Comments on: A red chair to wake up in http://myfiveminuteyoga.com/4004/a-red-chair-to-wake-up-in/ friendly advice for growing a home yoga practice Sat, 11 May 2013 23:02:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Carol More http://myfiveminuteyoga.com/4004/a-red-chair-to-wake-up-in/comment-page-1/#comment-2615 Carol More Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:38:49 +0000 http://myfiveminuteyoga.com/?p=4004#comment-2615 Oh yes, Eve, I put my chairs under cover around October (when our rains begin in earnest) to preserve them as long as possible. As you already know, painting these chairs maybe with multiple coats of paint and with all those slats and "inside edges" is a nightmare and huge time commitment. I didn't want to repeat it anytime soon! I am loving the saga about your 'red' chair! I can feel a delightful children's book in the making -- or perhaps a book for spirit-seeking adults? DO IT! Your writing is magnificent, Eve! Oh yes, Eve, I put my chairs under cover around October (when our rains begin in earnest) to preserve them as long as possible. As you already know, painting these chairs maybe with multiple coats of paint and with all those slats and “inside edges” is a nightmare and huge time commitment. I didn’t want to repeat it anytime soon! I am loving the saga about your ‘red’ chair! I can feel a delightful children’s book in the making — or perhaps a book for spirit-seeking adults? DO IT! Your writing is magnificent, Eve!

]]> By: Eve http://myfiveminuteyoga.com/4004/a-red-chair-to-wake-up-in/comment-page-1/#comment-2614 Eve Wed, 18 Jul 2012 21:18:17 +0000 http://myfiveminuteyoga.com/?p=4004#comment-2614 So Carol, given the weather patterns here, my season of outside sitting is limited not so much by cold as by rain. I have to decide whether or not to bring the chair inside once the rains start in earnest, or at least get it up off the ground, onto the back deck and covered with a tarp. Otherwise I could have a rotted red chair by spring. That's an amazing account of your blizzard sitting. Funny how in this culture, knowing that you're alive, and that you might not be tomorrow, seems to count as slightly insane, particularly if you act on the knowledge. So Carol, given the weather patterns here, my season of outside sitting is limited not so much by cold as by rain. I have to decide whether or not to bring the chair inside once the rains start in earnest, or at least get it up off the ground, onto the back deck and covered with a tarp. Otherwise I could have a rotted red chair by spring. That’s an amazing account of your blizzard sitting. Funny how in this culture, knowing that you’re alive, and that you might not be tomorrow, seems to count as slightly insane, particularly if you act on the knowledge.

]]> By: Carol More http://myfiveminuteyoga.com/4004/a-red-chair-to-wake-up-in/comment-page-1/#comment-2611 Carol More Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:19:46 +0000 http://myfiveminuteyoga.com/?p=4004#comment-2611 Eve, that's what warm cozy blankets are for! I try to sit outside until the snow flies (we live in NE Ohio). When I was recovering from cancer surgery in January (!) 1996, I was drawn to sit on my back porch...in the middle of a 17 deg. F. snowstorm/blizzard. Feeling the cold on my skin and the icy pellets of snow on my face reminded me I was gratefully ALIVE (assuming, of course, that one doesn't feel the same sensations when one is deceased! :-D). I know now my neighbors thought I had gone insane and perhaps I had....in a good way! Love to you and your red chair! Eve, that’s what warm cozy blankets are for! I try to sit outside until the snow flies (we live in NE Ohio). When I was recovering from cancer surgery in January (!) 1996, I was drawn to sit on my back porch…in the middle of a 17 deg. F. snowstorm/blizzard. Feeling the cold on my skin and the icy pellets of snow on my face reminded me I was gratefully ALIVE (assuming, of course, that one doesn’t feel the same sensations when one is deceased! :-D). I know now my neighbors thought I had gone insane and perhaps I had….in a good way! Love to you and your red chair!

]]> By: Eve http://myfiveminuteyoga.com/4004/a-red-chair-to-wake-up-in/comment-page-1/#comment-2610 Eve Tue, 17 Jul 2012 05:57:34 +0000 http://myfiveminuteyoga.com/?p=4004#comment-2610 Sarah, Welcome aboard! Good for you starting your imperfect yoga practice and letting it grow. Keep me posted. Sarah,
Welcome aboard! Good for you starting your imperfect yoga practice and letting it grow. Keep me posted.

