Check out my second blog on the Huffington Post. The words of my precious teacher, Gelek Rimpoche, once again helped us figure things out. If you have a chance to read the blog post, please leave a comment and let me know what you think. Thanks!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cyndi-lee/yoga-drip-drip-the-bucket_b_407500.html
Here’s my top tip for how to do that: Make Applesauce! It really works. Applesauce is so good and so satisfying that you will start to like it even better than chocolate. Impossible, you say? Well, I challenge you to give it a try. And to encourage you, here is a step-by-step lesson in How To Make Applesauce.
Buy some apples. Whatever kind you want. If you can get to a farmer's market you can ask them which ones are the best for applesauce. I've used concord and they are good, good, good.
Cut them up in chunks. I like big chunks. Get about 5-6 pounds of apples which is way more than in these pictures. You will be shocked at how fast you and your peeps can eat that much applesauce.
Get a system going. Put a big pot on the stove and as you cut up apples toss them in. Then, wash a few more apples, cut and toss.
When all the apples are in the pot, pour in enough water to just cover the apples. I turn the heat on to high and when it starts boiling, I turn it down to simmer. Stir it whenever you feel like it. Throw in some cinnamon - as much as you want. You can also add raisins or pears or ginger. As the apples start to get soft, smush them against the side of the pot so the sauce is smooth-ish but a bit chunky.
Voila! I add it to my morning oatmeal and have for a treat. It is really nice heated up. YUM!
This is one of my tips for getting through the holidays in reasonably healthy shape. For more, check out my blog in the Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cyndi-lee/how-not-to-get-fat-this-c_b_403168.html
Dave and I are back at Kripalu for our annual November Yoga Body Buddha Mind weekend. Wouldn’t you think that we would get sick of teaching this material? Well, we don’t! It is different every time because the group is different every time and we are different every time. 
There are so many open hearted, curious, smart people with us this weekend and a large percentage of them are experienced yogis and experienced meditators. Ten years ago it would have been the opposite percentage. Pretty cool to see how much yoga and meditation has infiltrated our culture.
Getting twisted help unknot our energy body. Not to mention the detox bennies.
With a big group you just have to get up on the little platform thing so everybody can see you but I am always afraid I will fall off! Maybe some yoga teachers are more stationary than me, but my sequencing is spatially oriented and there is not enough room on this box. Whatever. It works okay for baddhakonasana.
When you lift your arms does your neck vanish? Does your chest sink? Is it super effortful? Then open them out into a V for vinyasa!
This is Jill, one of the many smart and groovy YBBM yogis and yoginis this weekend.
This is Kripalu's new yoga room which is gorgeous. Lots and lots of props, too! Thanks, Kripalu.
This is the view from our room up on the top of the hill. Barren winter beauty.
In addition to the Cyndisphere, which journals my travels and offers some yoga teaching, I have started another new blog called Yoga Body Buddha Mind. It is sponsored by the excellent Beliefnet.com. It will offer tips for how to find yoga (integration) and Buddha (wakefulness) in every day life. Today was my first entry. Check it out at
http://blog.beliefnet.com/yogabodybuddhamind/
