Yoga At Heart: Rest & Recovering

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Rest & Recovering

My days this week has been filled with loads of fluid, endless swallows of vitamin c's, paracetamol and bed rest. Just when I thought I had recovered, my face bloated up like hamster. I woke up one morning and the right side of my cheek had a little pouch sticking out from underneath. PANICKED!!!!!! Went to the clinic down the road and before I could say anything to the doc, he said," What's up with your face???!!" .....Thanks DOC!!!!.....sigh.....I told him I had a cold, which later he told me it must be a build up of bacteria collecting in the throat gland where the white cells are fighting off the infection.....At that moment,..... I picture little Gandalf's and little Merry,Pippin,Sam and Frodo fighting the bugs for me.....I realised I must have digested too much vit c thinking about LOTR.

Yes, I did look like the hamster in the above picture for the last two days, swollen glands and all..

Came across this and am well pleased to know a hunk like Josh Lucas is doing yoga too. Good for him!!!

Remember him? Who wouldn't? He was in Sweet Home Alabama and A Beautiful Mind. Fine actor. Apparently he does a bit of kundalini yoga right now, a switch from bikram yoga. A good reason to be a yoga teacher in hollywood right now. ........ahem.....Let's hope Pete's not reading this blog today....

Speaking of kundalini yoga, if you're interested to do a bit of it, well, you have to try out Maya Fiennes. Her yoga workout on dvd is brilliant, it's effective, a little bizarre but doable. Again you might have to order it online from amazon.

Other thoughts for the week, why do people buy expensive branded goods? From handbags that cost above $500 to macaroons at $7414(US) . ...why? why? why?

5 comments:

the lazy turtle said...: Haha. you saw that show on E! too? I was baffled at how much people spend on desserts and meals. Bags and shoes I understand but food a martini for USD1300? it'll all go to waste. hehe; July 17, 2009 at 3:28 AM
Jac said...: Too right!!!!! I mean what the @#$%??!! is it with people...spending big dollars on just one dessert, even if it had 10 billion chocolate flavors in it....waste, waste, waste....; July 17, 2009 at 5:24 AM
Anonymous said...: Get well soon Jac.

Candy; July 17, 2009 at 5:55 PM
Unknown said...: You know, for the people who would take out their wallets and actually pay anything more than the average market rate for eatables...I have this to say. "Gundu, they saw you coming and laid out a red carpet for you and laughed all the way to the bank." Even if you're that rich that you can eat food that costs STOOPID dollars, wouldn't you want, oh, I don't know to have a huge orgasm as you eat that thousand dollar macaroon? 'Cos otherwise, don't you feel a little tinsy bit like that Emperor walking around with his wrinkly old willy and his saggy butt on show getting more and more embarrassed the more he realised how umimpressed everyone else was? Anyhow, Jac. you still look cute with hamster cheeks :) Recover well and soon!; July 17, 2009 at 7:01 PM
Jac said...: Yup,yup,yup....couldn't have agree more,Sis. Well said, they should read the The Emperor's New Clothes..... rethink their spending situation...And luckily, I'm all well again......ahhhhhhhh :0); July 17, 2009 at 10:11 PM

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What types of yoga are there?

Hatha, Ashtanga and Bikram yoga are the most well known. Hatha yoga is the beginning step in the synthesis of yoga. It includes a science of bodily postures (asanas), deep relaxation and breath control (pranayama).

Ashtanga yoga focuses on a vinyasa creating a sequence of dynamic connecting postures, creating a flow between the more static traditional yoga postures. The focus of vinyasa is to create heat in the body, which leads to purification of the body through increased circulation and sweating.

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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Rest & Recovering

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