Are you all familiar with the book, Yes Day? It’s a short children’s book that is just about the worst thing you can let your kids read. I’m pretty sure they managed to make it into a movie (that I refuse to let the kids see). The premise is that for an entire day, the …
Yes. There are benefits to participating in team sports. Yes. My children will learn valuable life lessons by being involved in them. Yes. It is an important part of life, developing the skills to play and work well with others. Blah, blah, blah. Don’t get me wrong, I am one hundred percent on board with …
I can’t remember the conversation that we were having, or what prompted it at all, but I do remember my first yoga teacher sharing this poem with me and it has stuck with me ever since. After carefully considering its deeper meanings in preparation for writing this post, I’ve concluded that I don’t actually struggle …
I am not one to flaunt and celebrate and make a big deal out of my birthday. I don’t want to draw attention to myself, and it’s definitely not my birthday “month” to make the shenanigans last even longer. In fact, I don’t even have it on my social media pages ON PURPOSE, so don’t …
I believe I had been practicing Mysore style Ashtanga Yoga for about 5 months when school started up again in the fall for my kids. I had been blissfully practicing in the studio three days a week that summer and arriving back home casually around 8:30. Swim practice didn’t start until 10:00 which gave me …
I’m cheap and I didn’t buy ANY CURRICULUM! If you are a veteran homeschool parent and are cringing as you read this, sorry. I knew we weren’t in this for the long haul and I also didn’t want to spend a lot of money. I also didn’t want to “waste” weeks / months trying things …
Let me preface this entire post with the fact that I am fully aware of my PRIVILEGE. I had the ability (due to time, money, resources, etc.) to homeschool my son this last year. The pandemic threw everyone under the bus, but some of us could duck and cover, others got run over by both …
They say that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. While this may be true in a lot of circumstances, I don’t find it to be accurate when it comes to having a consistent yoga practice. Particularly the type of yoga that I am currently …
The thing you want to do the least is probably the thing you need the most. I usually think of this in terms of physical fitness and try to remind myself of this REGULARLY. We all have that one exercise or one yoga pose that we dread. If we’re taking a class with an instructor …
Oftentimes at the beginning of a yoga class you are asked to set an intention. Perhaps it is for your day or your week. Maybe it’s simply to focus on your breath throughout the practice, stay present. Teachers may have various reasons for asking students to set an intention, but I like to incorporate it …