Salute the New Year

Happy New Year! I'll admit I've been seriously slacking on my blog posts. I started to write posts for both November and December and somehow never finished what I started. To me, not finishing is worse than not starting!

My main excuse is that a foster puppy moved in mid October and every spare moment of time I have goes to her (Playing with her is more rewarding and fun than being on the computer!) Her name is Piper (the one in the Santa hat :) and she is a soldiers dog. Her Dad is serving in Afghanistan, and it's an honor to care for her while he serves our country. The program is called Guardian Angles for Soldiers Pets - Check it out! If you're an animal lover, and want to give back to a soldier, this program is for you. Foster caring Piper is one of the most rewarding things I've ever done.

Piper even has her own Facebook Fan page called "Piper Power" so her Dad can see what she's up to while he's away. I'm having fun filming video segments of Piper these days, and I rarely post Yoga segments to my Youtube channel since she moved in! Below is a yoga segment I filmed with Piper (She loves to sit beside me and chew her bone while I do yoga. As soon as I roll out my yoga mat, she is by my side!) Try it with us!

So, while I've been slacking on my blog and video segments, I can assure you the time is being well spent with Piper. Fostering caring and volunteer service falls into the catagory of Karma Yoga (selfless action) - Or yoga "off the mat" ...which is rewarding in ways beyond Asana practice (the physical poses).

But now that it's the New Year, I like to take a little time to reflect on the year that's past and look forward to the upcoming year. One of my goals this year is to practice yoga 365 consecutive days! This might sound like an unrealistic goal to many, but I often count 10 minutes Sun Salutation as "a practice". It's rare that I get a full hour practice in, but for me a little every day works. If your days are full like mine, try 10 minutes a day for 7 days and see if you don't feel better in one short week! Below is a short Sun Salutation demo to get you started...

Happy New Year! Keep me posted on your progress on the Flexible Warrior Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/flexiblewarrior or on Twitter at http://twitter.com/flexiblewarrior