“Everybody thinks their opinion is the right one. If they didn’t, they would get a new one.” Anne Lamott I spent the afternoon harvesting dandelions for dinner tonight. I haven’t always had a cozy relationship with the so-called weed. For years, the beginning of spring heralded what I fondly referred to as the Dandelion Wars. Read More
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Recognizing The Teacher
This week Adrienne Rich died. She was known for her influential poems and defiant political stands, but she was also a mentor and visionary for many silent readers; women who read her work and recognized themselves but never spoke. I loved her work for it’s unapologetic uncertainty and her humanity. And I loved, especially, her Read More
Anticipation
I can’t help flying up on the wings of anticipation. It’s as glorious as soaring through a sunset… almost pays for the thud.” ― L.M. Montogomery What are you anticipating? When your child sleeps through the night?A meal that doesn’t end up on the walls? Or maybe your child’s first words or first smile. As Read More
Finding The Sweet Spot: Yoga and Parenting
Have you ever found that ideal balance in yoga class between following the instructor and your own internal cues? You come into Warrior 1, you drop the tailbone, square the hips and suddenly you own the pose. You pay attention to the movement of the group, you hear the sounds of breathing and music, but Read More
Off The Mat–Is It OK To Cry In Front Of The Kids?
Tears are Summer showers to the soul. ~Alfred Austin, Savonarola Last summer, in a forest chapel overlooking Lake Winnipesaukee, my 21-year-old son read an essay aloud to several hundred boys and their counselors at Camp Belknap. The trumpet called out over the water, and boys of all sizes emerged through the woods to sit together Read More
MOOD Rx FOR PARENTS: 3 WAYS TO DANCE WITH EMOTION
“The appearance of things changes according to the emotions; and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves.” — Kahlil Gibran Sara, a young mom, told me, “ I felt like the luckiest person on the planet last week. I even found myself humming as I Read More
Parenthood: Fast, Steep Track To Enlightenment
Who has time for yoga and meditation anyway? Parenthood is actually one long yogathon. Here are three custom poses for parents that will have you rock’n yoga so many hours a day, you won’t believe it. In the first few months you’ll have clocked in enough hours for a teacher certification, not to mention a tight Read More
Love And The Broken Open Heart of Parenting
“Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” – Elizabeth Stone My son was 18 months old the first time he couldn’t breathe. The day had been an ordinary one, filled with unfurling toilet paper rolls and drawing on walls. Read More
The Mosaic That is You.
“There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination. Most of them acquire it fragment by fragment, … like a laborious mosaic.” Read More
Moving At The Speed Of Now
“Everything takes time. Bees have to move very fast to stay still.” David Foster Wallace Fast food, faster internet connections, and yes, even fast yoga. We live in fast paced world and it is getting faster all the Read More