2007 is coming to an end and I found some interesting ideas on how to finish the year off.

Here are two of them:

Don’t start planning for 2008 until you truly acknowledge and celebrate what you have achieved in 2007. Don’t just talk about it, sit down and “map” it out on a big piece of paper, in nice colours. Include your whole family. Use symbols for each one of you and your family as a whole.Tthen draw lines with “bubbles” for each thing you have achieved. Soon your page will be full.

This idea comes from Janet Beckers, if you want to find out more or read the original article, go to:

http://www.wonderfulwebwomen.com/rep/Connie.html

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A bit of my Flexibility History – to encourage YOU to join a class!

I am not naturally flexible and I had to earn every bit of flexibility I got. I also was never a “sporty” person. There are memories ofcoming last in swimming, being a very slow runner and crashing into various sporting implements and injuring myself quite badly. I remember falling off balance beams, never being able to do a backward roll and not even being able to do a nice forward roll.

I hated sport – every type, every facet of it. Eventually I did aerobics, lots of it, and it got me fit-but after a while the high impact style taught back in the early 80’s took its toll! This is how my yoga journey started.

Read all about it in My Yoga Timeline.

I never was one of these perfect “Super Yogis”. I love watching them, I admire them. Their life is yoga. Hours of it every day. Yoga has been part of my life for a very long time but it has never been my life.

Ingredients for 4 people:

2 tablespoons ghee or olive oil

1 onion, peeled and quartered

2-3 cloves of garlic, peeled and crushed

1 heaped teaspoon ground coriander

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Winner and Loser

The Winner is always part of the answer.

The Loser is always part of the problem.

The Winner always has a programme.

The Loser always has an excuse.

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Here is a poem written by a 12 year old girl for her English Exam (I think she is a true yogini, maybe without even knowing it.)

Anonymous Heroes

In this life there’s good and bad
In this life, happy and sad
When sad say, this too shall pass

Happiness and sadness forever don’t last

Not flying ’round with super powers
Maybe buying old ladies flowers
Supporting someone through a rough time
Sending a card to a Valentine

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