olive june

hello yoga challenge, a gift, a new lulu store and thankful thoughts

olive juneNovember 2, 2013

my november yoga challenge began today…

it’s not too late to join me… 🙂 all are welcome

*any workout – not just yoga*

my practice has been so sporadic since school started- walking in tonight (knowing that my yoga challenge was here) felt so good- it felt like i was back home- i know what’s coming and it’s going to be incredible.

today’s class: 90 min of hot deep stretch

teacher: daniel (a favorite)

thankful thought of the day #1 – a weekend at home with my husband – i literally don’t know the last time this happened (and i usually remember dates rEaLlY well) with more laundry than ever to get done … but rest and relaxation at the same time!

so thankful for this! deep stretch tonight – and a trip to the grocery store for paleo ingredients- was the perfect way to start this weekend.

one of my favorite parts about deep stretch is that there is music playing-

all of the songs playing this evening were smilier to those on my two favorite pandora stations:

norah jones & the avett brothers

in particular- tracey chapman came on … that made my soul happy~

there is just something about her aMaZinG voice: so powerful yet so soothing.

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hello gift giveaway~

i am so excited to annouce the winner of lululemon’s ‘the mat’ …

congrats to kara morris!!

i am so excited for you – a huge thank you to all who entered (thank you all- so much- i wish i had one for all of you!!) but when i pulled out her name tonight, i was beyond excited because she is the amazing mom of two kids under two right now– adorable James and Samantha and is also the writer behind the blog: http://karemyandfriends.blogspot.com

i cheered with kara in high school and absolutely love her friendly and fun personality!!

her comment when entering:

Hey Janelle! Okay I love my yoga practice because it has helped me find a center during life’s most stressful times! The body awareness, breath control, flexibility and strength gained from yoga have all been assets in my roles as a wife, pediatric dentist, and parent — especially the two medication-free labors and subsequent lugging around of my two beautiful babies! Can’t wait to get them into yoga as children, too! 🙂 Keep bloggin’, sister!

how cute are they?!

& please introduce them to yoga, Kara … you’re amazing.

I hope you enjoy ‘the mat’ as much I do… because I am in love.

hello new lulu store ~ central west end – st. louis

*today was the grand opening of the store in the central west end that my sister is managing – they have all worked so hard and i am SO excited for them all!!

best wishes this weekend … and enjoy the party tonight – it sounds amazing.

so proud of her and her/their hard work – the merchandise arrived just one week ago!!

two weeks ago, when i was there, the builders weren’t even done and now it looks like this~

*thank you to all who sent sweet messages to me today- you’re right- my <3 was in st. louis. and if it wasn’t for the 17 parent teacher conferences that i had booked, i would have surprised her today (i had plans of doing this in september- until i saw the date for ptc was 11.1. – would have loved to have been there to help and to celebrate in the central west end tonight- hope the kickoff party was a blast.)