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Sun Salutation – My Way

Posted by terrepruitt on May 4, 2013

The Sun Salutation is a sequence of asanas.  I have not yet included it in any of my Nia classes, but I am thinking about doing so.  In general modern day usage “asana” is what people call a yoga pose.  So the Sun Salutation is a sequence of yoga poses.  Now, if you look up Sun Salutation on the internet you will find a lot of variations.  There are certain asanas that you will consistently find in all of them, but then not all of the Sun Salutations will include the same EXACT ones.  I’ve seen anywhere from 9 to 13 poses in a single salutation.  Since yoga is considered a practice associated with religion, a meditation, a prayer, a movement form, and/or a straight out exercise it makes sense that there are so many difference ways to do the Sun Salutation.  If you are chosing to do the movement as a form of worship it might have different movements than if you are doing it to get a specific physical benefit.  Most of the instructions on how to do it agree that the movements are based on breath.  Inhale here, exhale there.  I have decided on a combination of what I have been trained with, what I have practiced in classes, what I practice at home, several applications, and things I have learned along the way.  I have decided on thirteen movements.  I move using the right leg through 11 asanas, then through them again using the left leg.  Two of the poses making the sequence 13 are only used only in very beginning and the end.

I start in Anjali mudra then go to the
Mountain Pose, then arms move out and up into an
Upward Salute, then I swan dive into a
Forward Bend, up into a
Standing Half Forward Bend, then I place the left leg back into a
lunge then the right leg back into a
plank then I move down onto knees into
knees, chest, chin/Ashtanga Namaskara or chaturanga up into
cobra, then I push back into
downward dog, I stay here longer than any other pose.  I breath.  Then I bring my right leg forward, so I am in a
lunge, then I bring my left leg forward then I
forward bend, then I come up a little into
Standing Half Forward Bend then lift my arms out and up as I rise into an
Upward Salute which I consider the start of the right sun salutation.  I go through the sequences again this time place my right leg back into the lunge.  When it is time to lunge again, I bring my left leg forward.

I find that as I move through the salutation, I like to change my Upward Salutes into more of a little back bend.  Only bending back as I warm up and it feels good.

Since this is my Sun Salutation, and I am not worshiping the sun . . . in fact I don’t even think of the sun at all, I just do it my way.  I do it in the way I feel like doing it that day.  Sometimes I time it with my breath inhaling on this move and exhaling on that move, sometimes I stay in each pose longer and while I am aware of my breath my movements are not dictated by it.  I do somewhat feel that is WAAAAAY contrary to the way it is “supposed” to be done, but then again it is MY movement.  It is MY practice.  It is MY meditation.  So I do it the way MY body feels like doing it that day.  I don’t usually decide how I am going to do it when I begin, I just begin and however I seem to move is how I do it that day at that time.  Sometimes I even time it to the music I am listening too.  Sometimes, unfortunately, I am in a hurry and I just want to get a few in so I do them.  It all depends.  That is why I think it is nice because YOU can do it how you want to do it to match the reason you are doing it.  After doing at least six, I end with the Mountain Post and the Anjali mudra.

Do you do a version of the Sun Salutation?  What asanas do you include in your salute?

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Goodie Jar – Check In #14

Posted by terrepruitt on May 3, 2013

It’s Friday.  That means a lot of things, huh?  One think it means over here on Terre Pruitt’s Blog is Goodie Jar check in!  Are you filling up that jar with all the good things going on in your life?  Believe me, I know that some times there are things that are not good and we can let them take over our outlook, our attitudes, our lives OR we can find the good things.  I really cannot deny the good even where there are not good things.  Even if I have to turn to my friends to celebrate their good things . . . . there are good things!

But . . . that is my belief and how I feel about things.  I think there is ALWAYS something at least one good thing about . . . so I choose to focus on that/them.  And since they are good I am writing them down and putting them in a jar!  I actually put at least three good things in my jar this week and only one of them was Nia related.  LOL!

How are you doing?  Do you have the “good thing” attitude?

