This is my first post and I’m shivering with excitement and buzzing with anticipation like butterfly wings tickling my belly.

I’ve been traveling around the world this last year and written a blog called…and the net will appear. Now that the travels are over and reality is kicking in I have been wanting to start a new blog. I’ve come to realize that blogging is a bit like therapy. You can vent all your frustrations, share your hopes n’ dreams, design your own destiny. But it’s in that space of sharing a common experience that makes blogging infinitely more rewarding than, say, writing in a locked diary under the covers.

So I wracked my brain for the all-important concept. What will the site be about? Well, in a word: me. That”s all well and good but it isn’t very inspirational. Let’s not forget I’m thirty-something, unemployed, and virtually homeless.

Then I asked myself: who do I want to be? what do I want to be? what do I dream about doing? The answer was simple: I want to be a yogini. That is, to cultivate a peaceful mind through the disciplined pursuit of transcendence. I’ve always wanted to have a serious practice and I’ve never had the will or self-discipline to string more than five sessions together. Can you fathom that I’ve done yoga for over a decade and never (I mean never) held a regular practice?! Sometimes you have to really look at yourself, not the image you create of all the virtues you would have if you had the time, and say, “Bullshit!”

So enough is enough. I have to take a stand. I have to act, not think about acting in an endless gag reel in my brain. No more wistful daydreams. Being a naturally goal-oriented person, I had to come up with a challenge and a big one. Something to keep me motivated and moving forward for weeks, months, and years to come. I’ve tried the goal of one hour a day, and then done exactly one hour on one day and moved on bored beyond belief. I’ve tried smaller goals like touching my toes in forward bend or touching my heals in down dog, and that goal loses its luster in like five minutes.

Then it hit me: what if I learn and master every single yoga pose. There’s a challenge, folks! Surely, it can keep me busy for years to come and, potentially, a lifetime. I can blog daily and keep you apprised of my progress in riveting detail. We can talk about all things related to yoga and spirituality, that constant striving towards the center. That peace of mind and balance in our lives that we all seek.

Along the way I hope to share “the story of me”, whatever that may be. The ups and downs, and twists and turns of a little life lived out as lusciously and loquaciously as possible.