Flow into a new year with intention.......

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I almost titled this post. "Skating into a new year", because my hubby and I went ice skating last night & I snapped a picture of our skates (shown below)...and the corny-ness came out and I said, we are 'skating into the new year'. So whether you decide to skate, flow, fall, dive, run, or ~ whatever your action of choice is ~ into the new year; I propose we do it with intention.

In July, I posted 'Is your year half empty or half FULL', where I described how a dream is only a dream until you can set it to goals and action items. As 2011 has come to an end and 2012 is off to a skating start, this is the perfect time for reflection of completed goals, re-dedication to ongoing projects, intention setting for new dreams.

First, a quick re-cap of 2011:

~ Celebrated my Grandma Margot's life and my many cherished moments with her ~ Created a Personal Manifesto and Life To Do List ~  Completed Yoga Teacher Training Level 1 and Level 2 at Tranquil Space ~ Teacher Assisting for my mentor Kevin at Tranquil space ~ Became a teacher at Tranquil Space ~ Started Advanced Teacher Training at Tranquil Space ~  Went from yogi to yoga teacher (but forever will remain a student) ~ Toured the White House ~ Guide to my cousins on their 1st trip to DC ~ Went through losing my job at a dissolving company....interviewing and finding a new position in the accounting world ~ Found karma yoga (volunteering to teach yoga) for senior citizens (chair yoga), & led various yoga fundraising efforts for Food & Friends, DC Schools, Tahirih Justice Center & Yogaactivist ~ Visited Boston for vacation - loved their Little Italy and Fenway Park ~ Planned a girlfriend's baccalaureate party and stood up in her wedding in Chicago area ~ fun Yoga photoshoot at north side of Chicago at the Bahai Temple~ Moved to a new apartment (click for view from balcony)....(in the same building...can't seem to give up the pool on the roof, plus we are sooo much happier where we are now) :) ~ Created a yoga website - www.yogatwistonlife.com ~ Created this blog! ~ Made friends with TONS of new people in D.C....which has been so much fun (Lots of friends in the apartment building, as well as yogi friends) ~ My husband and I celebrated our 1st one year anniversary TWICE (long story...but we were married twice...so I get 2 anniversaries each year...YAY) ~ Relaxed at our 1st 1 year anniversary at Smithfield Station ~ Visited Baltimore for the 1st time ~  Enjoyed our 2nd, 1st anniversary in Jamaica with a fading tan, lasting relaxation ~  Became a teacher @ Sport & Health, the Hilton & kicked off a Summer on the roof & Fall in lounge Yoga series of the building I live in ~  Completed my1st ever Half marathon - 20 something-minutes faster than I expected - YAY  I finished and did not get swept up by the bus at the end :) ~  Finished a stained glass project that was in the making for several years! ~ Visited with family and friends in Louisville ~ Had a blast with my dad (aka Pa) on his 1st ever visit to DC this summer ~ Read sooo many yoga books, including my first interpretation of the yoga sutras and the bhagavad gita ~ Started shopping for a house to buy in DC (I KNOW...crazy!) ~ Aspiring Vegetarian ~ Gratitude Partner with another Yogi & my mom......

....whooo...I thought that was going to be short, and I definitely did not include everything. It is amazing at how much one can accomplish in a year, especially after you write it all down. There were a few things that I had on my wish list for 2011 that I wasn't able to accomplish this year....so they will be top priority for 2012.....

Looking forward to diving into 2012 with the intentions:

• Kickstart the new year with a few health boost habits via 21 day challenges; yoga every day, & aspire to be vegan with this 21 day challenge & alcohol free
• Write a review of all of the yoga books I've read
• Complete Advanced Teacher Training, including a "Thesis" project (YIKES -I've never done a thesis before)
• Visit New York with the hubby (this skated over from 2011~ Excited to say I booked it for February!)
• Visit New York on a single date with myself for a splash of yoga and shopping
• White water rafting (maybe in Harper's Ferry)
• Visit the Pope Leighey Frank Lloyd Wright House
• A form of yoga everyday
• 5 Yoga teaching goals for 2012:
• experiment with taking various yoga styles
• experiment with my own personal sequencing
• experiment with music playlists
• practice meditation
• practice with teaching various levels of yoga and workshops
• Weekly Date Night with hubby
• Experiment cooking with hubby as his Sous Chef
• Continue to understand and grow within my day job - the accounting world
• Continue house search
• Create at least one new stained glass project
• 1 or 2 destination half marathons (walk/running)

Well 2012! Here we go!

P.S....reminder that if any of these intentions do not suit me in time, its completely OK to let them go.

Have you thought about your intentions for the year? Even if you are reading this in March or June or August...it's never too late to pen a few of your intentions.