Posts Tagged ‘Mobile Office’

I adore Emilie Conrad. If forced to pick my favorite interview, it would be the first call I did with her on Continuum Movement. I had no clue what she was about ~ and I’m still learning.

Moving Medicine

Nina & Emilie

There is a lot that goes on ‘behind the curtain’ at the mobile office and it’s usually going on at a pretty staccato pace. This last weekend the pace of the mobile office came head-to-head with Emilie Conrad’s Moving Medicine class hosted here in Calgary by Shirley McMillan.

When faced with only one option: Slow Down… my body rebelled for all it was worth. The random muscle spasms that occurred from just laying down were shocking. It’s like the tension didn’t know where to go and so it jumped from body part to body part trying to activate my slowly decompressing system.

I’m not under any illusions that the issue of being wound up has been ‘cured,’ but I have some very good clues (to take a cue from Emilie’s approach at being a CSI: Cosmic Scene Inspector) as to what will help – and for that, I’m beyond grateful.

Another less anticipated benefit of the class was the experience of the Deep Honor that was held by my fellow participants. It was tangible and something I would consider Sacred. These gentle souls were There, each present for themselves and the others.

Emilie is an inspiration in her mission to empower others to find their own flow, expression and ultimate connection with the vastness of life through fluid movement and an honoring of our evolutionary heritage.

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Looking Up the Hill

Well, the confession is that a year of sitting added 10 lbs to my ‘bottom line.’ I refuse to buy new clothes because I was too focused on work to notice my shape change.

Fitness Challenge

I love hills. I love stairs. I think it is my ‘inner mountain-goat’ looking for fulfillment!

I took a break because of comments Emilie Conrad made about ‘forward thrust’ type of movement on her first LOH interview, but it’s still fun! She’ll probably give me some ‘what-for’ when I see her for her course here in Calgary next week.

Me & My Youngest

After staring at the computer all day, it clears the mind, moves the circulation and balances the energies coming from decisions, deadlines & new ideas.

A friend recently engaged me in a ‘fitness challenge.’ We have yet to hash out the details, but it will likely involve 10 lbs & willpower. Are you in?

The picture on the upper right better reflects the grade since the picture on the left makes it look pretty wimpy. I plod up the hill for ‘endurance training’ and my son sprints up the hill for ‘power training.’

Nina on Mop Up

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In the past, some doubt has been extended as to my resume.

At the best fitness level of my life, I was a ski coach, competitive tennis player (some badminton) and did mop-up in forest fire fighting. It seems to be the forest fire fighting that throws people, so I dug out an old photo taken on a burn by my old crew boss ‘Huffy.’

It’s a photo of a photo and so isn’t the greatest quality, but you can see that I even have the same haircut! I remember telling true ghost stories occasionally on the overnight burns.

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We finally have some warm weather…

I’m busy battling the bunnies who love eating my flowers. This simply entails chasing them out of my yard and putting moth balls (which they sit on) in the yard.

The Longest Day

Like the weather, I’ve been late in getting my garden going, but here is the progress of the plants I’ve been tracking for you so far.

Shoots (Tiger Lilies)

Peonies

Irises

The birds are already enjoying the yard and I can’t wait until more blossoms come out.

Along with the bunnies, the war is also on with my husband who annexed one of my beds of petunias… ~ Now the tomato zone!

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Shoots Emerging

Peonies

Irises

~ One last breath of winter ~

Plants have to be hardy here in Calgary!

Sunny and warm one day… snowy and cold the next!

All in all, things are still feeling refreshing.

I think it’s the smell of the earth & the crispness in the air.

The snow also means there’s still one weekend for the skiers!

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Shoots Emerging

Peonies

Irises

The Earth is celebrating too! With the melting of the snow, new growth now arises.

Although I’m working indoors, popping outside to my garden to appreciate the earth over lunch was so renewing.

It’s easy to lose perspective and feel ‘out of touch’ from being on the computer all day, but stepping outside for even a moment can make such a difference.

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On the left is the view from the ‘mobile office’ last weekend.

The ‘green dot’ is my son who was racing and the ‘blue pants’ are the older one on his right. It was the end of a beautiful and successful day.

Although my email nightmare was over (blocks, bounces, broken links) from earlier in the week, I found myself without internet at this location. *gasp*

So, I prepped email / letters / scripts and used my phone for desperate communications.

Luckily the next day, guest services told me that the best wireless connection was in the deli where I was forced to spend the next several hours drinking tea and doing as much online stuff as I could muster before I ran out of battery power. Yum, Chai!

In this picture to the right you can see the lift on the left and the racing run is on the right. I hiked up to the finish corral to see the last run of the day. In the picture below, he is the top figure behind the red fence. The race is over and he’s just in a safety arena coming down after a good run.

I can honestly say I’d forgotten how ‘mountainous’ the mountains are. You would think that went without saying, but it’s different hiking up and down multiple flights of stairs and through the snow to get to any destination. I’d actually forgotten how much I *love* that! It took me a long time to understand ‘going to the gym’ when we first moved to Calgary & revisiting the hills was positively therapeutic!

I can also honestly say I’ve gotten soft. On top of that, I suspect I’m developing a weird reputation… I mean, beyond ‘normal weird’ for me, among the other parents who don’t carry their computers around everywhere… Have I become a geek?

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There is no place that is safe from work! The mobile office was in my car the other day.

The Mobile Office is Everywhere

Remember when I mentioned that my oldest son was getting his Snow Park Certification? Well, he had to get to the hill early and so I did the first pre-record for the Spirit & Energy series in a parking lot in Banff, Alberta on Feb 16.

This is quite auspicious because sites within Banff National Park are considered Sacred to Archangel Michael. I couldn’t have asked for a better tone to be set!

Someone caught this pic of my son flying along in the background, doing a 360. It was a couple of weeks prior to his course, but you get the idea.

There was a time in my life when I couldn’t understand why I couldn’t fly. That doesn’t seem to bother him.

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The Mobile Office

The “Mobile Office” at Mt Norquay on Dec 23 / 09 waiting for my oldest son to get his ski instructor certification. His original testing day was canceled earlier in December due to cold weather. He now has his coaching, instructing and will get his park certification in February.

I’m working on audios, answering emails and making calls. I’m go glad I found a plug to keep me ‘empowered.’ I’m behind on my self imposed schedule, but it’ll all get done.

Family arriving this day also for the holiday season. Busier than usual having good times!

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