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Body Facts

Posted by terrepruitt on May 2, 2013

Sometimes when I am looking for information about something, I find information about other things.  Sometimes one little piece of information makes me curious and so I go looking to check on it and then I find other things that have me curious.  Sometimes it takes me a long time to write a post.  I get into a mode where I am just looking at more stuff and more stuff.  Fascinating.  And as I always say about the internet if you find one thing to support something you will find another thing that doesn’t.  Sometimes it is frustrating because you don’t know what to believe.  But somethings are nice in that they are general facts and not too many people are going to argue with them.  I was on my way to learn something and found out these things in the process:

—The esophagus is approximately 10 inches long.

—The esophagus is about the diameter of a quarter.

—The “walls” of the esophagus is about the width of three pennies.

—Adults eat about 1102.31 pounds of food a year.

—There is a bone that is hardly larger than a grain of rice.  It is in the ear.

—The smallest muscle is an ear muscle, the stapedius

—Ears and the end of the nose are made up of cartilage.

—It takes fewer muscles to smile than frown, 20 versus 40.

—The sartorius is the longest muscle in the body.  It rotates the thigh outwards and bends the knee as it runs down from the outside of the hip to the inside of the knee.

—There are about 5 million red blood cells, 300,000 platelets, and 10,000 white blood cells in a tiny drop of blood.

—Red blood cells, which carry oxygen to the tissues

—Platelets, smaller cells that help blood to clot

—White blood cells, which fight infections

—It takes about one minute for red blood cells to circle the whole body.

—Red blood cells make about 250,000 round trips of the body before they die.

—Red blood cells live about four months.

—The right lung is slightly larger than the left.

—The skin secretes antibacterial substances.  These substances explain why you don’t wake up in the mornings with a layer of mold growing on your skin.

—The spinal cord is approximately 15 or so inches to 19 or so inches long.

—The spinal cord is about 2.54 to 3 (or so inches) in diameter.

—The spinal cord is a cylindrical structure of nervous tissue composed of white and gray matter.

Some things you learn and then forget so it is interesting to happen upon the facts again.  Or when having a discussion with someone you find yourself looking things up to help further the discussion.  Either way to me it is fascinating. I have shared my fascination before in my post Human Body Fantastic you can check that out by clicking here if you want.  It has different body facts.

I gathered the facts noted in this post from Body Worlds 2 body fact sheet, the University of South Florida’s website, and Neuroscience Online.

Well, maybe you learned something.  Maybe you didn’t.  Maybe you were reminded by of something.  Either way, I hope you were fascinated.

Don’t you find the body amazing?

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iPad Planner And Voice Activated Camera

Posted by terrepruitt on April 30, 2013

Often times I want the applications on my devices to do something they don’t do.  When I remember that there is probably someone else who wants that too and I go look for it, I usually find it.  Recently I wanted a calendar with different functionality than the calendar that is part of the iPad.  I also saw a commercial where they had a camera that takes pictures when you tell it to.  So I went looking in the iTunes store and found two applications that I like.

Dance Exercise, Nia, Nia at the City of San Jose, Nia classes in the South Bay, Nia Teacher, Nia Class, San Jose Nia, Nia San Jose, Nia workout, Nia, ZumbaThe iPad has a calendar program built into it.  I like it because it allows you to set appointments/events/reminders.  You can even set an alarm to remind you.  You can also type in things as events or appointments and have them “recur”, ya know standard electronic calendar stuff.  I wanted to be able to easily mark something, as I would on a paper calendar.  I wanted to just make a check or a mark.  I didn’t want to have to go in and create an appointment/event.  Especially since I found myself splitting the thing I was marking down.  Let me explain.  This past month I had a Multiple Planks In A Day Challenge going on.  The idea was to do three planks a day.  Sometimes I would do all three at once, but sometimes I would split them up.  So I might get up in the morning and do one.  Then have to go teach a Nia class and come back later that day and do the remaining two.  I wanted a calendar I could just mark a “1” on.  Then when I completed my three I could either change the one to a three or a check mark.

