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We are not a product of our circumstances. We are a product of our decisions.

(via motivated-mindset)

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Definitely my life right now as I work 2 jobs to move to New York in November. It's not fun right now, but I'm motivated because I know it'll be a worth it in the end.

Check out this image I found on We Heart It - http://weheartit.com/entry/175093587

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Stay positive!

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Banana loaf 🍌💛

Recipe: • 2 cups GF flour • ½ teaspoon baking powder • ½ teaspoon “no-salt” (low sodium salt) - you can use normal salt if necessary • ½ cup coconut sugar • ¼ cup coconut oil • 3 bananas • 1 teaspoon vanilla • ½ cup non- dairy milk (I used rice milk) • 1 teaspoon vinegar • chopped vegan chocolate (I used dark-orange) • ½ cup goji berries (or dried cranberries)

Add the dry ingredients gradually to the wet, and lastly add the bananas and chocolate. Put in preheated oven for 45 minutes. And voilá.

Go check out my previous post featuring this recipe. 😘

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Just a small sample of a cover of LOVE I've been working on. I have an online concert coming up May 31st. You can find more info at: www.concertwindow.com/thesingingukulelist

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Vegan lunch! Cumin and Fajita Seasonings are the best...just sayin'.

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I've chosen to go vegan for the month of March. Lunch is a roasted bell pepper with refried beans, rice, and corn.

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So I'm participating in dressember. What is dressember? Dressember involves wearing a dress everyday in the month of December to raise money for the fight against sex-trafficking and the exploiting of women. To learn more about how you can participate, go to dressemberfoundation.org or if you would like to donate to my small goal of $300 you can go to support.dressemeberfoundation.org / siriusdressember

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This is the first time I've tried on a bodycon dress, and have actually loved the way I looked, so of course I bought it, and I plan on wearing it to my Bachelorette party this Saturday.

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5-Ingredient Blender Muffins-15 Way - These blender muffins are the easiest little muffins you will ever make.  They boast a clean-eating ingredient list and are made without any flour, oil, or refined sugar.  They are naturally gluten-free.  Use the base recipe and then check out the many variations you can create.  The base recipe makes 12 mini-muffins, but can easily be doubled….RECIPE

INGREDIENTS

½ cup natural peanut butter

1 medium ripe banana

1 large egg

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

2 tablespoons honey, agave nectar, or maple syrup

¼ teaspoon baking powder

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💚 summery salad rolls from whole foods for lunch 💚

instagram: vegany0gini

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Everyone, I want us to all do the 30 Day Flat Abs Challenge beginning Jan 1! Are you ready!? Reblog if you’re in!!! 

Here’s the full resolution version: click to print

Good luck! This is gonna be fun! Invite all your friends and fam!! 2015, you aint ready for us!

Love,

Cassey

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Hey loves, I was just recently asked, “what poses are good for sleeping wrong and waking up with a sore neck/shoulders?” So I made this little guide for those times when you “slept wrong” and wake up a little sore:

1. Neck Rolls! Very simple, but super effective. Begin by doing some side stretching here, and then tilt your head side to side, side stretching through your neck. When doing this, focus on bringing your ear down towards your shoulder, but not letting your shoulder rise up towards your ear. To intensify, walk your opposite fingertips away from you. Then roll your neck side to side, clockwise and counter clockwise.

2. Seated twist You can sit with the legs crossed, in lotus, or any comfortable variation as long as the hips are level. Focus on twisting through the upper back and shoulder blades. Let your gaze turn with the twist to twist into your cervical spine and neck too! You can close the eyes if turning the head strains them. Use your arm behind your back as a support to prop your spine up straight and tall as you twist and use the hand on your knee to increase the twist.

3. Yogi Mudra/The Seal of Yoga One of my favorite shoulder openers (and it’s said to relieve headaches). Keep your hips stacked over the knees and interlace your fingers—or grab a strap—at the base of your spine. As you begin to pull the shoulders together, lift the hips up and come onto the crown of your head. Roll the arms side to side, up and down, whatever feels good, really working into the shoulders. For sensitive knees, this can be done from standing too!

4. Thread the Needle This is such a great shoulder opening and twist! From tabletop, extend one arm up into the air and then sweep it underneath of you, threading it under the other. Come down all the way onto the shoulder and the cheek, and then you can raise your opposite arm in the air for more opening, leave it on the floor for support, or bind it behind the back for even more opening! Try to keep the hips stacked over the knees and level.

5. Rabbit Pose This pose targets the space right between your shoulderblades and can feel so good when your back is tight. From child’s pose, sweep the arms behind you and grab onto the heels or ankles, come onto the crown of the head as you begin to lift the hips into the air—trying to get them stacked over the knees. Focus on pulling the heels with the hands as you lift the hips high.

6. Puppy pose/Anahatasana

This pose is like a baby down dog, and down dog or dolphin can be substituted in its place for similar benefits. Here we keep the hips stacked over the knees and we begin to walk the hands forward and drop the chest. Keep the arms straight and actively press into the floor through the palms to really strengthen and stretch into the shoulders. You can roll up a towel or blanket for your forehead to rest on.

7. Upward facing dog Up dog is a great pose for opening and expanding the chest and the upper back/shoulders. Focus on sliding the shoulder blades down the back and away from the neck/ears. Pull the chest and collarbones forward through the arms and really expand there. You can stay here or twist by looking over each shoulder side to side, getting deeper into the shoulders.

8. “Rag Doll” This is one of my favorite poses to do of all time because it’s so relaxing and comforting. Fold forward, bending the knees deeply enough so your belly can rest on the thighs—but keep the hips lifted so gravity can continue to lengthen the spine and the legs don’t have to work so hard. Interlace your fingers behind the back of your head, letting the weight of the elbows and hands cause the neck to release even more, becoming heavier and more relaxed. You can stay still or rock side to side and back and forth with the head and torso.

Hope this helps all of you who are waking up feeling sore!