Where Have I Been?

You might wondering. Well, the weekend of January 19th-23rd, I went to Ohio for a beautiful meditation and yoga workshop. I came home happy, peaceful, excited for the next adventure,  but also exhausted. Unfortunately,  on the 24th I developed the dreaded, nearly unavoidable sore throat which lingered for a few days before turning into a rotten head cold. Thankfully I didn't suffer with laryngitis, my seemingly annual silent retreat. All the symptoms (of which I'm all too familiar) seemed to pointing towards several days of note-writing and hand gestures, but thankfully, it didn't manifest.

So it's Sunday night, and I'm feeling almost good as new, full of vim and vigor, and ready to post some more art this week! I'm evening having a Valentine's Day Give Away so watch closely for details!

Best to you all!
Cynthia

Illustration Friday- CHICKEN

In Yoga, there's no Chicken Pose and that's probably a good thing! I drew this series of Piggy in various asana's (Yoga postures) for a new set of Yoga Flash Cards to help kids learn Sanskrit to English translations of the asana's. The set will be available on my Yoga blog, The Inquisitive Yogini as a high-res PDF file that you can print. The file will be available today, payable through PayPal. If you'd like me to draw additional poses to include in your set, please contact me at cyn@cynnaricisi.com. Or, if you have suggestions for additional poses you'd like to see, please leave a comment!

I Have Created A New Yoga Blog!

If you've been following this blog for a while, you probably know I'm a bit of a Yogaholic as of late.  I've been happily merging my art and Yoga as you can see here at this blog. But I also felt there's a lot about Yoga that I want to talk about, but which might not be fitting for this blog. So that being said, I created a new separate blog called "The Inquisitive Yogini". You might consider it a working title;) In other words, it may or may not change as the blog itself evolves. "The Inquisitive Yogini" will feature such things as:
• tips on how to be of service in the world
• how-to information on asana practice, pranayama and meditation
• reviews of Yoga books I've read
• ideas for healthy recipes I've tried
• thoughts on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
• how to experience and share bliss
and LOTS more!

Of course I'll still be uploading sketches and illustrations here, so don't worry- this blog isn't going away. But please join me if you're curious about what Yoga is (and it's way more than just being a bendy pretzel, in fact, that's the least of it) or if you're a practitioner yourself.

Love and light-
Cyn