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INTENTION

I was that little girl that never had the courage to catch anything other than rain drops and snowflakes on the tip of my tongue. Sports? Forget it. I bruised and I cried and I was the last one to be picked on the bleachers in gym class. I couldn't swim and I sure couldn't even pass gym class with anything above a grade D.

 As any young competitive and curious mind wanders, I thought, "I can do this", and I decided to build my own version of physical strength. The pastures and back country paths that I walked on, turned into glorious and furious running events for me. I even coerced my younger brothers to drive my old Chevy in back of me. The moon was high and they were under age, on these back country paths, with the headlights lighting the way and me running in front of them as they cruised with the windows down and some sort of 70's rock or funk music on the radio at full blast. Oh, the memories are priceless.

Today I do yoga. Today I am an excellent runner. I may not be able to catch a softball and I may just continue to duck in complete and utter fear from a volleyball plowing full force through the air, but running became my strength and freedom and yoga became essential to my well being.

Schoolhouse Yoga is fantastic. It offers many different levels in 3 different locations. I love to go to the Schoolhouse Yoga in the strip district, next door to my favorite grocery store, Right by Nature. I attend my class and then I go to the grocery store after class, to fill my reusable cloth bags with fresh greens, fruits and fish. Kombucha is my drink of choice these days, other than the 64 ounces of water that I drink on a daily basis. Often I will cut a hunk of fresh ginger and steep it in boiling water, and that will be my hot drink to indulge in, before climbing into my favorite place in the world...my bed, my sanctuary of fluffy pillows, billowing blankets and colorful dreams. At the end of each and every day, my thoughts go through the bedtime checklist. Do you have a bedtime checklist? Mine includes the people and family that I know and love, wishing them joy,peace and good health. After I go through that list, I thank myself for doing the best that I could do, just for today. ZZZZZZZ..........

So, my friends, my intentions this year involve many. The checklist has begun to present itself, with check marks beside each intention.

Are you taking care of your body/mind/soul? And if so, how? How often?

What are your personal intentions this year? Share them with me and together let us join our intentional energies, to create the force that begins and completes the continual full circle called life and happiness, emotional and physical success, joy, inspiration and focused intentions.

Love,

Christine Goodis