I found “A 2013 Planner” by Unidocs.  It is pretty cool.  I haven’t even really begun to use all that it does.  For now I was just making Xs, checks, and numbers on it.  But a glimpse at the other features makes me think it is pretty useful.  You can write on it or you can type text on it.  You can view it as an annual planner, a monthly planner, weekly planner, or a daily planner.  It really is like an appointment book planner, but on the iPad.  You can also include pictures in it if you would like.  It seems as if it can pretty much document anything.  I was just excited to find an app that I could easily notate on the calendar like a real calendar.  As I learn more about it, I can always share.

On to app two:  There is a commercial, I don’t even know what the commercial is for.  There are so many commercials like that now-a-days they are so busy being artsy I miss what the product is that they are actually advertising.  But in it there is a guy that says, “Shoot!” and his camera takes a picture.  So I thought, “There HAS to be an app for that!”  And there is.  It is called Vapp.  And it is nice because you set the sensitivity of the voice response.  So if you are in a heavy metal concert you set the sensitivity to HIGH so it won’t go off with every noise.  Then if you are in a quiet setting you set it at a low sensitivity so that if you just whisper it will take a picture.  So you can use this when you are trying to take a picture of yourself in a group or if you need to take a picture hands free.  It also has a timer, which times AFTER you tell it to take a picture.  It is pretty cool.

Since there are so many applications out there it is pretty easy to find ones that do what you want for free. I think I have only purchased two or three applications.

This is also the last day of the Multiple Planks In A Day Challenge.  As you can see by my planner, I missed a few days (the BIG X) and on one day I only managed to do one.  But I am satisfied with what I did.  Sometimes you start something, like a challenge, and things come up and then it really becomes a challenge to keep on doing what you started.  But then it feels good when you get it done.

There are a lot of challenges out there and there are a lot of applications.  I like to share when I find ones that I think are cool.

Do you ever want the easy of a quick check mark on  your calendar?  Don’t you think that having a voice activated camera is cool? Do you have any applications that you would like to share?

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Multiple Planks In A Day Challenge – Check In #4

Posted by terrepruitt on April 28, 2013

Wow.  I just noticed that there are only three days (if you include today) left of the multiple planks.  Three planks a day every day for 30 days.  I missed three days.  Well, I have three days left to make sure I get all three in.

This morning I took a yoga class at the studio where I teach Nia twice a week.  This week is Bay Area Dance Week and so the class I took was free.  It was nice to get my mat out and do some poses.  I don’t use my mat at home, I just do it on the carpet.

There are a lot of free classes this week so you might want to check it out.  You can see a schedule of free classes in my post, Free Nia, Zumba, Belly Dance, Yoga, and More.

So I am going to go do my three planks.  Have you done yours yet?

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Dried Garbanzo Beans

Posted by terrepruitt on April 27, 2013

Dance Exercise, Nia, Nia at the City of San Jose, Nia classes in the South Bay, Nia Teacher, Nia Class, San Jose Nia, Nia San Jose, Nia workout, Nia, ZumbaYou might have gathered from my posts that I am not a fan of beans.  Beans are great for fiber and protein, but I just don’t like them all that much.  I was sometimes ok with garbanzo beans/chickpeas, but that was it.  I didn’t like any other type of bean, but I went to a friend’s house and she had this yummy two bean salad.  So I decided that I am ok with red kidney beans and garbanzo beans in this salad.  Then I came across a recipe that had kidney beans it in and I decided to use half kidney beans and half garbanzo beans.  This recipe is one of my husband’s and mine favorites.  I also like roasted garbanzo beans.  Recently I was in the area – after teaching a Nia class as a sub in south San Jose –  of a store that I have been hearing a lot about.  It is called Sprouts.  The name is “Sprouts Farmers Market: Healthy, Natural & Organic Grocery Stores”, which I don’t really understand, as it is NOT a farmer’s market and not everything is natural nor organic.  They have the produce section kind of set up like you might imagine a market on an actual farm in that nothing is in nice neat rows and it seems kinda hodgey-podgely put together . . . but that is it.  Their organic section of fruits and vegetables was no larger than the one at my “regular” grocery store.  But whatever, I digress (WHAT? ME?  NO!) . . . my post is actually about that fact that I bought some dried garbanzo beans.

