Preach what you Practice

This past summer, I got my 200 hour certification in yoga, and since then, I have been a freelance yoga teacher at a bunch of places around New York City.  

Yoga has changed my life profoundly in so many ways, most of them psychological, and sharing it with others has become a passion of mine.

These images were made as promotionals for my professional yoga page- www.emily-buck.com.  If you live in the New York area and are looking for a yoga teacher, check it out.  There's a link on the top of the page here as well.

Namaste, kids.

Walks in the Woods

In early December, I had the chance to travel to Maine, where I stayed with my Grampa two nights, and my aunt and uncle a third.  My Gramma passed away at the very end of November, and it rocked my family a bit, so I was glad that going up there to stay was a possibility for me.  

Walked through the woods with my Grampa.  Had long talks.  Deep talks.  Spirituality, religion, learning, politics.  He is a fascinating, experienced, and brilliant man.  I'm so blessed.  

Was able to see him in Maryland at a different aunt and uncle's house a week later, and then again after Christmas in Maine for my Gramma's memorial service.  Hopefully, I'll see him soon, but until then, we've been talking on the phone for about an hour every week, and it's an incredible blessing.

Next weekend I get to visit my other grandparents at their time share in Florida.  Very much looking forward to it.

Planning to start posting again.  It's been a few monthes of a lot of change for me, some changes negative, some the opposite but the way I am coming out of them is overwhelmingly positive.  2013 is shaping up to be incredible.  I've decided it shall be so.

Game of Thrones as Seinfeld

Never, ever, EVER forget how much of a difference your editor can make.  Also, don't ever underestimate the power of laugh tracks.

This mashup, Game of Thrones as Seinfeld, just about made me fall out of my chair.  I'm a big fan of The Song of Ice and Fire, more of the books than the show, but the show is pretty beautiful, and I've watched plenty of Seinfeld, and I love what these people are doing.  They overlaid laugh track on the video and did some simple cuts, but I'm pretty certain that the two main scenes in each episode here are powered dominantly by the Seinfeld-esque rolling laugh track.

Anyway, give the first two episodes a looksee.  I'd imagine that it's probably slightly less funny if you haven't seen both shows, but hey, that's life.

Check it out.

Zen Pencils

Zen Pencils is great.  

Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes and meditation in cute pixels.

Reminders about life in simple manner.

Want some nice, zen, thought-provoking colored pencil art?  

Welcome.  

Check out this website.  

You should also check out his Store.

It's made of glory and also happy philosophy.  Deep and yet marvelously light.  

The combination of the two is practically perfect.  The cartoons are simple and cute, but the messages are important and potentially life-altering.

I have liked every entry from here that I have seen, and I highly recommend signing up for his email list, because then, they will land right in your inbox.  Plus, you get free poster downloads and everyone and their mom likes free stuff. 

Reasons to be happy.  Reasons to persevere.  Reasons to work hard.  Reasons to not worry.

Reasons to feel big.  Reasons to feel small.

Reasons to work hard and achieve greatness.

Reasons to go out there and take on the world.  

Every time I look at this website, I want to inspire everyone I know.  I want to achieve greatness.  I want to world to be a better place.  I want everyone to feel happiness and safety through the powers of their own mind.

And that is pretty damn amazing.

Well played, Zen Pencils.  Well.  Played.

Note: As this post goes live, I am sitting in the airport waiting to board a plane to Maine.  Woot.  Anyways, there might or might not be updating much this week.  Of course, you aren't used to me updating because I just neglected to update for six monthes but hey, I thought I'd throw that out there.  

Love Consent

Warning- this post is about underwear.  There will be pictures of underwear and ladies wearing underwear.  Because this is apparently something you need to be warned about.  Welcome to 2012.

I'm digging the hell out of Love Consent- a line of underwear by "Victoria's Secret" to promote consensual sex instead of rape. 

Yes.  A thousand times yes.  

Hilarious, yet poignant, and blocked on Twitter probably by Victoria's secret, these underwear throw the responsibility for rape at the dudes instead of the boobs.  Because, men have brains. Many of my friends are guys, and I am very aware that they use the matter in their head to make decisions, not the matter in their nether-regions.  

I sometimes have a difficult time understanding how it is that dudes don't get really offended when people assert that it is a chick's fault that she got raped.  She looked so sexy that the guy just had to.  Umm... no.  He has a brain.  In his cranium.  That makes decisions.  That uses reasoning.  That can understand situations.  That can get his legs to walk away.  

In any case, check this out and also take a look at their website and their Facebook page because they are doing some straight-up awesome stuff that is just on point.  The underwear is cool, and their models look like real people because they probably are.

Really, look at this shiz.  I want this.   I wish Victoria's Secret was cool enough to make this.  

Of course, we live in the real world and their job is to sell sexy to ladies for sexy times, so that will never happen.  

But I would wear this every day.  And smile to myself as I put it on.  I would buy this for single friends as birthday presents.  And for ones in relationships too.  This would make millions because the internet exists, and my generation is pretty nifty and honestly buys things like this.  We have a lot of feminists screaming to be heard, and having no way to go about it, so they spend a lot of time on tumblr.  Also online shopping for undies.

All photos are from the Love Consent website and Facebook page.