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My dear friends, thank you for your patience.

I have so much going on that I'd like to share with you and I so hope that it speaks to your soul the way it speaks to mine.

I really didn't expect this change to happen to so quickly. I expected months to go by as I sort of puttered about, not really knowing what I wanted to do or what direction I wanted to take.

Then I went to </atom:summary><link>http://www.joyrebel.com/2012/03/ive-moved-and-i-hope-youll-join-me.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Brandi Reynolds)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VtS4W4t4qKU/T2M2mF0fHvI/AAAAAAAABQk/IoA-hmVypXw/s72-c/iammyownguru.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740724865918199536.post-5038167234915327193</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-02-05T07:39:19.176-08:00</atom:updated><title>This is me giving up</title><atom:summary>

I've had this voice in my head for awhile now and it's getting louder.

I've tried to ignore it or dismiss it as fear but it's persistent.

The truth is, the content I've been putting on my blog, the ecourses, the time I spend writing, editing, etc-it feels like it is being forced out to the world. It just doesn't feel like the right direction anymore.

I think I'm supposed to be doing </atom:summary><link>http://www.joyrebel.com/2012/02/this-is-me-giving-up.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Brandi Reynolds)</author><thr:total>9</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740724865918199536.post-8686021931045337314</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-30T18:55:27.922-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">yoga</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mission monday</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tadasana</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mission mondays are back baby</category><title>Mission Monday: Tadasana</title><atom:summary>So excited to get back into mission mondays! If you are new to the greatness of mission mondays, they are weekly prompts intended to get you connected with life, creative, active, thoughtful and otherwise fully living.They are fun, easy and completely free.Join us! Become part of the joy rebel army! The first mission monday is in the video above-I hope you enjoy it. I've opened up comments for </atom:summary><link>http://www.joyrebel.com/2012/01/mission-monday-tadasana.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Brandi Reynolds)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/k_TIRQQElzs/default.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740724865918199536.post-5237218424778558355</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-27T10:11:02.101-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">traveling the word</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">real</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">beauty</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">community</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">authenticity</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">wild and unruly</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">home</category><title>Let's be the wild and unruly</title><atom:summary>
In all my moves, in all the places I've seen and lived and driven through and stopped at gas stations to buy postcards, the spaces that are wide open speak to me the most.





I live in a city and I appreciate the opportunities and conveniences it gives me and my husband but heart is in the pasture that stretches out my parent's back door.



It is in the trickling creeks that snake through </atom:summary><link>http://www.joyrebel.com/2012/01/lets-be-wild-and-unruly.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Brandi Reynolds)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740724865918199536.post-5579997009630534496</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-24T17:14:10.093-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">art</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">art journal page</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">artsy fartsy tuesday</category><title>artsy fartsy tuesday: strong</title><atom:summary>

It's true.

(Btw, artsy fartsy tuesday will be moving to later in the week starting next week. This is due to starting up Mission Mondays again and I know I won't have time to do back to back posts).</atom:summary><link>http://www.joyrebel.com/2012/01/artsy-fartsy-tuesday-strong.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Brandi Reynolds)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740724865918199536.post-1635195059132724451</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:33:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-22T11:35:20.271-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">awesomeness</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mission monday</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mission mondays are back baby</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">weekly wrap up</category><title>Awesomeness you may have missed, awesomeness to come {a weekly wrap up}</title><atom:summary>

winter hydrangeas in my neighborhood


























This post from Kate Courageous brought me to tears. Passages like this: It makes me weep in sorrow for too many days spent in front of a computer screen, eating soup from a can in fewer than ten minutes, snapping at the people I love, thinking anything is less important than…

Or this: I weep with gratitude for my living, breathing </atom:summary><link>http://www.joyrebel.com/2012/01/awesomeness-you-may-have-missed.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Brandi Reynolds)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fpUH3Y3u7C0/TxxIUN6G5lI/AAAAAAAABPQ/uJifQtatXbY/s72-c/hydrangea.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740724865918199536.post-2306871051434154292</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-19T18:57:19.985-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">gratitude</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">blue blue sky</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">positive pathways</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">habit forming</category><title>Creating good habits {and a rainbow sherbet sky}</title><atom:summary>

























This was my view as I drove into work this morning. Isn't it gorgeous? What I love about this photo are the solid lines of reality-the power lines and the row of street lights-completely saturated by sherbet colors.

