hip tranquil chick on world talk radio

I was interviewed today about hip tranquil chick on world talk radio. Click play and enjoy!

le chic teleclass chat

Tonight was our first le chic teleclass chat on my top tips for tranquility in the new year. We had over 85 people around the world registered for this call and we recorded it so that you can listen in again. Merci beaucoup for participating!

We started with taking a few deep breaths, getting fully comfortable, and grabbing a cup of tea or hot cocoa with our journal, pen, and copy of Hip Tranquil Chick nearby.

Touching on the OMwork, we discussed what you want 2007 and how to get there by determining where you are. See page 73's "Spin the Wheel." We reviewed health, finances, relationships, career, creativity, spirituality, home environment, and self care. After noting which ones are the lowest, we moved forward.

Top Tranquil Tips for 2007

1. Schedule self-care.

2. Define your Vision.

3. Set TRANQUIL goals. (Here's were we worked on creating action steps for our low categories)

4. Challenge yourself creatively.

5. Leave a Legacy.


Ways to share Hip Tranquil Chick with your Community
* Give Hip Tranquil Chick to fave girlfriends.
* Come to the Book Launch Fete in NY on Thursday, March 8.
* Host a Hip Tranquil Chick Signature ChariTea Soiree.
* Write a review on Amazon.
* Share your thoughts on My Space.
* Review the book on your blog.
* Subscribe to the Hip Tranquil Chick podcast via iTunes.
* Celebrate the concepts of the book during a weekend escaping the city at our Hip Tranquil Chick retreat.
* Connect with your local library to ensure they have a copy of the book in their collection.
* Call your local Barnes and Noble, Borders, or indie bookstore to make sure they carry the book.
* Donate copies of the book to a local charity or community organization.

A few tres exciting offerings:
1. Putting together a 3-week 1-hour Inner Chic Teleclass Series focused on Chap. 4-6 starting February 19-March 5 from 8-9pmEST. $65 and can add on a “boost” of a 1-hour 1:1 mentoring session for a total of $150 (includes teleclass & mentoring). To register, e-mail me with “Inner Chic Series” in the subject line and I’ll get all the scoop out to you. Limited to 15 fab femmes to ensure ample intimate discussion time.

2. All listeners from tonight’s le chic teleclass chat get 15% off on everything at TranquiliT.com. Shop away and type in the code I gave you when you check out to get your savings!

3. Upcoming Hip Tranquil Chick Retreats: June in NY (only 10 spots left) and September in Costa Rica.

4. Fabulous upcoming podcasts on pilates, organizing, jewelry making, finances, HTC commandments, creating a home spa and more!

We opened up the line for Q & A and had some fabulous questions from listeners on:

• Breaking down big goals to smaller achievable goals
• Motivation to work towards goals
• Cultivating Patience
• The impact of Spinning the Wheel
  
• How to deal with fear
• Paralyzed with choices
• Not living in a bubble, dealing with negativity
• How to start a creativity group

Thank you SO much for participating! It was sooo lovely to hear your voices. Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedules. xoxo

hip tranquil chick podcast #68: moral code musings (chap 3)

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Welcome to the 68th edition of the Hip Tranquil Chick podcast: a guide to life on and off the yoga mat. Produced from the Pink Palace in DC

Today’s podcast is a discussion of Chapter 3 Moral Code Musing, topped of with multiple poses of the podcast, a look of the podcast, insights on upcoming events, and groovy podsafe music! View our shownotes at hiptranquilchick.com/blog.

Thank you for all your support – we’re the #10 self-help podcast in iTunes!

Pose AND Look of the Podcast: Lunge in the TranquiliT tie top, leggings, and capelet

Haute Stuff Shoppe: Shop online for the book, CD, leopard print scarf, or crystal tee.

Soirees, Chats & Booksignings & Retreats: Host a Hip Tranquil Chick Signature ChariTea Soiree! The downloadable PDF has is a toolkit for leading a hip and tranquil book club! All hip tranquil chicks who agree to host a soiree in 2007 will be sent a lovely leopard-print headband and scarf as a host gift, while they remain in stock.

Complimentary sold-out hip and tranquil teleclass coming January 29 8pm EST. I will record it to share with all.

Local gals – come out for a booksigning February 21 at Olsson's in Crystal City, VA. Details at kimberlywilson.com.

New York Launch Party on Thursday, March 8 at Lolita. Details at hiptranquilchick.com.

I’m heading to Denver in April to lead workshops and host a book signing. Please come see me. Details are here!

Hope you enjoyed your Hip Tranquil Times Newsletter. Sign up at hiptranquilchick.com.