Dance Exercise, Nia, Nia at the City of San Jose, Nia classes in the South Bay, Nia Teacher, Nia Class, San Jose Nia, Nia San Jose, Nia workout, Nia, ZumbaWhen I first discovered the Red Beans and Rice recipe my friend and I were talking about dried beans and we wondered if we could buy dried garbanzo beans.  Later she reported back that she had seen some in the store.  I had asked my chef friend about them and she gave me some advice on how to process them.  And of course I forgot what she said.  But anyway . . . I finally was in a store that had them when I remembered to look.  So I bought some.

When you look up how to process dried beans on the internet you will probably come across two different methods.  There is the long soak and then the quick soak.  My idea was to do both and then report the results on my blog in one post.  But funny as it sounds, I have not had time — more accurately, I have not made time — to do the quick soak method.  I know, you would think that would be the easiest and fastest one to do.  But to me it was much easier to throw the beans in a bowl and let them soak for 13 hours and 45 minutes.  I’ve read they should soak for at least 4 hours.  Mine just turned into 13 hours plus.

Since I have not yet gotten around to doing the quick soak method I will report on what I found with the long soak method and then when I do the other one I will post about that.

The “long soak” method has no cooking involved.  I was interested in not cooking the beans.  Everything I read said that they double in size.  I don’t recall that happening.  NOTHING I read told me they would pop!  I kept hearing this odd sound and wondering what it was.  If you have a pet you might do as I do and the first thing I do when I hear something unfamiliar is I blame my pet and find her first to see if she was responsible.  But when I heard the pop she was right next to me.  So, I kept thinking it was coming from outside. Finally it dawned on me that it might be the beans and I stood by the bowl until I heard one!

Dance Exercise, Nia, Nia at the City of San Jose, Nia classes in the South Bay, Nia Teacher, Nia Class, San Jose Nia, Nia San Jose, Nia workout, Nia, ZumbaI had decided to split the bag in between the two methods.  So I got a huge bowl and put half of my beans in it.  Then I filled it with water.  I did this at 11:00 am on a Friday.  I changed the water twice.  I rinsed the beans both times.  My report is that beans themselves have gas.  My kitchen smelled gassy the whole time the beans were soaking.  I kept lighting a candle.  I drained the beans at 12:45 pm on Saturday.  I decided I was going to roast them.  So I drained them to let them start to dry out.

I roasted them.  They were gorgeous.  I like them because they seem less “mushy” than the canned beans.  And for me “mushy” is part of the reason I don’t like beans.  So I really liked this dried/soaking method.  I left the beans in the oven a tad bit too long.  I was doing too many things at once and when I took them out to check them I forgot to put the timer on when I put them back in.  I realized my error when I smelled burning beans.  So . . . . they are ok, but not as I would have liked them.

The verdict in regards to soaking beans is good.  I am going to do that.  I have a feeling that soaking them will turn out to be easier than the quick soak method.  We will see.

The questions I have been thinking about though is . . . . the canned beans I buy say “Organic” whereas the dried ones I bought did not.  So really which are better?  I will look for organic dried beans, but I am not sure where to find them.  I know I didn’t see them at the “Farmers Market” that claims to have healthy, natural, and organic food.  🙂  Well, at least I didn’t see a sign that claimed the dried beans were organic.

Do you used canned beans or dried?

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Goodie Jar – Check In #13

Posted by terrepruitt on April 26, 2013

Here we are — another Good Things Jar check in.  We check in so we remember to put something in our jar.  Life is very busy and there are a lot of things going on.  Sometimes we might forget to stop and notice the good things.  So that is why we have a good things jar!  And that is why we have a Friday check-in!

This is like your alarm!  “Hey, did you note a good thing this week?  Hey, did you note a good thing this week?  Hey, did you note a good thing this week?  Hey, did you note a good thing this week?”

I did!

How full is your Good Things Jar?

