7 Reasons to Take the Stairs

7. Warm up your body!

6. Shock your body.

5. Burn extra calories.

4. If you take the stairs every day, think about how many steps that adds up to in a week, a year!

3. Inspire others in your environment to get moving!

2. Get your heart rate up.

1. Why the heck not?

How will YOU get moving today?

{Weekend in a Nutshell}

My mama's new neighborhood... All decorated for the holidays!

Justin checking on the turkey as it smokes in The Green Egg on a gorgeous South Florida "fall" afternoon. Yummiest. Turkey. Ever!

My sister and her pup, Peanut!! I decided to take a few fun photos right before we went inside to eat!

More of D and P in the sunshine...

Nail night / Saturday night. I hadn't painted my nails in a while and loved how they turned out!

All of us in super different footwear on Thanksgiving Day. I am in my Vivo Barefoot minimalist sneakers at the top ;)

Hope you had an awesome holiday!!

{XO}

The Shoplift Drops Tomorrow!

So, life has been pretty busy lately! New jobs, new routine, lots of weekend road trips and family visits... Phew!! And now the holidays are upon us!! I do have some exciting news to share with you. The Shoplift is dropping tomorrow (Monday) morning!! Read on to find out how you can be a part of this new trendsetter community and maybe help a fellow blogger out! Feel free to leave comments if you have any questions for me!! Read on, my friends! I have been working as a user of a new social media site called The Shoplift. If you like fashion and shopping, you will love this site! What is it? The Shoplift is a site that allows you to create your own shoppe or store with items you wish to by. You can "Shoplift" your favorite Louboutins, a car, a necklace from Etsy, gear from Ebay, Christmas/Hanukkah presents, whatever!! Your shop is place that helps you save items you see when purusing the internet, and you can always revisit those items via The Sho plift if you want to. The purpose of The Shoplift... To help change WHO is creating the trends... in fashion and beyond! The places that we shop currently help shape the trends, but the founder and CEO of The Shoplift created the site because he believes the newest trends should be discovered and created by US. More than anything, I want you to check out the site and see how you like it! I have been one of the first users for about 3 months now, and the site is finally going live tomorrow morning (November 19th) around 8am EST. The more people I can get signed up and most importantly, to follow me, the greater chance I have to win this competition against the other interns! ;) Winning this means getting possible leads for internships and jobs in NYC and beyond in the fashion industry!! It also means being in the running to receive a bonus from the company! Please sign up and follow my shoppe, "::Illuminated:: by Robyn" beginning Monday morning... How to Sign Up: 1. Go to the website: http://theshoplift.com/ 2. Click sign up and go through the steps including confirming your email address. 3. Follow me by clicking Menu, Follow, then clicking Recommended or Popular to find me. Then click the arrow below my shop images and once it is illuminated, it means you are following me!! 4. Enjoy the site and try it out, what have you got to lose?! Please INVITE YOUR FRIENDS TO THIS EVENT if you believe they would be interested in the site or if they just want to help a girl out!! THANK YOU, FRIENDS!!

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Beat, Beat, Beat

You know that feeling when you sleep through your alarm?

That feeling when your heart starts beating a mile a minute in your chest?

That's what happened to me this morning.

I was supposed to be at the gym teaching yoga at 6:45AM.

But low and behold, I overslept... By half an hour!!

I freaked.

How is this possible?

I have never missed a morning class to teach EVER.

Threw on whatever clothing could pass for "yoga clothing" and ran out the door to the gym.

I arrived.

Ran in and spoke with the girl at the front desk asking if students had come and if they were still there. She said three people had come and she didn't think they were still around.

I ran to the back studio too be sure and sure enough the room was pitch black.

But wait just a moment, I thought to myself, do I see someone in tree pose in the dark?

Sure enough, somebody was inside!

So, I entered, wondering if I was there on the wrong day and if another teacher was teaching? Nope, it was definitely Thursday!

In the dark, I saw a girl at the front of the room with her mat in front of two others, positioned as though she was probably teaching.

I spoke softly... "Are you teaching class?"

The girl answered "Yes, when I noticed the teacher wasn't here, I decided to try it out."

At first I wanted to take over immediately.

Then I decided I needed to chill out; it wasn't my place.

So, I asked where she was at in teaching and she said balancing poses. I told her to finish her segment so that everyone had completed poses on each side.

While she finished, I went over to the music player and plugged in my i-Phone.

And then I taught the last 30 minutes of class...Drawing the students back in starting with a focus on pranayama and Sun A into a balancing sequence and then onto the floor for
paschimottanasa, janushirasana, supine twist, etc.

In the end, before we said "Namaste" and while we were in seated meditation, I thanked  Christin for teaching in my place and told her she was on the right path if she wanted to teach yoga one day. She did a great job describing tree when I was in the room. I was impressed and thankful that she was able to "help me."

In addition, I also apologized to the students for not being there for them!

I felt like an idiot all morning, but I keep telling myself now...

We are only human.

We are not perfect.

We make mistakes. 

And if it is not our intention to make mistakes...

And we are able to try to right our wrongs...

Then we are that much better in this world! 

Quite honestly I am so grateful Christin was able to teach, and she approached me afterwards and said she has done it for other teachers that have not shown up at all...

Eek! I hate that I have contributed to her list of "no-show yoga instructors!"

She also asked if I was still teaching Saturdays because she likes my teaching style. She is hoping to become a yoga teacher one day... 

I am lucky no one got hurt while she was teaching, etc., etc., or else I would have been responsible.

Here's to being thankful for others...

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I made this Monday with spaghetti squash in lieu of pasta. So goood!

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Ear Candy :: Jaymay

I found this awesome singer via Spotify. This caught my eye because I sometimes call my husband "Jmay" as a nickname. Anywho Jaymay is not the artist's real name. She is Jamie Kristine See, a New York artist. This song "Blue Skies" is kind of sad, but it is also beautiful. Perfect for a cloudy fall day I believe!! Enjoy.