Escape with me and like-minded women at our first HTC retreat in upstate NY in June and our first international excursion in Costa Rica in September. Details at hiptranquilchick.com. OR in March to Tobago – details at tranquilspace.com!

Au Revoir: hare your hip tranquil chickness with me, request show ideas, or pass along feedback by e-mailing me at kimberly@hiptranquilchick.com. A reminder that we’re on MySpace and Frappr, so please connect with the community virtually there, too!

Have a burning question that you’d like hip and tranquil feedback on? E-mail me at kimberly@hiptranquilchick.com to have it featured and answered in our dear hip tranquil chick segment!

To close out the show, we’re playing podsafe music by new and independent artists from Promonet. Today’s selection is The Chase by Original Recipe. You can learn more this week's featured artist, including how to get more of their music at originalrecipe.org.

Thanks for joining me for the 68th edition of the HTC podcast. Namaste.

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10 X better

ah, the joys of sniffles mixed with cloudy head, sinus conjestion + cough. i woke up after 12 hours of sleep feeling like a new woman, but still not normal. however, i'm hopeful that "normal" is right around the corner! thanks for your well wishes and good thoughts. it's amazing how quickly we can be knocked off course and be reminded to not take such an important aspect as health for granted.

now that i feel so knocked off course, i wonder how i'll recover all this time. thank goodness i was able to still stay connected via e-mail and phone + get subs for my classes. but the lost time of connecting with people live and in person plus the numerous big picture pieces on my to-dos left undone leaves me sad. it's kinda like that feeling of realizing that you messed up a new year's resolution. not that you can't just pick up where you left off, but there is something to mourn about the lost time and "two steps forward, one step back" phenomenon. i'm sure there is a lesson in all of this so i'll do my best to figure that out before i return to "normalcy" - whatever that is, right?

in the meantime, i hope you're drinking your echinacea tea, dousing yourself with emergenC, and bundling up if you live in frigid temperatures. look forward to connecting monday night during our teleclass. i'm hopeful my nasaley "accent" will be a distant memory by then!

sickie gone wild

woke up today feeling the worst yet and, of course, today was to be a very full day including the kick-off of our annual 200-hour teacher training. i've always led this first weekend and was co-hosting it this year - thank goodness because i'm in bed and sweet kevin is leading away. being sick is so disappointing. i can't smell (making my passion for scented candles void), all i want to eat is raw cookie dough (odd, i know), talking on the phone hurts my throat, reading hurts my sinus-filled eyes, and not being able to do yoga makes me crazy. other than that, i'm happy as a clam! ;)

i got a sub for tomorrow's class and am determined to be back in business tomorrow night to assist with teacher training. then on sunday the first creativity circle intensive session begins. so much fun!

beau made me baked cookies (so i'd stop gnawing on the dough) and pizza is on its way. think i'm starting to get bed sores. maybe someone was trying to tell me to slow down?

to end on a less whiney note, i'm sooooo excited to share that i've just finalized the scoop to have a new york city book launch fete on thursday, march 8 from 7-9pm! ny girls (and i know there are a ton of you), please mark your calendars. it's sure to be a ton o' fun and will be held at lolitas. so hope you will grace me with your presence and i promise to have long kissed sickie goodbye.

oh, and check out an interview on divine diva delights - a fabulously fun website!

3 articles for you

ok, i'm the worst sick person ever. organized some paperwork, sent e-mails, edited documents and finally went to sleep at 8pm only to wake up again at 9pm when beau got home. now back online.

i received word from a journalist at yoga life that the articles i wrote for them had been published so i wanted to share:

1. beating the blues with yoga
2. fixing an overindulgence with yoga (previously posted for you)
3. improve a bad day with yoga

i hope you will enjoy. took some cold medicine so hopefully that will knock me out and make me rest. why is it so hard to sit still?

sniffle. sniffle.

greetings from my cozy boudoir where i'm curled up with louis, my laptop, cell phone, and planner pad. snow is falling outside and i'm paying for not resting. beau tried to make me stay in this morning but i'd signed up for a 6-week journal writing class at the writer's center and i'm missing 2 due to travels so i was determined to make today. then hit whole foods where i stocked up on cold tea (any excuse to buy more tea), dropped off a gorgeous heather plant at the studio, and home to rest.

read a fun article about hip tranquil chick in yesterday's dupont current. if you have a chance to pick up the free local gem, please do so. it's interesting to hear people's impression of your work.

if you signed up for monday's teleclass, you should have received a confirm today. if not, let me know!

also, i wanted to share one gem from my journal class this morning before i force myself to get offline and sleep. the teacher showed us some of his 60+ volumes of journals. he drew in them, attached photos, took notes, etc. i was amazed as my journals have just been used for spewing thoughts since i was 8. his take on journal writing offered a new, creative spin on capturing life. i used to create scrapbooks - eons ago when printing photos was the norm. now i have them all saved on my computer and rarely ever print them. however, this is a great opportunity to resume capturing life to actually put the goods (ticket stubs, love notes, etc ) inside my journal. genius! we also talked a bit about the popularity of memoirs. have you thought about writing yours?

hip tranquil chick podcast #67: sensational sequences (chap 2)

HTC: January 23, 2007 Shownotes




Bonjour! Welcome to the 67th edition of the Hip Tranquil Chick podcast: a guide to life on and off the yoga mat. Produced from a fabulous suite in Seattle, Washington.