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Free Nia, Zumba, Belly Dance, Yoga, and More

Posted by terrepruitt on April 25, 2013

Dance Exercise, Nia, Nia at the City of San Jose, Nia classes in the South Bay, Nia Teacher, Nia Class, San Jose Nia, Nia San Jose, Nia workout, Nia, ZumbaEvery year the studio in San Jose where I teach Nia Class on Monday mornings and Wednesday mornings participates in the celebration of National Dance week.  This year the “week” is actually ten days, from Friday, April 26, 2013 through Sunday, May 5, 2013.  This is the 15th year of Bay Area Dance Week, and the 32nd year in which there has been a National Dance Week coalition.  BayAreaDance.org states:

“National Dance Week was founded in 1981 to increase awareness of dance and its contributions to our national culture. The first Bay Area Dance Week (BADW) festival grew out of a public dialogue in 1998, when dance artists, administrators, and organizations came together to explore how best to spotlight Bay Area dance during National Dance Week.”

The studio I rent from rents to different instructors who teach a variety of fitness classes and dances.  Each instructor can choose to participate in Bay Area Dance Week, by offering free classes.

Bay Area Dance Week at the studio in San Jose starts Saturday, April 27th.

Saturday, April 27, 2013:
12:00 noon – 1:15 pm: Bellydance Essentials – Courtney


Sunday, April 28, 2013:
9:00 am – 10:15 am: Morning Flow Yoga – Eme


Monday, April 29, 2013:
9:00 am – 10:00 am: Nia – Terre  (free to NEW Students)
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Zumba – Lili
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Egyptian Bellydance. All Levels – Hala
8:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Egyptian Bellydance Technique. Int/Adv – Hala


Tuesday, April 30, 2013:
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm: Drills & Performance Skills – Michelle
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm: Bellydance Level 1  (4.27.13 changed)  Fan Veil Choreography – Natika
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm: Tribal Fusion Technique & Choreography – Natika
8:30 pm – 9:30 pm: Turkish Bellydance – Natika


Wednesday, May 1, 2013:
9:00 am – 10:00 am: Nia – Terre  (free to NEW Students)
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Bellydance – Setareh
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm: Hala Dance Company Rehearsal – Hala


Friday, May 3, 2013:
8:00 pm – 9:15 pm: Bellydance Cardio and Combos – Jill


Saturday, May 4, 2013:
9:30 am – 10:30 am: Bellydance Basics – Amanda
10:30 am – 12 noon: Bellydance and Beyond – Amanda
12 noon – 1:15 pm: Bellydance Essentials – Courtney


Sunday, May 5, 2013:
10:30 am – 11:30 am: The Art of Bellydance – Jizan

In regards to classes at the studio, classes not listed are not open to free drop-ins.

This is the schedule at the time of the writing.  Sometimes things change so it is always good to check with the studio and/or instructor to verify class times and participation.

Remember it is National Dance Week so there are free classes all over the United States.  I bet there is a class that you have always wanted to take, but have not yet got around to it.  So check with the instructor of that class or call the venue to see if they are offering free classes.

The San Francisco Bay Area is beginning the week with a celebration dance on Friday in Union Square Park in San Francisco at noon.  The closing event is a Planetary Dance led by Anna Halprin on Sunday, May 5th at 2:00 in Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco.  You can check for free classes in the Bay Area at BayAreaDance.org.  But even if it is not listed on the site check in with the person teaching it or the place it is being taught.  They might be participating but maybe didn’t get on the site.  So don’t be shy get out and dance.

What classes, in ADDITION to Nia, are you going to take?

 

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Sound Healing and Labyrinth Walk

