Yoga Poses After Traveling

December 03, 2018 by Blair Fynn

Without a doubt sitting on a long flight or multiple flights in one day messes with my digestion, my skin, and my overall mood. I feel bloated, sluggish, hungrier than usual, and have this overwhelming feeling of “heaviness.” Seriously, I feel like my pants magically do not fit, my skin welcomes a few new breakouts, my back is stiff, and all I want to do is move my body. Relatable?! My body, especially legs, become so sore after traveling and I feel so tight; which can be frustrating when you always want to feel like yourself if you are traveling for work or vacation. Sometimes I find it hard to shake off that feeling and it takes me a day or two to become accustomed to my new location.

I know everyone always says to drink plenty of water when flying, try not to eat on flights, and constantly walk up and down the aisle - but honestly I am always stuck in the middle seat and the more water I drink the more I have to get up but the person next to me is always sleeping.

8 Yoga Poses During the Time of Month

November 28, 2018 by Blair Fynn

Having your period, is a GOOD thing, but when it happens each month it feels as if your world is crashing down on you. I don’t know about you, but for me, one month I feel completely normal when I have it and the other month I am BLOATED for about 2 weeks; sometimes to the point that I actually think I am pregnant, (I am not though; I actually have my period this week which made me want to write this post!) I have headaches, my back hurts, I can’t sleep, my skin looks dull, and I am tired all day. I never crave certain foods during that week or leading up to it, I just want to eat anything I can get my hands on; which often exacerbates my symptoms and I feel that my digestion is working in overdrive.

Week 6: Mindfulness & Meditation

April 05, 2016 by Blair Fynn

Week 6 down, only 2 more to go! Yikes!

I know we skipped last week, but I needed a mental break from just about everything to catch up on everything that I had fallen behind on. I definitely hit my breaking point last week, pushed too hard, fell so far behind, and needed to let go of the pressures that I was putting on myself. No big deal, took a break, moved on, got over some things, and now we are back on track!

Naturally, each week, I never know what I want to talk about and share with you all. I tend to wait to the last minute to write this post not out of sheer laziness but because I try and hone in on one theme, feeling, or emotion that is happening in my life during this week of teaching training and expand on it in hopes that it can relate to you all in your own personal lives even though you may not be going through yoga teaching training.

This week I am talking about mindfulness and mediation.

Week 4: Self-Reflection & 8 Limbs of Yoga

March 22, 2016 by Blair Fynn

Week 4 in the books! Half way there!

I am going to do things a little bit different this week and share one of my favorite lectures from yoga training. I touched on it a bit in one of my first posts but wanted to dive a little deeper into the content because it just doesn’t apply to myself; someone going through yoga training, or even a yogi, but really everyone in general could benefit from this type of self- reflection. I love learning about this type of philosophy. It sparks so many questions and inward reflection that usually causes people running for the door. I'll probably lose half of you a few sentences in, but you should keep reading and really think about the meanings of the words and how it applies to your life at this very moment! It'll cause you to think and hmm, maybe think about being a better person.

Week 3: Mental Breakthroughs

March 15, 2016 by Blair Fynn

Week 3 done! 5 more to go!

Starting off week three I felt so strong. I actually felt on fiiiire. I was doing doubles every single day, back to back classes, making it work on time (which I know isn’t something to brag about, sorry boss if you’re reading this but hey running around from one place to another with 500 hundred things on my mind and packing each day as if I am spending the night at go-away camp, I tend to loose track of time), keeping up with my work for training (journals, training manual assignments, etc.) staying on track of blogging emails, eating right, and sleeping! I felt like I finally had this all under control. My mind was finally stronger than my physical body. I actually never thought that was possible, even after all those years of discipline and dedication towards my competitive swimming days since the age of 6 through college & keeping up with school/jobs, I was definitely the first one to complain about waking up at 5 AM for practice and hated the fact that I had to swim doubles and lift in the same day because I had to get my hair wet twice. Times have changed…granted the pool was really cold and did make my hair turn green. Anyways, then Friday hit. I just crashed and I crashed hard

Week 2: Letting Go of Expectations

March 08, 2016 by Blair Fynn

Week 2! 6 more weeks to go!

I don’t know where, what, or how to start this recap of week two of my yoga training. To be honest, it started out pretty rough. My body was sore, I was exhausted, I wasn’t eating enough food, I was getting enough sleep, and felt like I was a ping pong ball running all over Boston trying to wake up for a morning hot yoga class, hop on the train to make it to work on time, leave work to take another yoga class in the evenings, or go to trainings until late, get home, pack my life away for the next day, sleep for what feels like 1 minute and then start the continued saga again. I wasn’t listening to my body and actually giving it the rest that is calling and craving. I felt too guilty to take a break and stop, eventually causing me to hit a hall on Monday- just the beginning of the week! Unwilling I decided to give myself Monday and Tuesday off from yoga to catch up on meal prepping, getting to work on time, sleep (even though that didn’t happen) and mentally refocusing my energy. Needless to say it was the best decision and the week ended so strong.

Week 1: Training. What is Yoga & Why Do I Practice?

March 01, 2016 by Blair Fynn

Week 1 in the books! 7 more to go!

I thought it would be fun to share with you all my journey though yoga training each week. What I am learning, how I am feeling, what it is like, and how I am surviving through the week. Also, at the end of post I thought I would share with you things that are getting me through the week- favorite songs, new favorite blogger, food obsession, snack recipe, workout gear, beauty products, sleeping aide (kidding!!.. talk to me at week 6 though)- kind of like a weekly round up - a rapid fire list - of what is getting me through the week and training!

Before training started the leads asked us to write a one page paper answering the question, "What is Yoga and Why do I Practice?" I thought that I would share with you what I wrote for class. To be honest, it was harder than I thought. I know why I practice and I know what yoga is, but I it wasn't until being asked to dive a little deeper into the question did it make me think of a less superficial answer. Here goes: