Thirsty Thursday...Yoga Mama Style

Day: 31

Where: Home

Type of Yoga: MyYogaOnline.com Awaken The Flow

Time: 30 min.

Day: 32

Where: Home

Type of Yoga: MyYogaOnline.com Intro to Ashtanga Yoga

Time: 120 min.

Day: 33

Where: Home

Type of Yoga: MyYogaOnline.com Cosmic Dance Yoga Class

Time: 23 min.

Day: 34

Where: Home

Type of Yoga: MyYogaOnline.com Chakra Balancing Yoga

Time: 55 min.

It's Thursday, it's Thursday, the weekend is almost here!! Back in my wilder and younger days that meant drink specials at the local pub. What! Now it just means I am one day away from surviving the FIRST FULL WEEK OF SUMMER, AND THIS ONE HAS BEEN WITHOUT:

• children staring aimlessly at the television  for hours on end
• Xbox abuse
• one single "I'm Bored" statement
• having to break up a WWF-style scrap in the middle of my living room
• opening the bottle of Pinot and chain smoking whilst hiding in the tool shed

Yep, everyone is still smiling. Thanks in part to our new morning routine. Each kiddo has started their day with a five minute morning time-out to pray, meditate or read in a quiet special place that's just for them and then, of course...yoga! I know it is but week one, though a win is a win people and I am going to revel in this victory. 

Go me.  

Today, in celebration of times past, I'm starting a new 'Thirsty Thursday"...grade school style. We're going to drink from the cup of inspiration, love,  joy and gratitude, oh and we're also going to drink a new yoga-health-inspired cocktail, because...it's Thirsty Thursday y'all! 

We start with an idea from SIDEWALK REVOLUTION , which is an awesome FB page showcasing different inspirational sidewalk art for the soul. Nothing super fancy, (well, some are super fancy) just some good words on a sidewalk (or the end of the driveway as in our case) to brighten your day or the day of any passersby. I first showed the kids the FB page to help them understand what it was I was talking about and they loved it. They helped me pick a quote to share with the world:

Now, since this is the quote of our choosing, I must remember to curb the screaming  firm redirecting one can hear coming from this house on the daily. I have just done the equivalent of a face tattoo to my home, because with a face tattoo you'd better really be 100% behind what you've chosen to go on your face since everybody sees that shit. I realize I have essentially pointed a big fat arrow to us, declaring this The House of Those Who Are Grateful & Filled With Joy. Yikes! Thank goodness (unlike a face tattoo) it will wash away with the next rain. 

They were super into it, and BONUS- it went faster and easier then I expected, which is good because it was hot hot hot outside today!

When we were done, we christened it with our favorite yoga poses and snapped a pic. The mail lady pulled up at this exact moment and really got a kick out of the three of us.

Now, on to Thirsty Thursday for the grown folks!:

This idea is inspired by a MindBodyGreen article about a drink served at the Bent on Inspiration benefit in NYC with Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow and yoga guru Eddie Stern. At the benefit they served OM-tinis (Vodka, Grapefruit juice and Triple Sec). I have changed the drink up just a bit by substituting Triple Sec (since it is simply not worth all the bad junk that's in it). And instead of making it a martini, I blended it with ice for a frozen slush...yummmm:

OM-Daiquiri

• 1 oz vodka
• 2 ozs grapefruit juice
• 1/2 ozs blend of orange extract, raw sugar and truvia 
• ice (crushed)

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• You should play around a little with the orange extract, raw sugar, truvia (or whatever natural sweetner you like) I didn't use quite as much as I thought I would. 
• Blend it up and revel in all the good deeds you have done this week, and name a few things you can be grateful for. It's Thirsty Thursday, enjoy!