Posted by terrepruitt on April 23, 2013

Wow.  This past weekend I went to an event a friend of mine invited me too.  It was very cool.  I had learned about walking the labyrinth not too long ago (about four years).  I found it very fascinating.  I love that you just walk the path and it is yours.  You walk, you experience whatever it is you want to/need to experience.  There are many different types of labyrinth.  The first one I experienced was at the Center for Spiritual Enlightenment in San Jose, CA.  The labyrinth was in their garden.  Their garden is an oasis in the middle of a noisy city.  Dance Exercise, Nia, Nia at the City of San Jose, Nia classes in the South Bay, Nia Teacher, Nia Class, San Jose Nia, Nia San Jose, Nia workout, Nia, ZumbaThe labyrinth I walked on Saturday was at a church, First Congregational Church.  It is a stone labyrinth. Walking the labyrinth alone is a special thing in itself, but this event was sound healing while you walked the labyrinth.  I had heard of sound healing before but didn’t really have an idea of what it was.  I really had no idea what this event would be like, I just wanted to go because the one time I walked the labyrinth I really enjoyed it.  The event was planned two months ago and in those two months . . . .wow!  At this time I am just going to say that I felt this was the PERFECT time for me to be attending this event!  There were four women that played their Crystal Singing bowls, drums, rattles and other sound healing instruments while we walked the labyrinth.  It was a wonderful experience.  Their intention is to hold this type of event every other month.  I will be posting the information as I learn of it so anyone who wants to join can do so.

Dance Exercise, Nia, Nia at the City of San Jose, Nia classes in the South Bay, Nia Teacher, Nia Class, San Jose Nia, Nia San Jose, Nia workout, Nia, ZumbaCrystal Singing bowls are very beautiful LOOKING and I was attracted to one so I went over to talk to one of the women about it.  Since I didn’t know anything about the bowls I wanted to learn more.  She shared with me the vibration of the bowl called “The Divine Mother”.  She told me what it was made of and shared the sound with me.  While she made it sing I was holding it.  It was very warm.  Then she had me hold it in one hand and strike it with the mallet.  Then she took the bowl and held it in her hand and struck it while I held my hands close to the bowl but not touching.  That was amazing.  I felt the energy, the vibration from the bowl push against my hands.  I had to give a little resistance so my hands did not move away from the bowl.  The sound is very beautiful, but I was very intrigued by the energy coming from the bowl.  She was very kind and she allowed me to experience this for a while.  Then she had me turn in a circle while she moved the bowl up my body and down my body.  It is kind of surprising the force I felt from the bowl as she did that.  It was not strong as if to move me, but there was something and that really surprised me.  I felt the vibration from the bowl.

At this time with what is going on in my life and what is going on in the world, I am open heartedly accepting it as healing sound and vibration.  What is really is and what you want to believe is up in the air and up to you.  I am just sharing that I knew nothing of this type of “healing” and was really just surprised and amazed by the sense and the feeling I got.  I was just WOWED!  Really.  And I felt really good and relaxed after.  The morning was emotional and a bit stressful and after that little session I was back to relaxation and joy.

So, a portion of my walk in the labyrinth was that of thankfulness and pure gratitude.  But it was a — to me — a big labyrinth so I was also able to concentrate on some healing thoughts for someone else.  Then while I walked I began so sense my feet and I took a little time to focus on self-healing.  I walked the labyrinth both ways so I was able to do what I felt necessary.

Whew!  It was an awesome experience.  I look forward to attending more walks with sound healings.  I will put the information regarding the next event up somewhere (here, my website, Twitter or Facebook) when they have the details worked out and have let me know.  So check back if you are interested.  I honestly can’t wait.  I really felt some healing from the lovely sound and enjoyed the walk and the support of all those that gathered.

What do you think?  Interesting?  Interested?

 

If you are interested, there is a walk on Saturday, August 17, 2013, 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm.  Click here to go to Facebook Event!

 

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Multiple Planks In A Day Challenge – Check In #3

Posted by terrepruitt on April 21, 2013

Well, I have to say that this past week a couple of days I remembered about the planks at about 3 minutes past midnight. I decided to count those days as I promptly got down on the floor and did my planks. But I also have to say that Friday and Saturday I remembered too far past midnight! Friday it was about 12:30 and Saturday at 12:10 I remembered, but I decided to let it go. So that is three days this month I didn’t do them at all and a few days that I did them after midnight. My mind has been a little preoccupied lately, but that really is not excuse as we all have things that are on our minds.

What I do is I think about them and say, “Oh, I’ll do it later.”  Then next thing I know it is after midnight.” So while I was typing this I had to stop to do them so I would be sure to have them done.  I got all three in!

As I said in my last check in, it really helps me to have that every day check in. Checking in once a week is not a good enough reminder. Here’s to a more “on track” week!

How are you doing?

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