Weekend yoga on a baseball field

Good morning, blog friends.

How was your weekend?

♥

Things are heating up around these parts and we I actually turned the air conditioning on for a little while on Saturday afternoon. But yesterday morning? Oh my goodness, the weather was P.E.R.F.E.C.T. (70°)

Carrie and I participated in Yoga for Hope yesterday morning. It was an outdoor yoga class sponsored by City of Hope and the Arizona Diamondbacks, with proceeds of our tickets going to benefit City of Hope - a research and treatment center for cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases. The event was held at the Diamondback's spring training field in Scottsdale. We got to do yoga on center field!

We were up super early for a Sunday morning to attend a class that started at 7:00 a.m., and we spent an hour doing yoga on this beautiful lawn. I was kind of obsessed with it, and I took a whole bunch of photos of...well...grass. It was so beautifully manicured and looked like soft carpet. I had to bend down and touch it to make sure it was real.

 

In all my years of practicing yoga, I've never had my mat on grass before. I loved it! I realized that I need to seek out more outdoor yoga classes. Practicing under a clear blue sky, the earth beneath my feet, a beautiful little breeze sweeping by once in a while, birds singing their springtime song... It was magic for this girl.

And I got to do it with my girl C so that made it even more wonderful. I love taking yoga classes with Carrie. I love seeing her practice develop, sharing knowing looks of joy/exhaustion as our eyes meet, feeling her fingertips outstretched to mine in certain poses. Makes this yoga mama super happy! ♥

After we finished yoga on the field I was in the best mood! My body ached from head to toe in a really good way, if you know what I mean. Man, yoga can make you sore in the weirdest places. I was still feeling the results of Saturday morning's class - and then I added Sunday yoga on a baseball field to top it off. Awesome, awesome, awesome!

Other than yoga, I had a weekend filled with creativity. I finished up a little Easter craft (I'll share that with you tomorrow), made a really yummy dinner last night (that I'll share on Wednesday), and took a ton of photos around here (maybe Thursday?). I filled up my blogging calendar and fed my soul with all kinds of happy stuff and yoga. Ok, and some red wine too. :o}

And now I set my sights on work which could make me all kinds of grumpy if I let it. But I won't let it! It's a short week for us - no work on Friday - and there's a camping trip in our future.

Wishing you all a week full of things that feed your soul.

See you tomorrow!

♥