Today’s podcast is a discussion of Chapter 2 Sensational Sequences, topped of with multiple poses of the podcast, [NEW!] a look of the podcast, insights on upcoming events, and groovy podsafe music! View our shownotes at hiptranquilchick.com/blog.


Poses of the Podcast: Sun salutes

[NEW!] Look of the Podcast: Pucci-inspired cross front tunic available at TranquiliT.com.

Haute Stuff Shoppe: Shop online. New TranquiliT website is up!

Soirees, Chats & Booksignings & Retreats: Host a Hip Tranquil Chick Signature ChariTea Soiree! The downloadable PDF has is a toolkit for leading a hip and tranquil book club! All hip tranquil chicks who agree to host a soiree in 2007 will be sent a lovely leopard-print headband and scarf as a host gift, while they remain in stock.

Complimentary hip and tranquil teleclass coming January 29 @ 8pm EST. To register, e-mail me with “teleclass” in the subject line.

Local gals – one spot left! join me for a 4-week Creativity Circle starting this Sunday or for a booksigning February 21 in Crystal City, VA at Olsson's. Details at kimberlywilson.com.

I’m heading to Denver in April to lead workshops and host a book signing. Please come see me. Details are here!

Hope you enjoyed your Hip Tranquil Times Newsletter sent last week. Sign up at hiptranquilchick.com.

Escape with me and like-minded women at our first HTC retreat in upstate NY in June and our first international excursion in Costa Rica in September. Details at hiptranquilchick.com. OR in March to Tobago – details at Tranquilspace.com!

Au Revoir: Share your hip tranquil chickness with me, request show ideas, or pass along feedback by e-mailing me at kimberly@hiptranquilchick.com. A reminder that we’re on MySpace and Frappr, so please connect with the community virtually there, too!

Have a burning question that you’d like hip and tranquil feedback on? E-mail me at kimberly@hiptranquilchick.com to have it featured and answered in our dear hip tranquil chick segment!

To close out the show, we’re playing podsafe music by new and independent artists from Promonet. Today’s selection is Lotus Eaters by Zen Lemonade. You can learn more this week's featured artist, including how to get more of their music at supercozi.com and gustill.com.

Thanks for joining me for the 67th edition of the HTC podcast. Go get your yoga on! Namaste.

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it's snowing, it's snowing!

the lovely white stuff is pouring from the sky while we pack up to head to vancouver (not without ANOTHER trip to the lush store, however!). yesterday we dropped louis off at a doggie day care for the first time ever. we actually went in to see if they had any ski sweaters for him but they only had hard core ski dog gear. their setting looked so appealing that we decided louis would have more fun there than wandering around the village with his lame parents.

as we left, my heart ached and i kept asking beau what he thought louis was doing and if he was ok. then, 2.5 hours later, i called the daycare to check in on him. lord have mercy, talk about attachment! then we picked the little booger up before heading to a fabulous power yoga/yin yoga class at neoalpine yoga and then dashed off for a sleigh ride. quite the adventurous day!

we had hoped to put a podcast together last night on chapter 2 - sensational sequences - but my drippy nose prevented it from happening. we hope to get it together tonight once we hit seattle later tonight. best wishes for a fabulously tranquil start to your week! xo

dear hip tranquil chick . . .

Q: i've been going to a weekly yoga class as part of a 5-class intro to yoga series that i signed up for (tonight is week 4), and i really, really like it. the thing is, i can't seem to get into practicing at home - somehow it's just not the same, i don't feel as flexible or good, and i end up giving up. i plan on continuing yoga classes at this studio after next week's last class, and i'm wondering: is practicing yoga just the one time per week enough? i'm an out of shape coach potato who's finally found something she'll get up off the sofa for, so i'd like any information i can get.

