Full Body Paint!

This is the first body painting gig I got after I came back to Richmond. This is Jessie playing the part of a Bomb. I wanted to make her look firey and explosive for the Africa show. I did the paint, hair, costume aaaand the jewelry! Yay me ;) It was a blast...

Summer shoot with Keith Ramsey

 Wow! It's been a month since my last post! I've been gettin ready for the Cabinet of Cosmic Curiosities event at Gallery 5 tomorrow :) Until I recover from that, here are some photos of costumes and paint that I worked on over the summer with Keith Ramsey, Photographer/Graphic designer/Painter. Enjoy!

This is Elisa in a Water themed costume I put together for a 10 week project of shooting with Keith.

Know Your Sun Salutation

The Sun Salutation, aka Surya Namaskar, is the seed from which all vinyasa yoga is born. Everyone should know how to do a sun salutation. It's an excellent warm-up for a larger practice; or it can stand alone. Do it once, or do it 108 times, or any number in between. If you're running low on time, or have no idea where to start a home practice - this is all you really need. 

Jason Crandell - Demystifying the Home Practice

Jason Crandell speaks here about appropriate expectations of home yoga practices.
Start with what you like. Do it when you can. Simple as that.

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Cardio for Hot Yoga Bods

It's about that time of year when the weather is warming up and people are realizing that swimsuits are just around the corner. This of course leads to an increase in cardio for so many people that want to burn off extra body fat.

There are lots of forms of cardio to consider:

• Jumping Rope
• Running
• Jogging
• Hula Hooping
• Yoga (yes it can be cardio)
• Plyometrics
• and tons of other combinations of fun things that get your heart rate up for a while...

Running is commonly chosen because it's one of the most effective forms of cardio there is. If you're running then you need to do more stretches both before and after your run (because it's also one of the roughest forms of cardio).

Lululemon offers a nice little article on Five pre-run poses for better running. Go Check it Out!

http://www.lululemon.com/community/blog/five-pre-run-poses/

Update: Lululemon came out with a 2nd article on Five post-run poses for better recovery!

http://www.lululemon.com/community/blog/five-post-run-poses-for-better-recovery/

Kundalini Sunshine Song

I've taken part in a fair amount of Kundalini Yoga, and this song has always been my favorite part.

Clean Nutrition for Yogis

I've made no secret of my love of cake and really all things delicious. I'd be one of those really lean muscley yoginis if I actually made a stronger effort to eat less dessert and snack food.

All that aside - I otherwise eat clean. In my house we've completely sworn off frying foods and as someone who grew up in Texas - that's kind of a big deal. I've wanted to write more about the topic of food for a long time. It's just such a deep topic and I'm sort of lazy about writing sometimes.

So when I saw this post called "Eat Clean: Nutrition for Yogis" over at Alive in the Fire - I figured I'd pass along this great article "on ways to maximize the benefit of the foods you eat before and after class in order to get a great yoga flow." instead of having to write my own. No point in reinventing the wheel.

Go read it.

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