Lift Gift

After a day of hiking the Arenal volcano (and then relaxing in the hot springs!), Rebecca and I wanted to share this stretch with you.  The important part of this sequence is to keep breathing as you let go of the tension in your muscles and move through each stretch.


Lift Gift from Jennifer Ascosi on Vimeo.

*please note: Rebecca is using yoga blocks to assist her stretching but you're welcome to use a bench, stool, side of a sofa...or whatever else will assist your stretch so that you can move fluidly from one pose to another.

Pura Vida! Jeni

Hello from Beautiful Costa Rica!

Dear friends, family & clients,

I honestly don't even know where to begin to tell you about the amazing food, moving meditations, friendships, hikes, etc etc etc that are being experienced here at Finca Luna Nueva!!!  

My hope was to take many many pictures and videos to share with you but we have been so busy Experiencing Lift and Experiencing Life that I am overwhelmed with everything that I want to share and quite at a loss for words (and pictures) at the moment!

I hope to be better able to articulate the joys of our time here in the near future...

Pura Vida! (pure life!)

Jeni

rebecca  

darlene

after a morning of canyoneering and rapelling down waterfalls, rebecca and darlene climb the stairs of the lookout tower for a "Release" class. 


The Lift and Let Go"Release" class: easy-to-learn muscle and fascial releases that anyone can perform at home by themselves or with a partner to release and relieve tension and/or any areas of chronic pain. Today's class was geared towards releasing the head/neck/shoulders and concluded with a gentle massage! Aaaaaaaahhhhhhh....

Start your day the Happy way...

Play the video once just to watch and listen, then play again and Enjoy the Breath and Movement!!! …and then again once or twice more just to really FEEL it in your body!!!
(*if you ever need a password for the videos on this blog, please type in lift)


Start Your Day the Happy Way... from Jennifer Ascosi on Vimeo.

Keep smiling through your day....

Anywhere, Anytime...

A simple seated stretch that can be done anywhere, anytime...

A password is required to watch so that this video can be exclusive to my fellow bloggers plus a few clients and friends. The password, dear lift-life followers, is: lift
Please watch one time and then move through the stretches 3-5x each side, breathing deeply!

Enjoy!

Anywhere, Anytime.... from Jennifer Ascosi on Vimeo.

Oh the subtle joys of Life...!

"You will experience a subtle joy from properly caring for your body.  This joy is not unlike the one you get from high spiritual insights.  To deliberately select, prepare and consume foods you have come to understand to be good for your body and in no way harmful begets a unique sort of inner satisfaction.  So is the feeling you get from learning to take unrushed time for a pleasureable bath or for a book that has no practical purpose other than your enjoyment.  The body is not a mechanical device like a lawnmower that can be driven without love.  It deserves and will reward you in many ways for the loving care you give it."  -George Fowler

Our bodies are absolutely amazing and beautiful!  Why not treat them with the utmost care and attention?  We often spend hours, days, weeks, months painstakingly attending to our dreams of the "perfect" home, car, vacation, etc...and those are much more transient than our bodies!  

What fuels you...body, mind and spirit?

Are you willing to do the small things?

"Every act of love is a work of peace, no matter how small."

-Mother Teresa

Think about it...every time you make a decision to do something out of love, whether or not it is recognized or reciprocated, you are making a choice towards peace.  The seemingly smallest and simplest choice or action, with love as its intention, then becomes a powerful means of light and peace in the world. What a gift!