Lovelies! Let me catch you up on what tha dilly.
After some existential crisis, I decided to do some travelling. Nothing like a good ole fashioned existential crisis to shake things up. I sold my car, gave up my housing, put my clients under the care of other trainers, put my stuff in storage, and disconnected my phone to save money while abroad. I drove down to San Diego to be with my family for the holidays and get things in ...
Continue Reading →Bigggg shout out to my client Kayla, who has done an amazing job transforming her body. She recently competed in her first ever figure competition, and snagged 2nd place in novice! Go, Kayla!
We did the slow and steady route, and essentially did a 3 month PRE prep, and then did an official 3 month contest prep. Even with that much ...
Continue Reading →Part I: Pineapple House in Canggu
After 27 hours of travelling (though not a bad 27 hours, I might say), I arrived at Pineapple House in Canggu, Bali. I was welcomed by Rachel, a delightful British girl who is running her surf and yoga retreat based out of Pineapple House.
My time there was a bit more isolated than I had expected, but I made the best of it and read a lot of great books. (I read seven books in ...
Continue Reading →Wow. All I can is…wow.
I had such an incredible time. The combination of everything..it was magical. Big Sur is so incredibly beautiful.
Then on top of that, Esalen is such healing land, with so much healing that has gone on there, that that is the nature of the land. They had clothing-optional hot spring hot tubs on the cliffside, overlooking the ocean, that were amazzzzing. I went 2-3 times every day for its healing.The food was grown from the ...
Continue Reading →Hola my loves!!
I know I have not been posting, but I figured it would dilute a fitness blog if everyday I talked about my heart project! 😉
So I wanted to give you a guys a break, but YES I have been continuing the project! Sadly (lol) I don’t feel like I have made HUGE progress in the typical Kristina style of “I came, I saw, I conquered”…but I think the very act of effort toward a goal is valuable, and ...
Continue Reading →Today I tried a (slightly) heated vinyasa class at Yoga at Cindy’s. I was still extremely terrible and flexible. And…strangely…weak. I am not used to holding myself in the positions specified, so ish was hard. As I was trembling and awkward, the teacher said “Find your joy!”
ummm…yeah.
I actually bought my first yoga mat (off Amazon) so I can stop renting mats. I bought a squishy one to cushion my knees. I now realize it makes for much more difficult balancing. ...
Continue Reading →Not related to the heart. Related to the BUTT. Here is how to do a bridge on a Smith machine, FYI
I feel my hardcore energy is so strong, but my relaxation energy is so weak, so I decided to try Tai Chi so see how I like it.
It was held at a school in Los Altos, and I wandered around the building until I came across a patio area where a few people were. It looked like the spot.
It helped that it was a gorgeous day. Lately the weather has been blah.
This teacher was this old white dude, but pretty ...
Continue Reading →Today as a challenge to myself, I took a yoga class. I do not like yoga. Every time I take it, I am miserable.
But somehow, once again, here I am taking a yoga class. I keep on hearing how it’s so good to calm the mind, stretch out, etc etc. So I took this class at Nandi Yoga in San Mateo: “Jivamukti Spiritual Warrior classes are designed for busy people who only have an hour to practice…The structure ...
Continue Reading →Yeahhh buddy!!! Russian kettlebells, snatches, cleans, get ups, squats, presses, swings, deadlifts, etc, oh my! —-> I AM RKC CERTIFIED! Have been preparing for this for a long time and JUST PASSED! It was a full THREE DAY long certification, where I had to pass certain skills assessments, including the infamous snatch test (for me, 100 snatches with the 16 kg kettlebell in 5 min). AND I DID IT!! WOOOOO!!
Huge thank you to Ashley for the opportunity. Huge thank you ...
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