A: sweets, i understand. a home practice is tricky-- for a self-diagnosed coach potato AND the rest of the population. however, honor your efforts thus far. signing up for a 5-class intro to yoga IS a huge step and continuing yoga classes once a week is the way to develop yoga as a habit.

to get a jump-start on your home practice, carve out a sacred space by turning off your cell phone, lighting a candle, rolling out your yoga mat, and putting on your favorite yoga togs and chill tunes.

even though i've been practicing for a decade now, i still struggle with my home practice. even yesterday after arriving in whistler post a 15-hour travel day, i hit the mat. but to keep my practice strong, i put on a yoga class CD. otherwise, it would have been some forward folds, a few sun salutes, pigeon, and savasana. the CD kept me going through backbends, forearm stand, oodles of twisting, and more.

i highly recommend using CDs and/or DVDs to jump-start your home practice and to supplement your weekly studio practice. this will help you avoid the sun salute to warrior 2 back to your couch syndrome that is easy to fall into without a gentle nudge. i recently produced a fun new yoga CD with fabulous tunes catered to the girl-on-the-go to assist with this oh-so-common modern girl struggle.

congrats again on taking this great step to improve your couch-loving self!

10 tips for tranquility

i'm at a cafe sipping rosebud tea that is to die for! while getting a massage today i came across a poster that listed 10 fabulous things and had verbiage to explain more underneath. i jotted down the 10 tips and am coining it 10 tips for tranquility:

1. indulge
2. laugh
3. play
4. nap
5. garden
6. release
7. create
8. listen
9. move
10. nurture

enjoy! back to sipping and writing . . .

15 hours of travel later

boy, we didn't know what we were in for yesterday. such the journey. easy flight to detroit, loooonnnngg 4.5 hour flight to seattle where i kept saying to beau "are we there yet? i'm done with this flight." and then a 5 hour drive to whistler. once we settled in we did a quick tour around the village and i was filled with glee to see that there is a LUSH here. what more could a girl want in a ski town? there are tons o' coffee shops, some yoga studios i hope to hit, and a make your own pottery shoppe that looks fun (beau asked me please to not torture him with that one). louis the pug is exhausted and so is beau. so i'm up e-mailing, writing, and savoring the joys of being in a new setting.

en route yesterday i did a lot of reading and almost finished this great book called values-driven business co-authored by one of the ben and jerry's founders. i've read two from the social ventures network series and highly recommend them.

while in detroit, we hit a borders in the airport and i was ecstatic to find me book there. i showed the staff there, introduced them to louis who is on the cover, and asked if i could sign it. then i picked up another book, public speaking for success by dale carnegie. it's a classic and gawd forbid i leave a bookstore without a purchase.

nothing screams winter quite like a snow-filled ski town village. after yesterday's crazy journey, i am delighted to be plunked down in the middle of a little slice of heaven. unfortunately during a closet cleaning spree last year, i got rid of my ski jacket from college so i am donning a large leopard-print coat. talk about screaming tourist in a ski town! maybe walking the black pug while others have their big labs and goldens here also makes us stand out. well, remember the post a couple of weeks ago. it's good to be different. ciao for now . . .

we're off!

as i gear up to leave in a few, i wanted to say a warm goodbye to my fabulous readers. we're heading to seattle and then driving to whistler. long travel day ahead so i'm excited to dive into some books en route. i hope you've all had a delightful week and are looking forward to the weekend. i'll be in touch as we are taking the podcast equipment and will do a show from the road. pug is very confused about this early wake-up. poor guy has no idea the excitment that is in store for him today. in honor of my journey, i ask that you take a moment to curl up with a good book by a fire (or candle), sip some hot cocoa or herbal tea, and spend at least one hour this weekend relaxing and renewing. that's what i plan to do all weekend! xo

i can't sleep

bummer, look at this ungodly hour. i'm usually in the midst of my best sleep about now. after the long drive home monday night, i had a hard time falling asleep and tonight was no exception, only to awake at 5am unable to return to sleep. yuck, i hope this isn't a pattern as sleeping is one of my favorite things to do. maybe i had too much green tea. my body is lamely sensitive and i did have 1.5 cups yesterday. goodness, i hope it isn't that lame!

excited to share that our first edition of hip tranquil times will be coming out today. i hope you love it and look forward to your feedback.

heading to whister, british columbia this weekend to celebrate my 3-year anniversary with beau (and pug in tow). so excited about curling up in front of a fire and watching snow fall while reading a good book (lord knows i have a few of those). i lived in summit county, colorado for a year after college and am like a kid in a candy store about returning to the mountains for the weekend. no plans to ski or snowboard like the old days as it is hard enough to warm up after a 10-minute walk home in the cold, much less in all that gear on the mountains. think i'll stick to snowshoeing or a lovely sleigh ride.

i wanted to share a suggestion from a friend that i'm just delighted about. since one of my goals is to read 2 books per month (already actually finished 3 so i'm on a streak), she encouraged me to write out 100 books i wanted to read so that i'd have a record and feel that great sense of accomplishment that comes from crossing things off. try it. let me know what books you add.

hope you're sleeping like a baby. zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

hip tranquil chick podcast #66: personalized practice (chap 1)

HTC: January 16, 2007 Shownotes




Welcome to the 66th edition of the Hip Tranquil Chick podcast: a guide to life on and off the yoga mat. Produced from the raspberry and leopard-print embellished flat in Washington, DC.

