LovetheJaspers: June 2013

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Ima be a Yoga bear

So as promised in my 5 on Friday post a few weeks ago I said I was going to write a post about my personal experience with hot yoga well here it goes,

My Friend and I decided we'd try the intro package at Yoga Tree http://www.yogatree.ca/

down the street from us {we live in the same hood} it was 30 days unlimited yoga for $40, not bad right? Well turns out we really love it, I mean ALOT!!! I've never been so committed to something before I literally went almost everyday {except when I was sick for an entire week! Blah}. I was feeling so empowered and inspired I'm even considering becoming a teacher {one day}. so long story short - I'm hooked!

We decided the location is convenient and the schedule is so flexible with ours we committed ourselves to another four month contract.

The Details!!

Hot Yoga - Our classes are conducted in a heated room of 38 degrees Celsius for 75 minutes long. by practicing yoga in a heated room it assists in a process of natural detoxification also allowing a deeper stretch in your muscles.

Core Yoga - This class is done in a none heated room but is 75 minutes as well. Core yoga increases your core strength, coordination and stability. {I mean who doesn't want a six pack?}

Basically this is exactly what we do haha! :)

sooo We've now been doing {Hot yoga & Core Yoga} for two months and of course I'm still loving it. I can finally start to see the changes happening in my body. My entire body is leaning out and I just feel better and healthy especially immediately following a hot yoga class when I'm drenched in sweat. I love the feeling of being cleansed and detoxified.

Below are some progress pictures, I'm still far from where I want to be but it takes time. In both of these pics I weigh the exact same... Guess that's power of yoga :)

so if your looking to live more balanced and healthy I recommend checking out your local hot yoga studio & sweat it out.

Benefits of Yoga - Body, Mind & Soul

Strengthen and tone every muscle in your body. - noticed this just after doing a few classes

Improve your cardiovascular health and conditioning

Potentially reduce the risk of many diseases & conditions -Anxiety is a huge problem for me and still is but yoga has defiantly helped curve the attacks for me.

De-stress your life -Amen to that!

Strength, Balance & Flexibility - My husbands not complaining, If you know what I mean. ;D

Happy practicing!

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Colour me Rad 5k

Today my friend Connie and I accomplished our first Colour me Rad 5k run at Toronto's Downsview park. Our official team name was 'Scronballz'. We were disappointed they didn't print our awesome team name on our bibs when we picked up our race kits last week however, they did included a blue Colour me Rad t-shirt, some nice bright neon sunnies, free redbull and of course a colour packet that we received at the very end of the race.

Basically our race begin at 10am with different starting heats. After a Zumba warm up everyone was ready to go, loud cheering and hopped up on free redbull people dressed in white with all sorts of crazy accessories. {tutu's galore}. We ran around the perimeter of downsview while volunteers pelted us at each kilometer with different coloured corn starch. The hot, sweaty, muggy weather was awesome because it made the corn starch stick to our clothes and bodies.

As gross as that may sound, the whole thing was actually very entertaining to watch and we had such a blast. Our finishing time I think was 35 minutes, its a rough guess because they do not time you as this race is simply for fun and enjoyment. We will defs be doing more colour me rad's in the future.

Part of the proceeds from the run went to the Big Brothers Big Sisters charity.

enjoy some colourful photos.

My nice clean bib

Before the race {all clean and white}

Zumba warm up on stage

everyone getting pumped up before the race.

The finish

Friday, June 21, 2013

Weekend Recap ---- MMVA13!

Yesterday I was still recovering from the after parties and was way to hung over to begin writing this post {still not sure how I made it to work}.

Anyways Let me start by saying this seriously is the funnest {12 hour shifts Friday, Saturday & Sunday} weekend of work! My 'Title' is called a 'Talent Wrangler' meaning I'm assigned to a celebrity who will either be performing or presenting at the MMVA's. this year my talent was Mia Martina, a Canadian singer you may know her song Stereo Love.
So basically all weekend you will have their schedule {i.e.. sound checks, script reads, red carpet/on air hit times.} get it?

I love listening to the sound checks by far my favourite. Its like my own personal concert ITS GREAT!