A new Yoga website and blog.

17th August, 2008.

A new Yoga website and blog.

I have recently registered as a yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance www.yogaalliance.org/, and as a result of that I decided to start a new website and blog, which I will use for my yoga interests.

I plan to have information on yoga asanas (postures,) various books and maybe some of the philosophy behind Hatha Yoga.

Recently found out that I have scoliosis. Knowing that, I am going to use this site to host information on my progress using Hatha Yoga to help with my Scoliosis. On the blog there is a spot to post comments or, if you want, to ask a question.

The URL is:www.yoga4all.net

Went hiking!

16th August, 2008.
Went hiking! :)

Yesterday, Saturday, Ashley had the idea of going to a park. She had found this great place, so we went for a hike at a nature reserve not too far from Chattanooga (about 10 miles away) on the other side of Lookout Mountain.
The venue was lovely, and the day was just a little overcast. The air had a little bit of the Autumn to it which felt very nice. There were meadows full of flowers, ponds and birds flying about.
We parked after paying an entrance fee ($6.00 for the car) near one of the trails.

The trail took us through a lovely little pine wood, then out into a meadow full of flowers. Most of the flower were a butter yellow and they did not seem to have much of an aroma, but they were a very pretty site. There were grasshoppers jumping all over as we walked by. The occasional buzz of bees and other flying creatures as they whizzed by. As we walked on we came to a small grape arbor which was surrounded by sunflowers. It was nice to feel the soft resistance of the grass under our shoes as we walked along the trails. In some spots the grass was up to our shoulders.

After awhile Eliz decided that we had gone far enough, and we turned about. We returned to the car where we had left the pick-nick brought a with us; we collected the food and went off to the find the spot we had first noticed as a possible to pick-nick. As we arrived there, Ashley noticed in the distance some (two or three) white boxes in a row. They were a few meters apart from one another, and as we looked about we noticed that there were rather a lot of bees here and there.... mostly here. We moved on to look for another spot. Our feet took us back to the pine forest that had been though earlier. We found a nice spot and had our lunch of peanut butter and jelly sandwidges, sunflower seed, apples, water, and for Eliz a coke-a-cola. As Eliz calls it “Coke-a-nut!”

After our repast we got back into the car and drove off to see what else there was. The road took us through a swampy area with lots of birds and flying insects. The wind was blowing pleasantly, so you could see the long grass and reeds bend. It was very pleasant. We drove at around 5 mph to take everything in (there was no one else about) when a horse fly flew in Ashley's window (she was driving.) Ash got a little agitated at this event. Apparently Ash has had 'closer' experiences with horsefly's then I. The fly flew out my window, and we drove on. A moment later another (or the same one) flew in my window :) ! Ashley said 'get out' to the horsefly 'you are ruining my bucolic moment with nature!' Then she laughed. The fly flew back out, and we continued driving on. Back in a wooded area and past a meadow with a wishing-well, at least that is how we chose to view it. We stopped and looked about. The well was closed off, but it was nice to look at anyway. Close by there was a wood of bamboo, so we trundled off to see it. You could walk through the bamboo to the center which was a large circle. We stood there for a few minuets then decided it was time to return home. We had had a lovely time.

What a nice way to spend the day.

Trip to the park.

The 7th of August, 2008.

Yesterday, Eliz and I went down to Coolidge Park, which is about 15 minuets from our house. The park is by the river and is of a nice size. There is a wooden Merry-go-round, but that is not what we were aiming for. At the park there is also a large water fountain, which is flat to the ground so that you can approach it. A lot of people do, in fact people bring there swimsuits and run in and out of the water fountain. This is what our plan was, well Eliz's plan anyway.

Recently, well the last few months, Eliz has wanted to go 'down to the fountain' but when we have arrived there, she would not touch the water, much less go into the water. She would just climb the stone statues of animals which surround the periphery of the water fountain.

Well yesterday, after deciding to venture the water fountain again. We hurried to get ready. The morning heats up quite quickly here, and by 10 am we are in the 90's. We generally (well I do anyway) aim to leave the around half past ten, but it is not always posable. Yesterday we left the house around 10:30 and got to the park at ten to eleven.

After we unloaded the stroller of the towel and drinks. I sat down and so did Eliz. I asked her if she wanted to go up to the water and cool her feet. She did not want too... We sat by the fountain (there are some stone steps which people sit on.) After a few minuets I told Eliz that I was going to cool my feet and I got up. It felt very nice to put my feet into the spraying water. After a moment Eliz came up but she would not go into the spray. The fountain is rather big and somewhat loud, so I could see why it might be some what intimidating. As we stood there, children were running about higgledy-piggledy, then Eliz walked over to one of the stone animals and climbed on it a little, then a little water shot from the mouth of the stone animal. Eliz put her hand in the spray. The spray died away, and Eliz got down. After a moment she went up to one of the columns of water and let some of the water spray her gently. Eliz laughed and ran away from the stream. Then after a moment she was back, and into the water laughing, then out again, back in again and now fully immersed in the water from the fountain laughing like a fool!

It was a lot of fun!