Today’s podcast is a discussion of Chapter 1 Personalized Practice, topped of with a pose of the podcast, insights on upcoming events, and groovy podsafe music! View our shownotes at hiptranquilchick.com/blog.

Styles of Yoga - read quiz on p. 14
Namaste - more on p. 15
Perks of Yoga - p. 17
Transition from On the Mat to Off the Mat

Pose of the Podcast: Eagle arms

Haute Stuff Shoppe: Shop online. New TranquiliT website is up!

Soirees, Chats, Booksignings & Retreats: Throw a soiree. We have a downloadable PDF toolkit with discussion tips, yoga sequences, recipes, and more! Host a soiree in 2007 and recieve a lovely leopard-print headband and scarf.

Complimentary hip and tranquil teleclass coming January 29, 2006 8pm EST. To register, e-mail me with “teleclass” in the subject line. I’ll pass all the scoop and OMwork along shortly.

Local gals – join me for a 4-week Creativity Circle starting late January (sign up at tranquilspace.com) or for a booksigning February 21 in Crystal City, VA at Olsson's.

I’m heading to Denver in April to lead workshops and host a book signing. Please come see me. Details are here!

Hip Tranquil Times Museletter coming this week. Be sure to sign up at hiptranquilchick.com.

Escape with me to our first HTC retreat in upstate NY and our first international excursion in Costa Rica. OR join me for a yoga retreat in March in the mountains of Virgina or the island of Tobago. Sign up at kimberlywilson.com!

Au Revoir: Share your hip tranquil chickness with me, request show ideas, or pass along feedback by e-mailing me at kimberly@hiptranquilchick.com or leaving a love note in the comments section of hiptranquilchick.com/blog. A reminder that we’re on MySpace and Frappr, so please connect with the community virtually there, too!

Have a burning question that you’d like hip and tranquil feedback on? E-mail me at kimberly@hiptranquilchick.com to have it featured and answered in our dear hip tranquil chick segment!

To close out the show, we’re playing podsafe music by new and independent artists. Today’s selection is What’s the Yo! by Amrita. You can learn more this week's featured artist, including how to get more of their music, at Amrita's MySpace page.

Thanks for joining me for the 66th edition of the HTC podcast. Namaste.

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happy MLK day!

bonjour from a fabulous coffeeshop in asheville called dripolator. we have to hit the road to head back to dc, but i could camp out here for days. i have wifi, a ton of good books (2 new ones purchased yesterday -- YES, i have a problem!), my beau and pug in tow, planner pad, pens, journal, and yoga/lifestyle wear on so i can break out a pose at any moment. basically, this is heaven.

i was tickled to get a comment on the blog yesterday from a boy (gasp!) who reminds us that there are boys out there reading this blog. secretly, i love it. delighted to hear that the hip tranquil chick message is resonating across genders. maybe hip tranquil dude is next? seriously though, despite the pink and leopard-print, i hope that the tranquil tips (sans lip gloss) translate into more tranquility for all people. yep, even boys!

i'm also VERY excited to share that we have an almost full teleclass sign-up and it is two weeks away. if you haven't yet received your confirm or want to join us, let me know as we're almost at capacity. i can't wait to connect with you all in this way as i feel like we're blessed with a vibrant community. i want to do all i can to meet you despite our varied physical locations while also connecting you to each other. if you have suggestions on what you'd like to see, let me know! a few things in the works:

• hip tranquil times e-museletter coming this week! sign up at hiptranquilchick.com.
• weekly tranquil tips sent to your inbox via e-mail or posted on the blog.
• continuing weekly podcast on the modern girl lifestyle complete with yoga, lipgloss, mindfulness, and flair!
• cute and chic hip tranquil chick tees to benefit the tranquil space foundation.
• periodic teleclasses on fabulous lifestyle topics for the hip tranquil chick.
• a national and international retreat.
• workshops and a booksigning in denver.
• a toolkit for hosting a bookclub soiree around hip tranquil chick.
• ongoing blog posts filled with tranquil tips, inspirations, suggestions, and musings.

pass along other suggestions as to what you need, want, and desire to help you lead your most passionate and playful potential!

in honor of today's holiday, please take a moment to express gratitude for those who have gone before us to make our lives more tranquil. i'm still in awe that martin luther king, jr. was only 39. he serves as an inspiration to do great things at a young age.