Morning greetings like this make me happy and extra grateful.

Life is good when you look for good. Not because tough things stop happening but because your</atom:summary><link>http://www.joyrebel.com/2012/01/creating-good-habits-and-rainbow.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Brandi Reynolds)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J41KlC8imRU/TxjQ4dsnCaI/AAAAAAAABPI/wL1oupcXl8w/s72-c/vanilla+sku.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740724865918199536.post-6721962517647764796</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-17T18:51:26.859-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">art</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">art journal page</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">wisdom</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">artsy fartsy tuesday</category><title>artsy fartsy tuesday: wisdom, not applause</title><atom:summary>

Another from my art journal...

I've been praying a lot lately. And woven through the gratitude, more often than not, is this request.

I think it's natural that we humans need recognition-and I think it's important that we get it.

But I know me. I was the new kid a lot, the outcast a lot, the odd one a lot. I craved attention. I wanted to be part of the popular crowd.  To the point that I </atom:summary><link>http://www.joyrebel.com/2012/01/artsy-fartsy-tuesday-wisdom-not.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Brandi Reynolds)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740724865918199536.post-7777742117984648972</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-15T16:49:17.580-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">joy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">movement</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">a body journey</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">move</category><title>Let's make exercise fun again</title><atom:summary>

I have been reinvigorated lately around the issues of our bodies and movement and health.

There are many in the blogsphere, on facebook and various other sources fighting the good fight around how media portrays women, body image, negative advertising and the like. Articles like this, videos like this.

I feel a change coming on in how we view our bodies and I truly believe that the voices we </atom:summary><link>http://www.joyrebel.com/2012/01/lets-make-exercise-fun-again.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Brandi Reynolds)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/kr7djGY1fhA/default.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740724865918199536.post-239707765109593114</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-11T08:42:42.413-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">art</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">joy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">art journal page</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">a body journey</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">move</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">love</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">life is prayer</category><title>artsy-fartsy tuesday: milagros</title><atom:summary>

This mixed media art journal project was inspired by this charm from James Avery. I had wanted this charm for awhile and finally purchased it as a christmas present for myself.

I love that that design was inspired by a long standing tradition in central and south america of offerings given to saints-a physical manifestation of gratitude for prayers answered.

When I see that heart, winged and </atom:summary><link>http://www.joyrebel.com/2012/01/artsy-fartsy-tuesday.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Brandi Reynolds)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740724865918199536.post-3304215854749296719</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 02:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-08T13:11:39.718-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">dreams</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">a deeper layer of me</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">2012</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">the universe tugging at my sleeve</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">encouragement</category><title>So it turns out I'm the asshole</title><atom:summary>

I had this boyfriend. He would always (okay...maybe not always...but it seemed like alot) assume the worst in me.  If I said I'd like to discuss something, he assumed I was mad-specifically mad at him. My actions must have ulterior motives and those motives must be fueled by anger.

It was insulting. And tiring. I felt like I was constantly having to explain and defend myself-for stuff I didn't</atom:summary><link>http://www.joyrebel.com/2012/01/so-it-turns-out-im-asshole.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Brandi Reynolds)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740724865918199536.post-1657947634901466417</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 22:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-01T14:46:09.015-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bold</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bright</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">a new year of my own</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">balanced</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">happy new year folks</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">integrity</category><title>A joy rebel year in review {with video}</title><atom:summary>
Song is 'Forever' by Ben Harper

To many, my year wasn't epic by any stretch. For me, it was one of the most important years of my life, filled with small sweet moments that had a profound impact on me.

My word of the year was integrity and it was all about aligning my body, mind and soul with my highest held beliefs.

The biggest step towards that intention was becoming a certified yoga </atom:summary><link>http://www.joyrebel.com/2012/01/joy-rebel-year-in-review-with-video.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Brandi Reynolds)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/XjIj4ZgZvMI/default.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740724865918199536.post-2738376246965507999</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-26T12:01:15.152-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">gratitude</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">christmas</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">renewal</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">home</category><title>Home.</title><atom:summary>I imagine that all couples need to figure out how to visit each other's respective families during the holidays-especially if the respective families are not in the same town as the couple.

