I love yoga month. Mostly because it is an extra excuse for me to do more yoga, or talk to more people about doing more yoga. At the end of the month I’ll be attending & probably working at Energize Tampa Bay – and I’ve helped with their graphics and web too. This was a brainchild of my friend Lora. I love when people get an idea they think will benefit others and just run with it even if it means extra work or tight deadlines. The extra work that makes dreams come true feels less like work. Similarly, Ashley is working on All Over Yoga, and it’s in soft-release, or beta, or whatever they say for blogs. If you have a photo of yourself doing yoga somewhere random, email it to her and it just might end up on the site!

The week thus far: Sundays I don’t usually work out. But I scrubbed the kitchen and a tub. Monday I went to the gym. 12 min treadmill, 15 mins Stairmaster, lower body workout with some pushups and tricep dips thrown in. Tues I went running to 52nd Ave, around the loop to 10th St and back. Today – being the first day of Yoga Month – I did close to an hour of Yoga with Kurt Johnsen on the newish cable channel Veria. Now my hips and mind are open and ready for a great day, and karate class tonight.

A friend is speaking at a luncheon today about reconstructive surgery for breast cancer survivors who have had mastectomies but don’t have insurance to afford reconstructive surgery. She started a NonProfit called My Hope Chest, and I have been volunteering with them a lot. Another woman following a dream to help others… I guess that is my other theme for the month.

Have you ever put aside reality for a moment to help make one of your dreams come true?