merci beaucoup for being you,
kimberly

greetings from asheville!

delighted to find wifi at the lovely panera bread near the blueridge parkway in asheville. yesterday's workshops at yoga-south in charlotte were delightful. such an amazing yoga community filled with beautiful practices. i taught a 2-hour yin yoga and 2-hour slow flow followed by a book signing complete with tea and yummy cookies from a local bakery. i was honored to learn over tea and cookies that a fellow hip tranquil chick, brooke, travelled all the way from atlanta for the event!

while reading by carlight during the journey, i came across a beloved quote by martin luther king, jr. that i wanted to share:

"If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great sweeper who did his job well."

podcast coming tomorrow once we return home to our "recording studio" (aka pink palace). off to drive into the smokies. . .

happy friday!

up early for a 6:50 am radio interview. whew is that early! it's been fun watching the sun come up as i plugged away on e-mails. i could get used to this but will probably have to crawl back into my warm bed for another hour before truly facing the day. of course i had a lovely pink scented candle burning, louis on my lap, and pomegranate tea to keep my scenses engaged.

beau, pug, and i are off to charlotte, north carolina this weekend as i will be leading two workshops and a booksigning over tea and cookies at the lovely yoga south. then we head to asheville and maybe a journey through the smokies. back on monday. looking forward to this mini getaway. i've heard from a few of you (even an australian hip tranquil chick) that you'd like to have a workshop or book signing in your town. if so, e-mail me as i'm putting together travel plans for the year and would love to meet as many of you as possible.

take a moment to celebrate martin luther king's amazing work impressively accomplished in 39 young years. he made such an impact on human rights and is a shining example on having dreams and making changes that affect society on incredible levels.

finally, i wanted to share a tip passed along from a fellow hip tranquil chick:

"I’m a faithful blog reader and I just found out about this nifty thing from Google called “Desktop Yoga”. You can set it to remind you to stretch or do a little yoga while you’re sitting at your desk all day and it even gives you suggestions. I just downloaded it so I’m still trying to figure out all of the options, but it seems like it might be something fun to try. You can find it by going to http://desktop.google.com/plugins/ and search for yoga. I just thought it might be helpful to other HTCs!"

happy friday, my dear ones!

quote to share

a dear hip and oh-so-tranquil chick sent me this quote today - "all of us could take a lesson from the weather. it pays no attention to criticism." i love it!

book signing tonight!

if you're free and interested in hearing some tips for tranquility in the new year, come to olsson's (1307 19th street) in dupont circle at 7. i'll be doing a brief chat and signing of hip tranquil chick. merci beaucoup!

how are you different?

greetings girls. i've missed you. was only away one day but blogger was down earlier today when i had hoped to post . . . so here we are at 11pm. yesterday i was lucky enough to spend a day in new york. since i've discovered the bus ($35 roundtrip), i'm guiltless in my pursuit of new york pleasure. my main intention was to explore the fashion tradeshows to see what was out there for spring and get some new goods for the boutique. i ran through the three shows in a few hours and caught a cab to check out a studio which housed lululemon. i just LOVE the manifesto of this organization and the enthusiasm that those who work for the company embody. truly something to strive for. then, out of cash, i walked numerous blocks for my class at jivamukti and hit american apparel and H & M along the way purchasing four new black basics including a black strapless bodysuit (how fabulously retro is that?).

while practicing at jivamukti, i looked around and noted that the other 60 yogis were in fitted yoga gear while i was wearing a dress over my fitted yoga togs. i laughed because i realized that i was different and always have been to a degree. as a little girl i hiked with a purse, i still do so. when i lived and skiied in colorado, i wore a silver puffy coat from victoria's secret while others were decked out in north face and called me a "baked potato." during my paralegal days i read self-help in the park across from my law firm while lying on a woven pansy blanket. while others were sleeping on the bus last night, i was busily planning 2007 and putting stickers that read "road trip" or "spa day" into my planner. i could go on and on with examples.
you get the picture.

as the bus pulled in at 2:30 this morning, i saw a billboard that said "how are you different?" and i laughed because it is an important question and so fitting. being different can be hard at times as it is lonely but it is ultimately what will set you apart. can you reflect on a few gems that make you unique? remember that gorgeous poem by robert frost on the importance of choosing the path less chosen (with or without stickers)? well, i guarantee you won't be sorry and you'll help pave a path for others!

hip tranquil chick podcast #65: signature style (chap 10)

HTC: January 7, 2007 Shownotes




Bonjour! Welcome to the 65th edition of the Hip Tranquil Chick podcast: a guide to life on and off the yoga mat. Produced from the raspberry and leopard-print embellished flat in Washington, DC.

