Uttanasana
Half lift
Uttanasana
Plank (Chataranga)
Adho Mukha Svinasana
Crescent Lunge (Anjaneyasana) right leg forward
Adho Mukha Svinasana
Anjaneyasana left leg forward
Step foward to uttanasana
Half way lift
Uttansana
Tadasana

Repeat this sequence until you feel satisfied, adding in any twists or variations with the crescent lunges!
End in balasana or sivasana taking time to feel the openess in the body!


Now to exercise the emotions!

With is being spring time it is a time of re-birth, a time to evaluate that which we are and that which we desire to become.  So today take a few minutes to reflect on your winter, see the things that you once were and see the things you wish to become.  Allow your ego to take a step back and recognize that this time of year is an amazing time to open up to new things and let go of the old. 
Write down your 5 successes of your winter
and then
Write down your 5 goals for your summer

This will set your mind to succeed, allowing you to feel gratitude and love for everything that you have done.
Now these successes that I speak of can range from I spent time with loved ones to I graduated from classes... these successes have freedom to be "big" or "small".  \

What we offer up to the universe the universe offers up to us!  Live with gratitude and love, recognize the greatness that you are!

Have a blessed day!