Alana Reina

How To: Start a Weightlifting Routine

How To: Start a Weightlifting Routine

I started weightlifting at the end of this past summer, both in preparation for my first winter in 6 years – knowing I would need to move my workouts indoors now that I no longer live in sunny San Diego – and also to switch it up from my usual routine. As someone who has been practicing yoga for over 7 years and teaching it for more than 2 years, I NEVER thought I would be obsessed with weightlifting. I honestly hated the idea of even going to a gym – now I can’t imagine NOT going! In addition, I found that over the last year, I was getting injured more and more in yoga classes from overdoing it and overstretching muscles, and decided that I really needed to build up some muscular strength if I wanted to avoid getting injured constantly. I have to admit though, walking into the gym…

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Artist Spotlight: Anderson .Paak

Artist Spotlight: Anderson .Paak

  Let me first start off by saying, to call Anderson .Paak my favorite musical artist would be a blatant understatement. In fact, his music has affected my life so intensely, that I can accurately divide it into two eras: pre-AP and post-AP. Not only that, but knowledge—and fandom—of A .Paak (or bae .Paak as I prefer) has essentially become a litmus test through which I judge new friends and acquaintances. It is almost as though if you listen to his music, you are privy to a world that many are not aware of, and have become part of some secret club of next-level music. Ok, let’s back it up. I began listening to his music almost exactly two years ago (1/22/16, I’ll never forget lmao), and since then, have discovered an entire universe of music that I had never heard before. I know it sounds like I am exaggerating, which I tend…

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The Millennial Struggle

The Millennial Struggle

We’ve all heard of it. Most of us are living it. Shit, it has become such a cliché that the mere mention of those words can induce eye rolls that rival a seizure. But for those whom it applies to, it is very real and does not seem to be going anywhere anytime soon. In fact, with our current administration and state of affairs, domestically and worldwide, it seems like it is going to get A LOT worse before it gets better. Everything from crippling student loans to the endless search for the perfect avocado toast are part of the millennial struggle. Using memes to work through our political and existential angst (also known as sublimation, thank you psych degree), obsessing over booty gains, fawning over anything and everything millennial pink (guilty AF), and making EVERY. DAMN. THING. into a hashtag—these are all quintessential elements of being a millennial. But…

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Hello World!

Hello World!

Welcome to my blog! Let’s start with intros: I’ll go first. I’m Alana Reina – yes queen is literally part of my name – and I can do everything! Well, not everything. But I can do a lot of things, and I know A LOT about a lot of things. And since I had a hard time choosing and narrowing it down for my blog, I decided not to! Instead, I will write about all the topics I want, ranging from healthy recipes to reviews of music and concerts. I will do my best to keep it all organized (I am OCD, after all), but as the reader, you are along for the ride on the roller coaster of randomness that is my blog! I hope you enjoy the variety of my posts and my candid of my approach to blogging. I like to tell it like it is: only…

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