Plants and other thoughts

My plants are blooming.  I am the proud owner of squash, a few beets, carrots, cucumbers, sweet peppers, ginger, and two indoor tomato plants.   Some are in Denver.  Others are in Santa Fe at Tom's house.  Both places the squash has overtaken whatever area it is planted.  I had no idea how squash would take over like mint. 

I have started talking to my plants.  They say it is good for you to talk to your plants and nurture them with words.  I have seen that if you talked to yourself the way you talk to your plants, you would bloom and reap in abundance.  It has only been a few days, but I am committed to testing out this theory.  And my plants are fierce, abundant and thriving.  The indoor plants specifically.

I find myself getting up earlier to ensure that the plants are watered and tended to first thing.  I wish I had taken up this habit years ago.  I would feel more confident in planting.  I would have been more strategic in where I placed things.  Squash definitely would have been further away from the basil, cucumbers and beets.  The leaves have created an immense canopy that is blocking the other vegetables from expanding.  

Lee has one watermelon that is trying to survive.  His corn did not take off.   

New opportunities and possibilities.  I am ready to live a different day instead of the curated life I have led the last few years.  It is time for me to move forward and test out new pathways.  I am fortunate for the life I live and want more.  More entrepreneurship and less working for others.  Maybe other gig work that would lead to other ways to create yoga clients.  Seeing the connections to move forward.  I am thankful.  Make it a great day.  I will have other thoughts later in the week.  I am trying to minimize my streaming and increase my reading/journaling.  It has been a fruitful six months of self-exploration and leaning more.  The aryuvedic approach has been enlightening.   

Yoga Retreat

Join me in Santa Fe October 9th-12th.  I am offering two classes daily, breakfast and lunch, an outing to explore the city and itineraries for you to enjoy.  I believe in yoga and the opportunity to explore cities on your own.  It isn't only the health aspect.  It is time for you, for your well-being, and your tribe.  

Santa Fe is the perfect place to test this out.  There is a mystical vibe, history, culture, food factor is off the hook, galleries and art.  

In the past, I have considered hosting a retreat.  Many times, I have allowed fear to get in the way of what I hope to offer.  I know that people will come and test it out.  Every week in Denver, I feel the vibe grow and expand.  People that believe in me and what I am offering.  It is time to offer a retreat.  The retreat that I envisioned five years ago.

The pandemic affected me more than I thought.  It has limited my desire to travel abroad which I used to do every year.  I have explored other countries, wine regions and foodie cities.  I do have some knowledge of places that yoga would fit right into.  I do not know why I have allowed myself to live the same way, daily.  I am good at the experience of that.  I heard some quote about it recently.  How we should not apply for a position because of lack of experience.  Some people have lived the same day, over and over, for fifteen years.  Does that make their experience better than yours or what you have to offer?  If you don't try, you cannot learn or improve.  I have listened to a ton of podcasts about the successful mind, manifesting the life you want, entrepreneurship, side hustles.  At some point, you have to act.  Take a risk.  See what happens.  

I think I am finally at that point.  Act instead of only researching.  If you are interested in the details about the upcoming yoga retreat, contact me here.  I am excited.  And I do not want to over plan it.  I want people to have flexibility in utilizing their time.  I have never been a fan of vacationing where everything is planned out.  I prefer spontaneity and chance encounters.  I have met lifelong friends from random encounters.  Or eaten at amazing spots asking bartenders where they like to dine.  

It is time to explore and expand.  Cheers! 

Tuesday Temptation

I have done Thankful Thursday.  Why not Tuesday Temptation?

I am tempted to book a trip somewhere, anywhere.  It has been too long.  I cannot wait on Tom to plan something.  He isn't focused on it.  He is more let it happen, when it does.  I am more let's plan something, so I have something to look forward to.  My intention for this summer was to take a road trip to see his dad in Tulsa, see my family in Kansas and Nebraska.  I mentioned it to him, multiple times.  I was hoping he would pick up what I was putting down.  

I know he had health concerns to contend with.  His right hip had been bothering him for five years.  Do not get me started on the stubbornness of men and how foolish they can be with health issues.  Some things will not just go away.  Contrary to popular belief.  So, I don't begrudge him for getting his hip surgery or focusing on his recovery.  However, I am ready for a trip or a road trip.  I know that I have overstated the importance of a trip.  I miss traveling.

Now, I am just taking it into my own hands.  I am planning a road trip to see the Littles in Kansas in August.  I am not waiting any longer.  I am leaning into temptation.  I am looking at 2026 as well.  I am considering a trip to Greece and somewhere else abroad for my milestone birthday.  I am still undecided about that one.  But, I know Sara Jo & Shari are game for attending.

In addition, I am giving into temptations into food.  I see tacos in my future.  Or some oysters.  It has been too long since I have enjoyed some delicious oysters.  Some of the best were in New Orleans for my 40th birthday.  There was a restaurant that is no longer in existence.  Maritza?  I cannot remember the name currently.  The oysters were amazing.  And they offered flights of Amaro.  That spoke to me as well.

I do not want to wait around to achieve things I want to do.  Yesterday, Malcolm Jamal Warner died.  He was 54.  It is a shock to the system.  Especially when I asked a few bartenders if they knew he was, and they were clueless.  I am getting older.  Ozzie died today.  They said something about Gen X being upset.  I do not know if I agree with that 100%.  Sure, I am sad but he is not a Gen X icon in my opinion.  There are others--George Michael, Prince, MJ, Whitney, Tom Petty (even) that were devastating to me when I heard of their deaths.  

Maybe that is the inspiration of my posting today.  I do not want to wait any longer.  I want to lean into what I enjoy doing.  What I am tempted by.  And what I want to do.  

Have a wonderful rest of your day.  Think about your temptations and how to lean into them....

Monday Motivation

Happy Monday!  I am grateful for my "green" thumb.  So far, it's been green.  Yet to be determined.  I planted beets, squash, cucumber and basil in Denver.  Squash, bell peppers, dill and carrots in Santa Fe.  The squash is thriving in both cities.  Some carrots and beets.  The peppers are emerging.  It is still too soon to see how they are taking.  My indoor lettuce is a dud.  Oh, and I have ginger I am trying to grow from another ginger root.  That, too, is a work in progress.  I follow a few influencers and am interested in growing ginger indoors.  I have seen a few techniques on how to prep it.  I am hopeful.

Find a habit and make it yours.  What area of your life would you like to improve?

Health?  Finances?  Relationships?  Communication?  

Personally, I need to restrict my podcast intake.  I tend to listen to political podcasts, and it is affecting me.  I am overwhelmed by the apathy of people.  The alligator concentration camps supported by the current administration and their base is disgusting.  Thirty-two people per cage.  Three toilets per cage.  I have heard accounts that toilet water is what is available to drink.  Can you imagine?  This is inhumane.  And, for what?  Because this administration deems you do not matter.  That you no longer deserve dignity, respect, humanity.

They are racially profiling people.  They are not going after criminals.  Women and children are not criminals.  Farm workers are not criminals.  Day laborers are not criminals.  Restaurant workers are not criminals.  Construction workers are not criminals.  

These are people looking to improve their lives.  

If you are Christian, remember the tenet of do onto others......I am a lapsed Catholic.  I do not apologize for it.  I know my dad is disappointed in me, but I don't care.  I won't follow this hypocritical religion.  Minimizing women.  Suppressing pedophiles in the church.  Tithing people who cannot afford to pay rent. 

I am committed to speaking out, sharing food and building community.