Thrive As You

As promised, I'm going to explain how I ended up with "thrive as you" for the name of my new website.  This is just part one.  There are times when I have so much to say on a topic that I don't know where to begin and therefore I just don't.   So I decided to beak this up into the many different facets of how I landed on this word, thrive. When I first started doing yoga nearly two years ago, here's how and why I started my journey.  A new yoga studio opened in my town and they offered a groupon that was, as groupons are, a ridiculously good deal for some cheap yoga.  So I bought it!  And then didn't go to yoga for about 6 months. But continued to wear yoga pants just in case.  You see, I have been medically diagnosed with a severe allergy to exercise.  Okay not really but the truth is, I. HATE. EXERCISE.  Like truly people, as a writer I can't even think of the words to express how much I hate it.  Over the course of my life I have...

There are a few of you who already know my "big announcement" but for those of you who don't, read on. This weekend, I'm going to training to be certified to become a yoga instructor for kids. Now, there's a lot of questions that go along with this statement.  The first of which is usually... "Wait, kids do yoga?" Do kids MOVE?  Like... at all?  OK, then they are doing yoga.  Yoga is the foundation for ALL movement.  Yes really. I see a whole lot of yoga going on in this picture.   Look at this kid stretching for soccer or basketball or whatever "manly" sport he's prepping for.  Yup, that's yoga. Wait, a PLANK is yoga?  Oh yes. I googled some gymnastics photos.     That's called "Natarajasana" or "Dancers Pose" Yoga, Yoga, Yoga. Looks like Yoga to me! This is just bad a$$ and makes me smile. Have you ever seen a child bend over and touch their toes?  That's ...