Since Our Last Chat...

I did a thing last Monday: I submitted the first draft of my manuscript to my publisher New Degree Press! It is now in the hands of my Structural Editor. Of course, the first draft is rough and there are details to be filled in, but the good news is that I have the green light to move into the revision phase and what I have so far is a solid beginning.

What I learned during this process is to go for the good, not the perfect. Some chapters are better than others and some chapters that I thought weren't good at all moved my Developmental Editor. If you are a fellow Creative, be easy with yourself ( I wrote about that here in the blog a couple of weeks ago) and trust the process.

In other news, my teacher, Amy Ippoliti, has declared March #HandstandMotivationMonth and I have been practicing my handstand everyday. What I learned, is that it's easier for me to kick up into the handstand in the afternoon and not in the morning. This has to do with my body being warmer, and having moved throughout the day including walking Malcolm.

If you are interested in working on your own handstand practice, I will be posting a brief warm up in the store. This practice is great for opening the hips, quads and hamstrings and is about 15 minutes long. I will say, that it is not a beginner practice as you will be going into some fairly deep stretches without a lot of warm up.

As far as my progression with handstand, I was able to kick up to the wall yesterday which was day four of consistent practice!

And for non-hardstanding practice, please join me this week. Here are the links:

Monday 11:30 AM with the Happy Yogi https://www.thehappyyogi.com/zoom-classes

Tuesday 9:00 AM

https://www.toembodyyoga.com/offerings

Thursday 9:00 AM

https://www.toembodyyoga.com/offerings

Thursday 6:15 PM with Circle Yoga.

https://circleyoga.cowtinker.com/om/scheduleThis is a hybrid class that can be done online or in person at Circle Yoga in Chevy Chase, DC.

Saturday 10:00 AM the Happy Yogi

We now have over 80 replays available in the store:

https://www.toembodyyoga.com/online_store

Om Shanti Om,

Julie