One of my good friends, Hershel Reese, is a fantastic yoga instructor here in Madison.

He will be debuting a new yoga class starting January 8th at the Perfect Knot. He is teaching 28 classes, Tuesday & Thursday mornings from 6:00am – 7:15am.

The Perfect Knot is located South off Willy Street on Few Street. It is a great studio! See Hershel’s Kundalini Yoga Blog for more details.

His class is starting from the basics so you don’t have to be an expert in yoga. In fact, Kundalini Yoga is much more meditative/spiritual in nature & incorporates various poses/motions/breathing techniques to achieve a meditative/relaxed state of mind. It is not a traditional Hatha Yoga class, although some of the same poses are sometimes used. It is for all levels, and all people.

Please feel free to pass this Spirits Awaken Madison Yoga Class Flyer to anyone you think may be interested!

Happy New Year everyone! Boone and I celebrated the beginning of 2008 with a delicious dinner at Jon & Mel’s place, and then we headed downtown with them and Matt for a few drinks. We stopped at Natt Spill, a cool, dark bar with a great DJ, and then we headed to Brocchas, one of our favorite Irish bars. They had Rock Star Gomeroke, a live band karaoke group called the Gomers. It was great because even though the singer may not have been great, the band was rockin’ and everyone had a great time. We got home late, but were still functional to next day to watch the Badgers fight hard (but still lose) and to visit with my aunt Nancy and my cousins Carrie & Mark.

I thought about some New Year’s resolutions, but I don’t know that either of us have a solid one. I’d like to quit chewing my nails, but it hasn’t worked the past dozen times, so there is no pressure. I’d also like to try to find a workout that I actually enjoy or budget my money better (those darn sales at Borders get me every time). With the new year, the possibilities seem endless…

This weekend we snagged the old roomies (Jon and Mel) and headed a few miles down the road to this great little Norwegian Apple Garden, appropriately named Eplegaarden. (Located at 2227 Fitchburg Road in Fitchburg, WI)

We spent most of the afternoon wondering the orchard, eating an apple here or there, and looking for the perfect apples to take home. We selv plukkin and wound up splitting a 10lb “Uff Da-full” bag of assorted Cortland, Red Delicious, Jonee, and Golden Delicious apples.

Additionally, we all purchased some wonderful apple cider. Which we drank later that night with a hearty cinnamon stick. If that doesn’t say FALL, I don’t know what does.

Besides making a great centerpiece on our dinning room table and assorted lunchtime snacks. I believe there will be Apple muffins in our near future. Mmmmmm. Mmmmmm.

Here is a link to the latest happenings and events at Eplegarrden.