A little programming humor for you fellow nerds. This first post is going out as a pretty basic WordPress page, but hopefully I can devote more time and effort into making this a really outstanding site in the near future. So, the big questions, I suppose, are who am I and why/what is MoveMint Yoga.
Hi, I’m Amanda. You may know me as @yogibrarian on Instagram. Yogibrarian is where this all started out – as the Yogi Librarian account that I made with the intention of being a place to 50% engage with the #bookstagram community and 50% try to win some free leggings in a #yogachallenge. Honesty right there.
Instagram Books– At the time I was working in a library in youth services and reading a lot of Young Adult literature. Not all of my colleagues read YA, so I took pictures and put them our for the world. Sadly I found that my book posts weren’t getting as much (read hardly any) conversation. I was a little bummed that I hadn’t found a place to connect over the books that I truly loved. The book posts have dwindled over the years. Though my love of reading has not and I still usually hit my yearly goal of 50 books per year.
Instagram Yoga– Back in 2017 I had taken a few months of yoga classes, but hadn’t found a supportive community. None of my irl friends practiced. But there was this amazing online community of supportive people having fun, posting tips, and like I said, winning those sweet yoga pants. I went waaaaaaaaaay, I mean WAY out of my comfort zone and participated in a yoga challenge. I did not win the pants. 😂 I showed my friend and former coworker my new Instagram handle and when I say her jaw hit the floor when she saw that I had posted a picture of myself on social media, I mean she went on for a good ten minutes staring in disbelief.
Over the years my practice has grown, as has my love for movement and yoga has grown and I have recently undertaken studying for my yoga teacher certification.
So now here I am. Another new endeavor. MoveMint Yoga. As is illustrated above, when you start out making something new, it is hard to say what exactly it will become. I do know that I intend to share the things that I love here. Yoga, fitness, food, books, gardening, nature, and hopefully soon travel. I want this to be a place that you can relax and be entertained that provides something good in the world – pretty pictures, inspiration, motivation, positivity, whatever you can take from it, I’m happy with. There are a lot of places that you can spend your time. I hope that this is one that you will choose to come back to.
-Amanda
MoveMint Yoga 