Today’s podcast is a discussion of Chapter 10 Signature Style, topped of with a pose of the podcast, insights on upcoming events, and groovy podsafe music! View our shownotes at hiptranquilchick.com/blog.

Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening. – Coco Chanel

1. Daily beauty ritual
2. Weed out your wardrobe
3. Set up your closet like a mini-boutique - post images in closet that appeal (collage)
4. Invest in staples p. 133
5. Ways to add flair p. 134
6. Turn a basic black cami/leggings into 5 fabulous outfits p. 134

Pose of the Podcast: Dancer

Haute Stuff Shoppe: Shop online for the book, CD, leopard print scarf, or crystal tee. New TranquiliT website is up! Check it out at tranquiliT.com.

Soirees, Chats & Booksignings & Retreats: The step-by-step scoop for hosting a Hip Tranquil Chick Signature ChariTea Soiree is up! The downloadable PDF has discussion tips, a toolkit, yoga sequences, recipes, and more! All hip tranquil chicks who agree to host a soiree in 2007 will be sent a lovely leopard-print headband and scarf as a host gift. What’s not to love about leopard-print?

Complimentary hip and tranquil teleclass coming January 29, 2006 8pm EST. To register, e-mail me with “teleclass” in the subject line. I’ll pass all the scoop and OMwork along shortly.

Local gals – join me for a booksigning THIS Wednesday at the Dupont Circle Olsson’s or for a 4-week Creativity Circle starting late January. Details at tranquilspace.com.

I’m heading to Charlotte THIS weekend and Denver in April to lead workshops and host book signings. Please come see me. Details are here!

Hip Tranquil Times Newsletter coming within a couple of weeks. Be sure to sign up at hiptranquilchick.com.

Escape with me and like-minded women at our first HTC retreat in upstate NY in June and our first international excursion in Costa Rica in September. Details at hiptranquilchick.com.

Au Revoir: Share your hip tranquil chickness with me, request show ideas, or pass along feedback by e-mailing me at kimberly@hiptranquilchick.com or leaving a love note in the comments section of hiptranquilchick.com/blog. A reminder that we’re on MySpace and Frappr, so please connect with the community virtually there, too!

Have a burning question that you’d like hip and tranquil feedback on? E-mail me at kimberly@hiptranquilchick.com to have it featured and answered in our dear hip tranquil chick segment!

To close out the show, we’re playing podsafe music by new and independent artists from IODA Promonet. Today’s selection is New Years by Asobi Seksu. You can learn more this week's featured artist, including how to get more of their music at asobiseksu.com and their MySpace page.

Thanks for joining me for the 65th edition of the HTC podcast. Namaste and happy new year!

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spring fashion insights

i'm perusing my backlog of fun e-mails and came across the predictions for spring 2007 from shesheme.com. thought you may enjoy the scoop:

Top Finds for 2007

Wide legged jeans. Bit of a change from the super slim lines we've been seeing all winter, but these very 70's jeans flatter your figure, hugging you in all the right places while giving you room to move! One caveat: take the hemline to the floor girls!
Flowing, sexy sleeves: Juliet style sleeves, bell sleeves, lantern style and flirty poet sleeves. Very romantic and ladylike. Look for them on blouses and dresses, even jackets and coats this season.
Gold bangles. Mix textures—polished, hammered, brushed, braided, even jeweled—and layer them up your wrist!
Gladiator heels. Strappy and sexy, and very up-to-date; from ultra glam to a casual and chic sandal, perfect for jaunting about town.
Dropwaist dress. Such a versatile silhouette that can be dressed-up or casual. Wear with leggings during the winter, then slip on some strappy patent leather sandals for spring!
Loose and flowing tops . Feminine and saucy at the same time!
Boatneck blouses and dresses. So very chic!
Black and white floral patterns. Flirty skirts, fabulous dresses, sexy tops, even handbags and shoes get in on the action!
Little white dress. White is the new black. Get a head start on summer's hottest look.
Very sexy heels. Cross front shoes were all over the runways for Spring 2007. Love these by Marc Jacobs.
Leather backpack. A more sophisticated version of the co-ed carryall is perfect for hauling all your girly goodies around.
excerpt from 1.5.07 shesheme online newsletter.

last night we had a fun book club at the studio that was supposed to last one hour and went for two hours with lively conversations and helpful insights from the participants. we explored the challenges of leading a "double life" (professionally one way, personally another), how to avoid overdoing the self-help craze and being comfortable with who/where you are, and we created vision statements for 2007. thank you, girls, for joining me. you were an inspiration!

