I wanted to share this great quote from John Muir, as well as tonight’s playlist with all of you. It’s is so easy to get caught up in our daily lives and not make time for the moments that make life special. The truth is that nobody can get by on the day-to-day obligations and distractions alone. We need beauty, joy and love as much as we need water and air.
“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.”- John Muir
Check out the latest playlist from Candlelight Yoga…enjoy!
In honor of my birthday today, I am making a batch of my new favorite summertime cocktail for my friends. Really, I heart anything with cherries this time of year….they taste like the essence of summer In a world where you can get strawberries in December, there are very few things that you can really only find in season. I think cherries taste even sweeter because they are only available for such a short period in the summer. Of course, it’s human nature, make something scarce and we want it all the more! Anyways, celebrate summer with this fun and easy recipe. It’s great because it can be made the day before (or even up to 3 days before) and stored in your refrigerator so that you have more time to spend with your guests. (more…)
In the summer, no one really feels like firing up the oven or doing something elaborate. This is a great way to use up summer tomatoes…it’s extremely easy and involves very little cooking. Tomatoes are a great source of cancer-preventing lycopenes and vitamin C. Plus they just taste so much better in the summertime. (more…)
I wanted to share this quote from Rachel Carson about how important it is to slow down to appreciate all of the natural beauty around us. It is a great reminder to all of us to enjoy these beautiful summer nights….
One summer night, out on a flat headland, all but surrounded by the waters of the bay, the horizons were remote and distant rims on the edge of space. Millions of stars blazed in the darkness, and on the far shore a few lights burned in cottages. Otherwise there was no reminder of human life. My companion and I were alone with the stars; the misty river of the Milky Way flowing across the sky, the patterns of constellations standing out bright and clear. It occured to me that if this were a sight that could be seen only once in a century, this little headland would be thronged with spectators. But it can be seen many scores of nights in any year, and so the lights burned in the cottages and the inhabitants probally gave not a thought to the beauty overhead; and because they could see it almost any night, perhaps they never will”- Rachel Carson
Enjoy the playlist from tonight’s class…this is great chilled out music to do a home practice to or just for relaxing at home on a lazy Sunday morning. Click here for the playlist
