Sierra Nevada Resort

Check this out my friends, www.thesierranevadaresort.com/, my brother in law is the director of rooms in this joint and its fabulous.‎  Mammoth is known for its winters, but I really do not do winters, I may consider it for the kids, but it would have to be perfect circumstances.  So last year we went right before school started, and this year we decided to continue the tradition, and I am so glad we did.  Last year he worked for a boutique hotel, it was nice, intimate and I forced everyone to go to Yosemite, 7 hours later, because we took a special bus that dropped us off, we were over it.  It is gorgeous, don't get me wrong, but with three little kids, and not prepared with hiking gear and a picnic, we had to be really creative to keep ourselves sane and the kids entertained.

This year I decided to just enjoy my brother in law, the hotel, and our surrounding areas, and it was perfect.  Right on site they have a miniature golf course which I had a ball playing with my almost five year old, Eli Tzvi.  Earlier that day we took a trip in the trolley bus, that's us below, the windows are open and its absolutely gorgeous, Thank God I didn't drop my camera phone taking this shot.

 

Then my husband barbecued up a storm, made his signature salads, and my brother in law was in food heaven, invited some of his friends, and the best part, right outside our hotel room was a playground - Woo Hoo!

 

Glad to be home, made it just in time to take my son to his 3pm Karate lesson, and now have to run a few errands, meet with some clients and friends.  I am so excited to sleep in my bed tonight, and I am so excited to be here.  One of my Doula clients is delivering soon, I am happy I got to get away, tomorrow the kids start school, and all will be good with the world again (you parents out there know exactly what I mean.)

 

Coach Yulia

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We Have No Control

I was so excited that my baby was eating an Oreo the right way, he untwisted it and started licking

We ran away for the day to my brother in law, excited to hang and enjoy the gorgeous day.  There are so many What If's, so many reasons why we worry, feel we cannot do stuff, especially things that are just for fun.  Ultimately we plan and God laughs, there is no reason to worry about anything, it lives rent free in our brain.

We are a few hours away, going to hang at the pool all day, while the kids enjoy and play, decided we deserved a mini vay cay :) There are a million things going on, budget is tight, not easy with kids, but we did it anyway.

I think in everything in life in order for something to be worth it, the pros need to outweigh the cons.  I love road trips, and now I appreciate the kids being strapped in, instead of roaming free on an RV.  Funny what perspective does, they did OK, a few outbursts, a few whines, but overall a good first run to a bigger trip we are planning later on.

There are many reasons why my head and my gut keep reminding me of reasons to worry, so I  talk back to myself and say whatever will happen will happen, and I will take a breath and react in the best way I can.  I really feel like a referee sometimes, and a part of me wants the kids to be independent and free, I never want them to lose their free spirit. 

My oldest is realizing when we are talking tough but joking, and he starts cracking up, I love humor, I love laughter, I love happiness, these are the pros.

Look for the Pros,
Enjoy Your Sunday,
Coach Yulia

JUST BE YOU FOR FREE

The community we live in is so rich in Jewish cultures from all over the world, synagogues, food, and everything else you can imagine exists in Beverly Hills Adjacent :)  My husband has been part of one of the first synagogues out in this area for over 20 years, we just got an invite for the High Holidays coming up.  What I love best about the Chabad Jewish Community is that you are not paying for a building, my mother used to study with a group that would go to each others homes for that exact reason.

Right above the address is the most beautiful, open, inviting message:

Feel at home in our warm & friendly atmosphere.  No membership or experience required.

Contributions are made by regulars who are able, and there are fundraisers throughout the year.  I feel like the message is come, learn, and grow at your own pace, and just bring and share the real you.
I am very excited for the Jewish New Year, kids are growing, business is growing, and I am really feeling like I can focus more on my own health and fitness.

Every culture has a New Year and their own holidays, and in the USA there are celebrations all the time.  Even in the Jewish community there are different traditions on how to celebrate, but the holidays that are coming up are extra special for our community and its a month long event.  A spiritual connection, a celebration of life, and reevaluating where we have been and where we want to go.

