Struthiomimus

Fact. The Struthiomimus had a similar running style to an ostrich, it had long, mobile arms which helped its clawed fingers grasp and hold its prey. It also had a long tail to balance it out while running at high speeds. Ir ran about 50 km/hr.

So here is the deal. In yoga you must be mobile and balanced, like a Struthiomimus. I am aiming to doing my Yoga Instructors course at It's Yoga Utah, here in Provo Utah, and they are currently having a Teacher Training Video Competition. I have created a 2.5 minute animated video on yoga for this competition. Each hit on Youtube is essentially one point for me. If I get the most hits I get my course free. Which saves me 2000. So the more people that watch it the better. Note. Last summer the winner had like 5000 hits. No joke. Thanks for all of your love and support.

Velociraptor!

Fact: The Velociraptor is one of the best arguements for dinosaurs being warm-blooded. They were fast moving, agile and had a lifestyle more similar to wolves, warm-blooded killers, than to lizards and reptiles.

As I finally am sitting here blogging I cannot even begin to believe the altering path I have taken as of late. Also, as well, I am so happy. I am happy that I have been realizing who I am in a more real sense. I believe that finding yourself is a neverending journey. You are always finding new things you love and there are constantly people coming into your life that change you. But more recently I have taken some time and stopped and looked in the mirror and found out a little more about myself.

I have finally come into the open realization of my pure love for Yoga. Honestly, you could bring up yoga with me and I could go off for ages about it. I find it to be relaxing and therapeutic. It is a healer of both the body and the mind. It reconnects you when you are fading or lost. It reduces stress, for me personally more than anything else does, and it is just purely glorious.

Hence I am going to pursue becoming a yoga instructor. Voila. Plan made. From mid July to the end of August I intend on staying in Provo and becoming a yoga instructor. And just the thought of it makes me glow. I am currently not able to think of anything more splendid and renewing than spending all day, everyday, doing yoga. Recognize. Plan. Act.

I have now come back to running. I have always loved running. I really have. I get into a cycle where I run a ton for a few weeks than back off etc. However, this is changing. Last weekend I decided that I want to run a half marathon. So I started a 10 week training program. Week one complete. I am impressed with myself. I feel so much healthier with running or cross training everyday minus sundays. My longest run was 4 miles this week, which was a feat for me! So yay! I am training and I love it. Running makes me way less stressed, happier and I just feel better about myself. Which is always a good thing. It makes me feel alive, human, warm-blooded perhaps?

Then there is just the fast movingness of my life. I feel like nothing is stagnant. And its little things, from appearance to hobbies. These last 4 months I became enthralled with snowboarding. As it gets warmer I spend more time running and longboarding. And as the weather changes appearance changes. The warmer it gets the more I live in my running shorts, flip flops and flats. And then I got my new glasses this week. They are beautiful and overly indie. So it just feels like things are moving so rapidly and everyday I am adjusting a little bit more to the weather or changes in school or my life, its like constant adaptation. I am growing and changing with the seasons.

As the velociraptor is known for its quick attack and agility I feel like in some ways that is me. I am constantly adapting to my environment and then acting quickly, and swiftly. I only hope that the velociraptor was half as happy with its life as I am with mine right now.