Jason's family lives three hours south of us in a tiny Texas town in between Waco and Austin. My parents live two hours north of us in a tiny Oklahoma town between Dallas and Tulsa-so there is no way we can </atom:summary><link>http://www.joyrebel.com/2011/12/home.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Brandi Reynolds)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740724865918199536.post-8351169381798549120</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:43:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-23T10:29:44.749-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">forgiveness</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">jesus</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">christmas miracles really do exist</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">love</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">christmas</category><title>How to celebrate the real meaning of christmas</title><atom:summary>
'One Tribe' by the Black Eyed Peas

Around this time of year I see all sorts of signs and posts and messages about the real 'reason for the season'.

They are, of course, talking about the birth of Christ-a messiah to many, a harbinger of change, simultaneously considered a miracle maker, a prophet and a serious problem.

To me the birth of this person is not what the season is about.  It's his </atom:summary><link>http://www.joyrebel.com/2011/12/how-to-celebrate-real-meaning-of.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Brandi Reynolds)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/HLBV4CO7BRc/default.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740724865918199536.post-5659530648931310268</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-19T17:59:27.121-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">gratitude</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">appreciating what is</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">christmas miracles really do exist</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">life</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">love</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">christmas</category><title>merry &amp; bright</title><atom:summary>

My mom once told me about the christmas I was five. My sister was about six months old, my dad was slogging through grad school, she was working part time and they were just flat broke.

They has $100 to spend on presents-they spent $75 on me and $25 on my sister since she was so young.



Thirty years later, that story still brings tears to my mother's eyes. She feels sadness and shame for the</atom:summary><link>http://www.joyrebel.com/2011/12/merry-bright.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Brandi Reynolds)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740724865918199536.post-2764232508817234161</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 03:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-26T13:31:49.949-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">yoga</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">good</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">compassion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">namaste</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">human compassion</category><title>This is not a sad post</title><atom:summary>

(I posted this on facebook the other day but wanted to share here...)

It is a sad video. It's hard to watch.

It can bring forth many feelings, not the least of which disgust towards our fellow humans.

People ask Jason and I all the time how we can deal with fostering and rescuing dogs. How can we possible handle the emotions that come with pulling a dog riddled with gunshot from a shelter? </atom:summary><link>http://www.joyrebel.com/2011/12/this-is-not-sad-post.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Brandi Reynolds)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/m42rOwkwRfM/default.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740724865918199536.post-5307632620304749425</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-12T19:19:51.299-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">a new ritual</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">spirit</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">life</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">a new year of my own</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">joy rebel</category><title>strange things are afoot at the circle K</title><atom:summary>

Please tell me you know what movie the title of this post is referencing. ;-)

Anyway, I've been quiet here lately. On top of normal busy-ness, I drug around an upper respiratory infection for three weeks and today is the first day I've actually felt normal.

In between moments of overwhelm as I look at my ever growing to-do list and dizzy exhaustion, I have had some time to re-evaluate the </atom:summary><link>http://www.joyrebel.com/2011/12/strange-things-are-afoot-at-circle-k.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Brandi Reynolds)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740724865918199536.post-6870318664453225284</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-04T08:31:04.932-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">god</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">life</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">human compassion</category><title>It occurs to me...</title><atom:summary>


























That the human condition, even with it's sadness and messed up-ness and pettiness, is still the most beautiful thing ever created.

The amazing, beautiful, imperfect, gorgeous spiritual inspiration for that viewpoint comes from The Sarcastic Lutheran, who writes with true honesty and compassion (and I'm not even Lutheran!).

Well, and this is pretty amazing too.</atom:summary><link>http://www.joyrebel.com/2011/12/it-occurs-to-me.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Brandi Reynolds)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bUKlFMNFuVQ/TtucYSuVOmI/AAAAAAAABL4/41leRjiVtRM/s72-c/stardust.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740724865918199536.post-5529982019556572733</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 02:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-27T18:24:32.826-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">thanksgiving</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">gratitude</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">texas</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">family</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">love</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">family love</category><title>Small town gratitude</title><atom:summary>Like everyone, my mind turned towards my many blessings this weekend.

