I'm currently training to participate in the Napa River Rock and Stroll (9/22), a 6k race I plan to hoop to help raise awareness and funds for Cope Family Center's child abuse programs.

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So I gave sustained spinning a go yesterday (some of you may have seen the little vid I posted on my page) and I followed a lot of the advice from Julia's video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqqvSrvF-xg), but I got Super sick afterward. I spun for maybe 10 minutes with a break in between and came down with an insane migraine and nausea that stuck with me until bedtime. I do often get migraines and I can have a sensitive tummy, but…

I read a blog post by Bags a while ago (http://www.howtosellyouract.com/blog/tims-blog/2011/10/bags-flavours-of-flow-a-guest-blog-post-by-steve-bags.aspx) talking about the different flavors of flow. For so long I was stuck tasting only the vanilla flow. Constantly thinking about what move I'm doing, what's going to come next, how is my posture? where are my hands?…

I am very happy to have found this video. My meditation and practice lately have focused on surrender using the mantra "Om namaha" (I bow/I surrender). Shakti discusses fear (around 6 minute mark), how it affects your flow, and how to over come it through surrender in your practice. Very inspirational and an awesome trick tutorial!

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