2016 Spirit Challenge - Update 3 – At 84% of my goal and just ONE DAY away from the start of the physical challenges!

Tomorrow is the first day of the 2016 Spirit Challenge! Here are my events of the day: 

9:30 AM – Adult Black Belt Kata

11:00 AM – Soul Survivor Muscle Endurance Challenge

12:30 PM – Board-Breaking Challenge

2:00 PM – Sparring: Light / Middleweight division. 

I’m doing all the events of the day except for Sparring: Middle / Heavyweight division. Here is the link to the Adult schedule of the week: http://thousandwaves.org/sc16/AdultInfoFlyer.pdf

Today I went to yoga with Tracy Von Kaenel at Yoga Experience. As I was lifting my heart to the sky I felt overcome with GRATITUDE for the many people and things in my life: the mastery of Tracy’s teaching and guidance, the love and support of all of you, and the fortune to be in good physical shape to do my best during the physical Spirit Challenges.

Then I came home and found out that a dear person close to my heart will be going through his own physical challenge this week. Therefore I am dedicating my 2016 Spirit Challenge to him and to his family who are so very wonderful and an essential part of my life. They have been through so many spirit challenges and now have yet another one to deal with. I’m thinking of them and holding them in my heart and thinking of all of the challenges of all my loved ones and of everyone in the world. My heart goes out to everyone.

A huge THANKS to everyone who has enabled me to be at 84% of my fundraising goal! Thousand Waves is currently at 51% of the total goal. We need to push to make our goals so that the vital mission-driven work of supporting those in need will continue. If you haven’t yet donated and would like to do so, here is the link:

https://secure.qgiv.com/event/account/357616/

Thank you all once again for your love and support.

Namaste,

Michele

xo

2016 Spirit Challenge - At 68% of my goal and just ONE week away from the start of the physical challenges!

 The physical portion of my 2016 Spirit Challenge is just one week away! I can hardly contain my excitement! I have pledged to try to do as many of the events as I can and there are a lot more events this year! Here is the complete list: http://thousandwaves.org/sc16/AdultInfoFlyer.pdf

I will also be working full time that week from 7:25 – 3:25 as a high school teacher of Italian (in case you didn’t know) and then I will drive to Thousand Waves each day and work my butt off! I am so inspired by so many things. Here are a few of them:

1. YOU! All of you have supported me in many ways throughout my life. I am so grateful! You inspire me to do my utmost during my Spirit Challenges and during my daily life. Thanks to all who have already donated. If you want to get me closer to my fundraising goal, here is the direct link: https://secure.qgiv.com/event/account/357616/

2. The kids in the ASK program. They inspire me every time I’m with them or think about them.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9neJnRjY9c

3. My fellow karateka. Thousand Waves and Seido Karate students are some of the best people in the world! A few of us made these videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvL-hOoJzBOsrcNNRXJCIrjiMvnd89fpT

4. Ida Keeling, a 100-year-old woman who is a running champion! http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/04/22/at-100-still-running-for-her-life/?em_pos=small&emc=edit_hh_20160422&nl=well&nl_art=1&nlid=66884561&ref=headline&te=1&_r=0

As you know, I could go on and on. So many people and things inspire me. However I want to keep these updates relatively short. I will send more emails and/or update my blog (http://curleyspiritchallengeblog.blogspot.com/) during the actual week of Spirit Challenge (May 1- 7).

In the meantime, thanks again! Here is the link to my fundraising page one more time: https://secure.qgiv.com/event/account/357616/