olsson's book signing

join me next wednesday for a book signing + tips for finding tranquility in the new year at olsson's in dupont. the event starts at 7pm and supports a local indie bookstore. hope to see you there!

overindulgence helper tips

today's yogalife featured some tips i shared on dealing with those holiday overindulgences. in case you're one of the many who overdid aunt helga's pecan pie or your passion for bellinis, read this! happy detoxing.

intentions for 2007

we're beginning to settle into 2007 and life is becoming "normal" again (whatever that really means). i'm about to put on a CD and launch into a reflective home practice, but before doing so, i wanted to share a few of my intentions for 2007 with you (because, as well know, we're more likely to achieve goals when we put them out there to others). so here they go, in no particular order:

1. design a fabulous one size multi-wear piece for TranquiliT
2. find the perfect partner with a group of 9-12 grade girls to launch the Tranquil Space Foundation's signature program
3. return to running (i ran 50 minutes once in 2006 and was sore for days)
4. continue to deepen my own practice and teaching (i've signed up for a one-month teacher training mid-april through mid-may with jivamukti)
5. carve out weekly reflection time on fridays
6. determine what is next for my personal and professional growth
7. grow our charity community at tranquil space through volunteer days, sponsoring of aids orphans, and more karma yoga events
8. i'd love to say "play more, work less" but my work is my play. guess it is a matter of balance. hope to take an almost full day off per week for down time with beau
9. design and implement weekly tranquil tips to go out in addition to the soon-to-launch hip tranquil times
10. read 2 books per month (rather than skim 50)

happy hump day!

can you believe it is already wednesday? gotta love holiday weeks and how it throws us a bit off schedule.

so far, so good. i've managed to get my goals in order and onto note cards broken up by different categories, been doing my yoga, reading, eating fairly well (minus my run in with gummy dots yesterday), and feeling a bit lighter. however, as i was whirring away on e-mail at 11:30 last night my beau reminded me of a plan to be offline by 11pm each night (um, that was a plan from november). ahhh, i'd forgotten about that grand idea. it sounded lovely so i shut down the computer realizing that no one was up at 11:30 just waiting to hear from me.

thanks to all of you who have signed up for the hip tranquil chick teleclass! we are going to have a lovely showing and i'll get your OMwork out in the next couple of weeks. nothing huge, just some good 'ol reflection. promise.

happy hump day to all. i hope your new year is unfolding beautifully (and you're getting offline before 11pm).

happy new year deux: reflection, intention, action

today's workshop focused on reflecting, setting an intention, and taking action. i decided not to record it considering i was running around while teaching giving assists. i presumed my voice would not be captured so i thought i'd share the experience via blog in case you want to try this at home.

reflection: do p. 73 wheel of life exercise from hip tranquil chick. create 3 action steps for your 2 lowest ranked categories and write them in your journal.

intention: set an intention for 2007 and write it someplace where you will see it daily.

action: roll out your mat and choose a sequence from chapter 2 of hip tranquil chick or do a full practice such as get your yoga on.

conclusion: write yourself a letter to open on july 1, 2007 congratulating yourself on the actions you took in the first 6 months of the year to get you closer to your intention and who you want to become. this is a great way to affirm your intention.

voila! you're well on your way to a fabulous 2007.

happy new year!

the closet reorg was a success - 3 bags of goodies to go to a new home - although there are remnants still lying around (now where to put my bed linens and yoga pants?). new year's eve consisted of yoga, a lovely italian lunch in old town, a hot bath, oodles of reading, chinese take-out for dinner, reflecting with beau on the year end and start of a fresh one, a blazing fire, and an agreement that we didn't have it in us to leave the blazing fire. instead, we drank presecco, toasted to the new year with anderson cooper, and i returned to reading surrounded by 10 books and beau returned to computer work. ah, we're officially lame and proud.

i woke up today saying to beau, "i don't feel any different. have i made enough changes? am i off course already?" he replied with a smirk that we were only 12 hours into the new year, most of them consisted of sleeping, and that i was doing just fine. i breathed a sigh of relief.

while reflecting with him last night, he helped me categorize my goals as i tend to mix goals and action steps. i still want to put a solid list together now that all my action steps fall under a few main goals for 2007. but first, i am off to lead an exciting and sold-out workshop on setting your intentions in the new year at the studio. i hope to record it so that i can share it with you.

if you, too, are anxious about the high expectations surrounding "a new year, a new you," you're not alone. ideally we're striving to improve on a daily basis. however, the beauty of january 1 is that a lot of the world is also taking a moment to reflect on improvement. bask in it. reveal in the positive energy. keep making strides. when it gets to be too much, take a hot bath and roll out your yoga mat. get your goals down on paper. share them with a friend.

i have a good feeling about 2007. may this be your best year yet! xo