A Sky to Stare At

Hello my loves. This week started out a bit rough. If you’ve watched any of the latest vlogs you’ve heard me talk about my shoulder injury from work. It happened about a month ago and has continued to be irritated by the repetitive and weighted motions that the job requires. Basically I went back to work before it was healed and so it hasn’t stopped bothering me. Not feeling 100% is very taxing, emotionally and obviously physically. I finally decided to get a second opinion this week. I have a hard time pausing from the grind sometimes so I was feeling quite low at the start of the week but slowly checking things off my to-do list like scheduling an MRI for my shoulder, handling our new lease agreement for my apartment, getting some sunshine, and just resting my body has really turned this week around. I’m feeling so much better having put my health first. The shoulder scan will be this evening and I’m eager to hear the results and hopefully have a clear course for a full recovery. I took these photos at the beginning of the week when I wasn’t feeling my best. Watching the sun set and the planes glisten as they made their way across the sky was truly therapeutic and no doubt was part of my shift in perspective. Sometimes we just need to stare at some sky!

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Olá meus amores. Esta semana começou um pouco difícil. Se você assistiu a algum dos vlogs mais recentes, me ouviu falar sobre minha lesão no ombro no trabalho. Aconteceu há cerca de um mês e continua irritado com os movimentos repetitivos e pesados ​​que o trabalho exige. Basicamente voltei a trabalhar antes de estar curado e por isso não parou de me incomodar. Não se sentir 100% é muito desgastante, emocionalmente e obviamente fisicamente. Eu finalmente decidi obter uma segunda opinião esta semana. Às vezes, tenho dificuldade em fazer uma pausa na rotina, então estava me sentindo muito deprimido no início da semana, mas lentamente verificando as coisas da minha lista de tarefas, como agendar uma ressonância magnética para o ombro, lidar com o novo contrato de aluguel do meu apartamento, obter um pouco de sol, e apenas descansar meu corpo realmente mudou esta semana. Estou me sentindo muito melhor por ter colocado minha saúde em primeiro lugar. A varredura do ombro será esta noite e estou ansioso para ouvir os resultados e espero ter um curso claro para uma recuperação completa. Tirei essas fotos no início da semana, quando não estava me sentindo bem. Observar o pôr do sol e os aviões brilhando enquanto cruzavam o céu foi realmente terapêutico e, sem dúvida, fez parte da minha mudança de perspectiva. Às vezes só precisamos olhar para algum céu!

smooches

Mariamma

Mini Juice Cleanse

On Monday night I headed up to Manhattan Beach, one of my favorite places, to have dinner with my uncle. He was here for a 12 hour layover on his way to Australia for two months (lucky!). I got there just in time to watch the sunset and then we got a delicious dinner at a restaurant a block up from the beach. After a bottle of wine, three dishes, and a slice of cheesecake I hugged him goodbye and sent him barreling down the street in a taxi, back to the airport. On my way back to my car I stopped by Pressed Juicery and was persuaded to take advantage of a pretty sweet promotion for a one day cleanse. With the cold weather and the holidays it's easy to go into hibernation mode - so it's reinvigorating to give your body a big boost of nutrients. A cleanse was just what I needed! I drank all six of the juices yesterday and ended the day with my second aerial yoga class. The studio is just a five minute walk away. It's SO nice to hang upside-down from stretchy fabric attached to the ceiling, who knew?! The class always ends with you laying sprawled in the hammock, and the last song to play was "What a Wonderful World." It really is too.

take care of yourself 

x

Mariamma

Juicy

LA is known for its health freaks ... and I suppose it's a relatively good thing to be a freak about. I've accidentally lost a little bit of weight over the last few months though I have no idea how much because I refuse to weigh myself. I've just been less hungry, craved sugar less, and started walking more. Other than losing a little bit of my curves I feel good! It has happened in a natural, healthy way but I hope to get some of those curves back in dance classes! Speaking of which, I found a samba class in Long Beach last night so I won't have to drive 45 minutes for class in Culver City!! The teacher was amazing - super positive, encouraging, and with a very original approach to teaching samba. She taught the feet portion last rather than first and focused primarily on the hips and torso which seemed to encourage people to feel the movement before thinking of the steps. Super fun! Anways, all that to explain mine and Alli's trip to Pressed Juicery. I highly recommend going if you have one near you! We sampled a ton of different juices that I had never tried and in the end we were both feeling Vogue's Pink Lemonade. It tastes like sweet lemony rose water <3. 

Saude! Gesundheit! Cheers to your Health!

Mariamma