So Excited,
Shavua Tov,
Enjoy Your Weekend,
Coach Yulia



 

YES or NO

I went to a seminar a few years ago and the bottom line of it was about KEEPING YOUR WORD.  How everything stems from this, when you make a plan, an appointment, or put something in your schedule, if everyone follows through, SUCCESS!

This has always been an important concept to me, and it is interesting that now I am a parent, time definitely has its flexibility, but there is always checking in, and letting everyone know what is going on.

I always feel blessed when I am around other parents because they understand that everything revolves around the kids, and when they are babies its nursing, diapers, and naps.  When they are toddlers, it is getting them ready and bringing everything under the sun that you may need.  No matter what, whenever there are kids, there is stuff that takes time.  I suppose one of the things to do is to give oneself extra time, or do things the day before.

It is nice to contemplate a solution, but honestly kids force us to be in the present, and we just have to deal and do our best, and let people know if we are running late or are held up, I feel as long as we let them know, life is life.

The Yes or No I am talking about is when you are trying to make plans with someone, and they do not say no, but they also do not say yes, so I personally feel stuck until I get a no.  Personal example:  there is someone that I invited to our Friday night dinner two weeks ago, the Thursday before she told me she may be late, so I told her don't worry about it, do what you got to do this week, and we will plan it for next week.  I have contacted her a few times, finally the other day she said she would let me know ASAP, don't you love those words?  Late last night I asked again, mainly because we want to figure out how much food to make, usually we do not make too much if it is just us, my husband likes things fresh.

Still no answer today, and it is OK, I will let it go, thank you for letting me vent.  I guess I am the type of person that when someone tells me they are going to do something or to meet me, I take them for their word, and have to wrap my whole day, my kids, my plans around their word. 

I ultimately always have hope for the human race,
Good Energy attracts Good Energy,
Just Be You, No Matter What,
Have a wonderful weekend,
A Peaceful Shabbat,
Shabbat Shalom

Getting Ready to watch Planes at El Capitan, trying to get a good pic, we are looking at ourselves not the camera

Out of Sync/In Sync

in sync

• In tune, in agreement, in harmony, synchronized persons.

Yesterday I felt so out of sync, I didn't have a set plan for the day, it was super hot, ended up taking my kids to Griffith Park to ride the cute little train, and we sat in the front which was right behind the exhaust, mixed with the hot air - YUCK - no wonder my baby wasn't into it, see his face below.

 

The kids were extra rebellious, I caught a happy picture, but we were all definitely out of sync yesterday.  I had brought water for everybody, but usually use mine to wash the fruit and refill the kids bottles, when we got home I literally felt like I had to drop.  I was wondering what it could have been, I had a good breakfast and rested decently the night before.  I had to go teach a Yoga class, and before I started getting dressed I got the chills, which is weird because it is the hottest of summer everywhere.  Luckily I made it to class OK, was still a bit off, and then was thinking maybe it was the exhaust, and then it hit me:

DEHYDRATION

 

I remember when I was teaching a Pilate's class, I thought one of my students was still doing an exercise and when I got closer I realized she was having a seizure, we called 911, and they told her it was because she was dehydrated!  Also a few women that were pregnant had contractions begin because they were dehydrated, it is no joke my friends.  I also remember once at a fun weekly festival in the desert, which is actually about to begin this coming weekend in Black Rock City, Nevada, one of my friends got so dehydrated he passed out, luckily they had a medical tent and gave him fluids.

 

One of my clients who has her due date about a month away has been telling me she is experiencing contractions. She had gone to get checked out, everything looked great, they told her to make sure she is drinking.  We have been in touch all night monitoring the contractions, and we are so in sync, just evaluating all the blessings, reality, and trying not to compare to anything else.  I feel blessed that in my Yoga and Doula work, I deeply connect with my clients, and we open ourselves up to each other, trust, share, and exchange energy.

 

Also on a positive note our ceiling was fixed last week, and our genius friend conquered our hackers, I am writing this blog on my computer - Woo Hoo!

