Balance is balance

Whether it is in the gym, life, or on a walk in the country–balance is balance. Finding Balance Become A Better Athlete With Simple Tricks   Finding Balance   By Wina Sturgeon PHOTO BY WINA STURGEON // Adrian Conway, head performance trainer at BASICS, demonstrates an advanced balance drill. POSTED // JULY 26,2011 –Want the not-so-secret key to…

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Cross country hike

Nothing like just siting a point on the horizon and start walking.  It felt great to head out into the countryside.  Jaipur is green right now, so you get a sense of freshness instead of the aridness which is more true to its desert characteristic.  There are a lot of rocks on the hillside–great for…

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Fitness shopping in Jaipur

Wow,  getting some great feedback on my posts.  Please don’t hesitate to answer on the blog, since one of my hopes is to create a shared community.  I only have a perspective from a very small wedge in the world.  Selfseeds motivates me to keep seeking and applying in so many aspects of life that…

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Health: learning about the importance of it!!

As I talk with friends, family, and new contacts,  I am constantly amazed by people’s inner strength and will to find their way to the other side of health issues.  As a person who has had the good fortune to live in a predominantly healthy form,  I was interested in how people would approach their…

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Magic Garden

While I was staying on Whidbey Island, I was able to workout at my host’s gym.  It is always fun to see what equipment is available, how it is arranged, and how the gym is managed.  This particular gym is very, very clean and a lot of attention to detail to make it feel personal…

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Finalizing the Selfseeds brochure and business cards

Adding the Selfseeds icons and rewriting some of the text on the Selfseeds website inspired Heather (web and graphics designer extraordinaire) and I to redo the Selfseeds brochure and business cards, before I leave for India.  We decided to take photos at the gym with me recreating various aspects of  Selfseeds: weight distribution, balance, and…

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The life behind the Selfseeds development

As you familiarize yourself with Selfseeds by looking at the website:  www.selfseeds.com     You will see that I work with horses, ballroom dance, go to the gym, travel, pursue a spiritual practice etc.   I have been learning how to make iMovies, so I put together a collage from the past year. help center | e-mail…

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Competitive Ballroom Dancing

Going to a dance competition is like going to a foreign country.  Dancing with the Stars has sort of desensitized us to the glitz and glamour, but being there live is another intensity.  You get to feel the vibration of all the dancers in action and being one of the participants is a blast. On…

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Selfseeds Unfolding

It has been fun sharing Selfseeds in person in addition to cyberspace.  I get to see how people navigate the site and what organically attracts each person. One of my favorite sections is the Integrative Band, because it has been revolutionary in my dance development and provides a regular practice for integrating and organizing my…

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On the road

  Integrating nutrition, stillness, fitness, and many of the other Selfseeds can be challenging while traveling.  Luckily they are in 5 minute increments, so it is easier to slip them in.  I find being a member of 24 Hour Fitness helps me a lot to keep up on the fitness seed, since they have gyms…

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