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Of Course I Want Them to Know That!
I could be called “Naively Optimistic.” Whether the young hearts and minds are roaming around my home, in a schoolroom, taking a yoga class or at a family get-together, I want them to hear messages...
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How do we keep it going?
Kindness Multiplies February 14th has become a day celebrating love and kindness, typically through gesture or word. Whether we mark the day in grand fashion or in an understated way, we may notice...
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The “Vacation Day”
Many of us have done it: taken a vacation day and stayed local, not to pamper ourselves or visit local spots of interest, but to tackle a personal to-do list. I’ve been doing this more frequently in...
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Spring Forth From the Oops!
Spring Forth My mindfulness practice this winter hit some slumps. It’s been a winter with lots of “Oops!” I’ve fumbled my words more than usual. I’ve started more projects than I’ve finished. I’ve...
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What are You Rehashing?
What are you rehashing? The past isn’t vibrant. It is flat and static and full. Once an opportunity passes or an experience ends, its affects are set in motion, but it ceases to exist. Yet we commonly...
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The Struggle of Finding Your True You
If someone said you couldn’t be you, what would you do? I’d likely be stubborn and fight to be me even more. What’s wrong with being me? And who are they to say how I should be? Yet many of us...
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Let Them Get it Wrong
My teaching to-do list the past few weeks has been lengthy. Next week I will be video-recording kids yoga classes for my teachers’ review. I’ve known about this assignment for awhile, yet the...
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Visualizations (of Sorts)
I was read bedtime stories long before I heard a guided visualization. My mom would read while my sister and I rested on the floor against the side of my bed. Shortly after closing the book, my sister...
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Just Notice
Life has a beautiful fluidity and freshness we cannot control. But it so generously lets us play with, marvel at, and try to understand it as it constantly adds and subtracts things to create the sum...
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Warriorship as Antidote to Bullying
BULLIES look big. They dominate an environment. They bring negative energy into a space. They get a lot of attention and they control via fear. But they have no defense against true warriorship. I’ve...
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Modern-Day Trickster: Cat in the Hat
The days of telling aboriginal tales and mythological stories to little ones to impart wisdom seem few given all the modern characters in libraries, on television and in movies. While I love those old...
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What Color is Your Armor?
Is your armor striped, polka-dotted or one big mirror? Is it thick and heavy with added layers reflecting your need for years of wear? Do you remove it for the kids in your life but don it for all...
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Honor the Independent Spirit
Independence Day parades, concerts and parties have just drawn to a close. We’ve celebrated together and maybe even paused to look back at our collective journey. The foundation of democracy and...
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A Solution= Do Nothing (for a little bit)
Often a book inspires my yoga classes or personal practice. But on occasion a lesson plan or time spent meditating sparks my search for a children’s book. The latter is how I happened on Let’s Do...
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Sensory Walks
Extraordinary moments– they capture our interest and we tend to spotlight them long after they’ve passed. Consider how often we speak about the funny story someone shared at work rather than the hello...
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Guided Relaxation: Window Pane Pictures
Children can struggle with relaxing. Guided relaxations and visualizations can help them fidget less, notice their breath, and disconnect from their thoughts. Below is a script I’ve created for...
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Celebrate Friendship!
Friendship Day is Sunday! An annual celebration the first Sunday of August, Friendship Day honors our chosen relationships. I could write volumes about the compassion, sanity and humor my friends add...
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Guided Relaxation: Paint the Sky Bright
Children can struggle with relaxing. Guided relaxations and visualizations can help them fidget less, notice their breath, and disconnect from their thoughts. Below is a script I’ve created for...
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Our Relationship to Stillness
I’ve been working through an injury this week, so my personal practice has shifted a bit. My everyday movements have changed as well. Logically (and deep down), I know if I wish to give my body time...
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Guided Relaxation: Fishermen’s Night Journey
Children can struggle with relaxing. Guided relaxations and visualizations can help them fidget less, notice their breath, and disconnect from their thoughts. Below is a script I’ve created for...
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