 

DRINK!

Coach Yulia

Age Appropriate

Where am I?  When I was a kid, I loved jumping into a bin full of multi-colored balls, it was really one of my favorite things to do.  I finally had the chance to dive in yesterday when I took my kids to a cool playroom. Overall I think they get over it, you cannot spend too long there, and if you have multiple kids then the price is quite reasonable.  

So my baby was such a daredevil, do you see that tunnel slide?  My kids climbed up, and he followed them with no hesitation all the way to the top, I didn't have my camera when he was doing it, but notice the black stairs, it is quite high up and curvy, I was soooo impressed. There was another slide, you can see the one on the far right, that one you also had to climb some high stairs, and you slid into a very deep tub of balls, I felt I had no choice but to do it with the baby, and I just let myself sink in - yay.

We met some friends there, and it was a good place to spend the day out of the heat.  It is interesting to me what is age appropriate for who. We went to a place with all kind of rides the other day and there were age limits and height limits.  I understand it is all for safety, but each kids is so different, some always hesitant, some ready to go, and how about big kids like me?

I love when kids and adults are allowed to just be themselves.  Of course there are certain places in life where we all have to respect the environment, dress codes, rules, etc.  I feel blessed that I am really in touch with the real me, and I am happy that my kids are able to be just themselves in our home and in school.  So this morning when I noticed that the blinds and sun had created an image of a fish on our wall, I had to go grab my camera, enjoy the silly, happy, childlike, deep pleasures of life.



Be Your Essense,
Coach Yulia

Mind Dump

This is a concept that I learned in the Next Level Seminar about getting everything out of the head on paper, and then organizing what is priority, and scheduling it in your calendar.  There is similar concept from the book The Artist's Way, which I read way back when I used to work on cruise ships. It was called Morning pages, the goal is to right down everything running through the head first thing in the morning, so it is out of the way, and you can go on with your day.  I enjoy reading those pages from time to time to see how I thought of my life and experiences and how I expressed myself.

I really like free flow writing, that is how I write this blog, my brain thinks it and I let my 90 words per minute fingers document the stream of thoughts.

This morning I had a private class at 9am, my husband took my kids to my mother in law, the plan was when I was done to meet him there, he would go on about his day and I have plans with the kids. As usual the mornings are full of energy bright and early starting at 6am, breakfast, play time, bath time, getting dressed, and everyone has their opinion about everything and has to express it loud and clear, even my baby.

So when they finally all left the house, I had ten minutes of quiet, got everything together, ran out the door, my client lives two minutes away.  We are both moms, and we are very flexible with our meetings, sometimes something comes up for me, today she totally blanked, she was out with her kids, and I honestly felt lucky to just have me time away from my kids.  We moms gotta stick together, so I decided to run home and Mind Dump, write some Morning Pages, right here on my blog.

Next week the kids start school, I am finishing up their swimming classes and my oldest has Karate class.  Once they go to school they are there a full day, and they just need to unwind at home and be in bed by 7pm to be ready to do it all over again the next day.  I have so many projects planned, especially getting my house in order.  Every since we got back from our summer trip and decided not to send kids to camp, I have not had a moment to deal with the house.  I am looking forward to really getting everything in order, throwing out what we don't need, and starting our Jewish New Year fresh, clean, and organized.

Right after school starts our holidays last a month, not so easy to keep a routine, a schedule, after the holidays which will be at the end of September, I will be able to commit to an exercise schedule, and more time allocated to promoting my business.

I really love quiet,

It is so rare,

It really fills me with such peace,

Even a few minutes of it recharges my batteries,

Had my Herbalife Chocolate Shake for Breakfast this morning,

Happy to feel full and happy to know my body has all the nutrients and fuel it needs to start my day,

Feeling blessed for finding what works for me,

Take time to find what works for you,

It really makes things flow,

Brings calm, order, and healthy habits that become part of your life,

Happy Tuesday,

Coach Yulia

My little artst, I started noticing whenever there is a pen, marker, crayon and paper around, he goes for it