]]> By: Sarah http://myfiveminuteyoga.com/4004/a-red-chair-to-wake-up-in/comment-page-1/#comment-2608 Sarah Tue, 17 Jul 2012 03:52:21 +0000 http://myfiveminuteyoga.com/?p=4004#comment-2608 Hi Eve I've been struggling to start yoga and came across your blog so downloaded your 5 minute app. I'm up to 20 minutes a day now for 10 days straight! And now I've found your blog! Its inspiring. Your red chair seems to me like a metaphor for what I'm trying to do as well... I want it but I am afraid to be imperfect. The guy at the paint store would talk me out of it and if I overcame his objections, my father's voice telling me I should sand it would have that paint sitting in a cupboard for a year. So congrats to you for getting your beautiful red chair. And thank you for helping me overcome the fear that the skinny beautiful women in their yoga pants at the yoga class will judge me and let me start stretching out my poor tight shoulders and hamstrings in a friendly way. Thank you!!!! Hi Eve

I’ve been struggling to start yoga and came across your blog so downloaded your 5 minute app. I’m up to 20 minutes a day now for 10 days straight! And now I’ve found your blog! Its inspiring. Your red chair seems to me like a metaphor for what I’m trying to do as well… I want it but I am afraid to be imperfect. The guy at the paint store would talk me out of it and if I overcame his objections, my father’s voice telling me I should sand it would have that paint sitting in a cupboard for a year. So congrats to you for getting your beautiful red chair. And thank you for helping me overcome the fear that the skinny beautiful women in their yoga pants at the yoga class will judge me and let me start stretching out my poor tight shoulders and hamstrings in a friendly way. Thank you!!!!

]]> By: Eve http://myfiveminuteyoga.com/4004/a-red-chair-to-wake-up-in/comment-page-1/#comment-2607 Eve Mon, 16 Jul 2012 05:52:44 +0000 http://myfiveminuteyoga.com/?p=4004#comment-2607 Well, Loura, I was test driving my chair late this afternoon, after the rain let up, and I have to say, it works for me. I can't wait to see how it pans out in the next few months of sitting outside weather. Thanks for your words of support – I can testify that acting on gut feelings leads to satisfaction. Well, Loura, I was test driving my chair late this afternoon, after the rain let up, and I have to say, it works for me. I can’t wait to see how it pans out in the next few months of sitting outside weather. Thanks for your words of support – I can testify that acting on gut feelings leads to satisfaction.

]]> By: Loura http://myfiveminuteyoga.com/4004/a-red-chair-to-wake-up-in/comment-page-1/#comment-2606 Loura Mon, 16 Jul 2012 01:45:23 +0000 http://myfiveminuteyoga.com/?p=4004#comment-2606 Eve, Congratulations for painting your own RED chair. There are many times, we long for something or doing something but other people don't seem to understand why we have that longing. Fear not, as long as we act according to our gut feelings, we will achieve what we want. The journey is more important than the destination, like YOGA. The end result might not be picture perfect but every brush stroke/step is a process towards self fulfillment. I love your chair, it is beautiful...GOOD JOB! Eve, Congratulations for painting your own RED chair. There are many times, we long for something or doing something but other people don’t seem to understand why we have that longing. Fear not, as long as we act according to our gut feelings, we will achieve what we want. The journey is more important than the destination, like YOGA. The end result might not be picture perfect but every brush stroke/step is a process towards self fulfillment.
I love your chair, it is beautiful…GOOD JOB!

]]> By: Eve http://myfiveminuteyoga.com/4004/a-red-chair-to-wake-up-in/comment-page-1/#comment-2604 Eve Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:16:23 +0000 http://myfiveminuteyoga.com/?p=4004#comment-2604 Carol, your chairs sound inspirational. I especially like that you had to have the colors custom mixed. Thanks for a great story. Carol, your chairs sound inspirational. I especially like that you had to have the colors custom mixed. Thanks for a great story.

]]> By: Carol More http://myfiveminuteyoga.com/4004/a-red-chair-to-wake-up-in/comment-page-1/#comment-2603 Carol More Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:40:03 +0000 http://myfiveminuteyoga.com/?p=4004#comment-2603 Wish I still had a photo of the chairs I painted lipstick PINK and french blue! Nothing like bright color to lift one's spirits. I repainted our boring Eddie Bauer forest green chairs after returning from a trip to France. Wouldn't you know ... I had to have the paint store custom mix the colors exactly to the photos I brought I home. Nothing even close existed on their paint charts. I can't believe how many neighbors I met because of the colors on those chairs (now long gone). They loved it! My new chairs are electric spring green! Your red is lovely and your words even lovelier, Eve. Thank you for sharing. Wish I still had a photo of the chairs I painted lipstick PINK and french blue! Nothing like bright color to lift one’s spirits. I repainted our boring Eddie Bauer forest green chairs after returning from a trip to France. Wouldn’t you know … I had to have the paint store custom mix the colors exactly to the photos I brought I home. Nothing even close existed on their paint charts. I can’t believe how many neighbors I met because of the colors on those chairs (now long gone). They loved it! My new chairs are electric spring green! Your red is lovely and your words even lovelier, Eve. Thank you for sharing.

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