As parents we spend hours folded around our children, hugging, scooping, holding. As a result the muscles in our back can stretch and lengthen and our chest contracts. This is also the posture of fear and it can lead to feelings of heaviness and anxiety as well as love and protection. Here is a chest and Read More
The Yoga of Parenting Turns One: What’s Next?
The Four-fold Way: Show up, Pay attention, Speak your truth, Let go of the outcome –Angeles Arrien I am celebrating the first birthday of The Yoga of Parenting by reflecting on what I learned this first year and what is coming next. It reminds me of my son’s first birthday. We decided to have a big birthday bash (bad Read More
Boredom Busters
“Your problem is how you are going to spend this one and precious life you have been issued. Whether you’re going to spend it trying to look good and creating the illusion that you have power over circumstances, or whether you are going to taste it, enjoy it and find out the truth about who Read More
Life is Suffering, Just not for my Kids
The Buddha said “Life means suffering”, but every mother thinks, “just not my kids, leave them out”. When my children were growing up, my first and immediate response to thier physical or emotional pain was, of course, to prevent or cure it. As they grew older there were more hurts that I couldn’t prevent and Read More