tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31426457422014943982012-02-23T17:41:44.467-03:30The Shakti Experiment-Continuing a yoga journeyContinuing the journey! Yoga in the studio and out, how does yoga fit into everyday life? This is a blog about my continuing experiences with the Shakti yoga studio in St John's, about the classes I attend, and the interesting things I find along the way, inside and outside the studio. How does yoga fit into my lifestyle of PhD writing, scuba diving, travel and photography? Follow my journey through the fall and we will see!Kate Barleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10727582199307866393noreply@blogger.comBlogger221100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142645742201494398.post-70113176462950023782011-11-30T22:53:00.000-03:302011-11-30T22:53:32.864-03:30Mulled Wine and Mince Pies!
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Afternoon tea with the family
Autumn (or fall) is coming to an end and Christmas season is fast approaching! December already! November went fast, my advent calender is ready and waiting for tomorrow.
November has been interesting, with the amazing snow that appeared overnight and then melted away, to the crazy walk to Yoga now it is dark by 5pm. Drivers in St John's it seems, do not Kate Barleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10727582199307866393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142645742201494398.post-9642069027882680292011-10-30T16:09:00.000-02:302011-10-30T16:09:31.387-02:30Constantly Connected: Is the washroom the only escape?
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Kate Barleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10727582199307866393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142645742201494398.post-86535218319920711732011-10-01T11:13:00.000-02:302011-10-01T11:13:30.207-02:30Windy sunshine and mangos
A very windy Cape Spear! This will certainly blow the cobwebs away!
Happy 1st of October! And amazingly here we are in our t-shirts and shorts, with the blue sky showing. In England it is so hot, people are busy sunbathing on the beach and swimming in the sea!
This week I enjoyed a wonderful heart flow class and a detox class and I felt very happy that I took the time to walk to Kate Barleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10727582199307866393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142645742201494398.post-68378633007254313282011-09-22T15:39:00.000-02:302011-09-22T15:39:34.549-02:30Finding Balance - The Fall resolutionThe past few weeks have been a little crazy and very un yoga ish, since the new semester started, I have found myself filling up my diary and the to do is list getting longer. However, I have been quite rubbish as I have missed one important element from this and that is to find the time for me. I do believe that if you want to find time to do something, then you have to make the time; as Kate Barleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10727582199307866393noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142645742201494398.post-81266346612937743222011-09-06T22:39:00.000-02:302011-09-06T22:39:27.156-02:30Blueberry Muffins!
Yummy Blueberry muffins, with hand picked berries and a Shakti recipe!
My first blueberry picking = some good muffins :)
Over the holiday weekend, I managed to try something I had not done before and that was to go blueberry picking. Jason and I went on a really nice hike and then found ourselves in the midst of blueberries. It is beautiful on the East Coast Trail, the sheer cliff drops Kate Barleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10727582199307866393noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142645742201494398.post-54111685729125473962011-09-04T12:05:00.000-02:302011-09-04T12:05:36.413-02:30Wonderful relaxation – but do I fall asleep?!
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This past few weeks I was away for a family wedding and it happened to be set in a beautiful area of the Grand Tetons national park, Wyoming. I eagerly packed my yoga mat in anticipation of the yoga I would be doing. The beginning of the trip found a new use for my mat; due to a very long delay, we ended up overnight-ing in Toronto airport. No need for an airport hotel for meKate Barleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10727582199307866393noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142645742201494398.post-80240677164324025692011-08-15T16:29:00.000-02:302011-08-15T16:29:20.339-02:30Continuing the journeyI have been enjoying my 4 classes a week practice now since returning from England, and this time I have noticed that I am becoming more in tune with the teaching and training that I receive. By this I mean that in the beginning, I was focused on what i was going to get out of it, rather than now where I give up my future expectations of the practice, and just let each class and day guide me Kate Barleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10727582199307866393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142645742201494398.post-32599594869284266072011-08-08T12:17:00.000-02:302011-08-08T12:17:33.159-02:30The sound of yoga<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Don't forget, I am a Yoga Mat (This mat I picked up is very handy if I happen to forget why I bought it, it has a helpful reminder on the top!)
My yoga space in England (The sun room is a perfect place to lay out my mat and practice yoga. I have enjoyed some realxation time here so far)
Kate Barleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10727582199307866393noreply@blogger.com1Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, UK53.5575599 -0.02952210000000832253.5342509 -0.07089110000000833 53.5808689 0.01184689999999168tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142645742201494398.post-81591134783409450332011-06-18T13:15:00.000-02:302011-06-18T13:15:59.981-02:30The English part of the challenge<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Well, yesterday evening, I went to Detox Flow class and I am very glad I did. The teacher for this class was Bobby and on walking into the studio, there is a calming presence about her that lets you feel relaxed and at ease, and I hadn't started the class yet! Throughout the class, Bobby kept reminding us that it is not about what the person on the mat next to you is doing, but what you and Kate Barleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10727582199307866393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142645742201494398.post-83943394203605719862011-05-31T16:12:00.000-02:302011-05-31T16:12:26.777-02:30The beginning
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