As Jason and I made the 3.5 hour drive towards Lexington, TX to spend the holiday with his family, I came to the conclusion that while I had much to be grateful for, I never wanted to forget the times when life felt a lot less blessed. The times when I was broke or addicted to drama or in bad relationships or alone and scared </atom:summary><link>http://www.joyrebel.com/2011/11/small-town-gratitude.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Brandi Reynolds)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740724865918199536.post-5555812156179856047</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 03:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-22T19:06:58.101-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">yoga</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">teaching</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">love</category><title>Why I teach yoga</title><atom:summary>I'm coming out of a week long sinus infection and still feeling a little disconnected but I saw this on pinterest and just had to share. It so eloquently captured the reasons I teach yoga.

More soon...love ya'll!



























From Etsy seller joy in the chaos</atom:summary><link>http://www.joyrebel.com/2011/11/why-i-teach-yoga.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Brandi Reynolds)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2tcvUhKGshI/Tsxi2UqMHbI/AAAAAAAABLw/rlQFV51d4-k/s72-c/teach.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740724865918199536.post-2012035782930928120</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 01:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-12T18:11:37.739-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">yoga</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">breaking the rules</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">business</category><title>confession time</title><atom:summary>
late afternoon flare, downtown grapevine

Depending on what you read, I'm supposed to be marketing myself at the moment. Utilizing social media for something other than my lame jokes about my dogs (not to mention 5 million photos of them).

I'm supposed to be guest posting and regularly sending out my e-letter (currently sent out approximately every three months).

I'm supposed to remind you </atom:summary><link>http://www.joyrebel.com/2011/11/confession-time.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Brandi Reynolds)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6052/6338395951_2a5448f13b_t.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740724865918199536.post-3642368274101838561</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-30T16:00:08.042-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">yoga</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">run</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">movement</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">a body journey</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">move</category><title>The point is, I do it.</title><atom:summary>

Most mornings I get up while it's still dark and walk or run with the dogs.

Not like they portray in the Nike commercials, the ones with the girl in her cute running shorts and matching tank, looking all tan and toned.

Oh no.

I'm usually in a pair of baggy running pants that have to be rolled up at least once at the waist to keep them from dragging the ground and a tee shirt that belongs to </atom:summary><link>http://www.joyrebel.com/2011/10/point-is-i-do-it.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Brandi Reynolds)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6104/6296038107_f54f90d75b_t.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740724865918199536.post-2125136561201041401</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 02:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-27T19:04:59.670-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">art</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">a yoga journey</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">yoga is my art</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">a human attempt at flight</category><title>yoga is my art</title><atom:summary>
The movie marquee at the little art deco theater in downtown Grapevine, TX

I originally wrote this post for A Human Attempt at Flight which is a lovely blog that ya'll should read. I wanted to share here as well....

You know, I can talk a good game when I want to.I can tell people that art isn’t only about color on canvas. I can encourage people to consider themselves artists of food or song </atom:summary><link>http://www.joyrebel.com/2011/10/yoga-is-my-art.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Brandi Reynolds)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6107/6287336653_abce0090c9_t.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740724865918199536.post-2402617287031626797</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-24T17:53:55.023-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">yoga</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">music</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">asana</category><title>my yoga cheat sheet</title><atom:summary>

When I first started teaching yoga, I'd write out the routine and keep it by my mat.

I wondered when I'd stop needing those sheets as it's not like I'm only teaching one type of class. There are three different styles of classes I teach and I don't want to do the same routine all the time either.

I felt awfully dependent on those cheat sheets. 

Then in the last couple of weeks, I noticed I </atom:summary><link>http://www.joyrebel.com/2011/10/my-yoga-cheat-sheet.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Brandi Reynolds)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6216/6278009093_063d5e5870_t.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740724865918199536.post-7101977974110497720</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 02:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-18T19:55:48.679-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">rod stryker</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">forgiveness</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">transition</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">a yoga journey</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">strong women rock</category><title>The work we do</title><atom:summary>
"Mary" by Patty Griffin (w/ Natalie Maines)

It's been on my mind since the Rod Stryker workshop, this idea of my deepest soul meaning.

I've been contemplating the whole 'why am I here?' question for years now, sometimes I think since childhood. But Rod Stryker, in his subtle way, had us dig deeper, through the layers that we all accumulate to get to the OM of ourselves-that thing that is the </atom:summary><link>http://www.joyrebel.com/2011/10/work-we-do.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Brandi Reynolds)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/XOxpvKuEruk/default.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total></item></channel></rss>

