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Inspiring Posts From Influential Bloggers (And One Just For Fun)

April 18, 2014 By Monica Stone 2 Comments

It’s Friday Mixtape day!  I’m not sure how you feel, but I sure am happy it’s Friday! What a busy week it’s been! I have had to work a little late, and wasn’t able to stick 100% to my editorial calendar (sorry!), but I have so many great things coming up that I’m excited about.

My weekend pretty much started yesterday when I got the most amazing green facial from Room Of Beauty in Winter Park. I can’t wait to tell you more about it in the upcoming weeks. If you decide to check it out, mention you heard it here! 

I want to end this week with a fun round up of some great and influential articles from some AMAZING bloggers in the health, yoga, and social media world. 

Health & Yoga

1. YOGADORK: Why Every Entrepreneur & Startup Should Practice Yoga

This particular post was especially helpful to me because right when my blog started to pick up, I got a promotion at work, and I have had to juggle blogging with work and teaching & practicing yoga! It’s incredibly amazing and I would not change it for the world, but I have had to restructure and relearn how to manage my time. My yoga practice has been my biggest mentor and best friend through this whole transition, so check out the link above if you need relief from too much going on syndrome!

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2. KINO MACGREGOR: Strength Lessons in Yoga from a Circus Trainer

This post came out last year, and I wanted to circulate it if you haven’t seen it. Kino Macgregor is one of my biggest influences in yoga. Her story is about strength. She discusses how she did not start off naturally strong, but the practice of Ashtanga Yoga helped her discover strength within that she had no idea existed. She just completed the 4th series of Ashtanga Yoga (There are only 6 & I bet she completes them all this lifetime), and being so far along in the practice she continues to find ways to challenge herself and push the limits. Read about how she hires a circus trainer as she strives to learn a one armed handstand. 

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3. HEIDI SWANSON: Miso Soup Recipe from 101 Cookbooks

I religiously follow Heidi Swason’s food blog for easy healthy vegetarian recipes. I love her stuff because it is all really simple to prepare, and she leaves room for so much variety. This Miso Soup recipe is one I have gone back to over and over, and I am always trying new things with it. It NEVER gets old. She uses soba noodles a lot in her recipes, which I love, and she’s a photographer, so I could just look at her food pictures all day long. 

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4. FOOD BABE: Are You Being Tricked By These Food Industry Marketing Tactics?

Food Babe seriously rocks my world. She focuses on investigating what harmful ingredients are hidden in your food at local chains and on food labels. She has actually been pretty groundbreaking. She brought Subway down by starting a petition to remove azodicarbonmide from their food because of their misleading marketing on being healthy and nutritious. She talks about that in the link above, and also some other tactics that you could be falling for. 

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Techie Nerd Stuff: 

5. MY CRAZY GOOD LIFE: Set Up Mail Chimp Like A Boss

I found about about this blogger through The Sits Girls, and this post was like a goldmine to me! I am in love with my my emails now that I have Mail Chimp set up. I can build a template and list a few of my most recent articles for my readers to click on. I can add some links to categories on my blog, or my favorite products.

One thing that frustrated me about the WordPress mailer is that it did not support javascript. Well, unfortunately Mail Chimp does not either, but if I do decide to place javascript in a post then I can arrange my email as an excerpt to be clicked instead of a full post so it looks all neat and clean. This was a great framework to start from!



Just For Fun

6. BITCH TAPES: We Love Whistling Songs 

My first job ever was at Camelot Music. Do you guys remember that place! Then, I worked at Blockbuster Music. After that, I worked at Best Buy in the media section. From there, I moved to Peaches Music & Video. And then finally, I worked at this little independent record store called Sonic Boom located across from the University of Central Florida. I look back on those record store days as some of the best moments in my life. I made some of my best friends, I was able to get into concerts by getting on the guest lists, and I got all of the promotional albums before they came out. Life was so easy going back then.

After I graduated college and left the record store business one of my biggest challenges was keeping up with current music. I read a lot of music blogs, but this one caught my attention a few days ago over Twitter. I love everything about whistling songs and I’ve been listening to this playlist nonstop for a week!

We Love Whistling Songs from BitchTapes on 8tracks Radio.

 

Let me know what some of your favorite blogs or posts are! Have a great weekend & Namaste!

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Monica is a lover of all things yoga, a vegetarian, an avid tea drinker, and never gets sick of soup and noodle dishes. She teaches yoga, practices daily, and runs a Spiritual Book Club in Orlando, FL. She likes to challenge the strict rules of yoga, and makes it accessible for everyone - especially people who suffer from daily life and work stress.

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  • Jaime ShearerJaime ShearerYoga Student Since 2012

    Monica is dedicated to her own practice and the true path of yoga - the one of personal experience - which makes her an outstanding teacher. She is warm and easy to talk with, and she allows the student to have their own experience on the mat. She explains postures and breath in ways that are understandable so that the student "gets it." She makes yoga real and tangible in ways that truly serve the student. Work with Monica. You'll be glad you did.

  • Jacob AbercrombieJacob AbercrombieYoga Student Since 2011

    have always wanted to try yoga, but was always nervous. Monica took that fear away and made me feel like i was the only one in class with a room full of strangers. She is able to work with multiple students during the same move and still make it a personalized class for one.

  • Serena JonesSerena JonesYoga Student Since 2010

    Monica has been a highly influential teacher to me. She creates a safe environment for learning and practice. I have always felt grounded in her classes, and she pushes me beyond my own expectations. She inspires and motivates! I can't imagine my life without sharing a path with her!

  • Angela OrofinoAngela OrofinoYoga Student Since 2011

    Monica is a caring, wise, thoughtful, and talented yoga instructor. She has an in-depth knowledge of the philosophy and spirituality of Ashtanga yoga. My previous yoga experience had mostly just been at my local gym. Luckily, last year I found Monica. She has been guiding my practice at least once a week since then. As a newcomer to Ashtanga yoga, Monica made me feel comfortable and had the patience to teach me the basics. She also encouraged me to start an at home practice so that I was able to obtain a deeper understanding of Ashtanga. Monica is always encouraging and lets me know in subtle ways when she feels that I am ready to move deeper into my practice. I feel that the growth in my practice over the last year has been tremendous. Not only do I notice the change in me but others around me do as well. I am so grateful to have found Monica!

  • Sasha TamarSasha TamarYoga Student Since 2012

    I’ve come across many a yoga instructor over the years, but Monica stands out as genuinely amiable, as she glows with an infectious inner light, and highly devoted to and passionate about her practice. Her dedication to Ashtanga as a lifestyle is very clear, and creates for a contagious motivating force. Every time I’ve practiced with her, she eagerly transmits her devotion and passion of Ashtanga and meditation to everyone in class; she makes the most fledgling beginner feel at home, and simultaneously challenges the more advanced students. While I only practice Ashtanga with her, I know she provides therapeutic yoga sessions as well as meditation. And, if her methods of guiding students out of the Ashtanga vigor into the more meditative savasana are indicative of her meditational techniques, I’d recommend her to anyone

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