Pulling My Tongue Back I've been taking Alafair to a myofunctional therapist to help her breath and sleep better. Boy, have I learned a lot about the tongue and structure of the mouth! Through my yoga training, I knew the tongue was a very important muscle, and I thought I was activating
Homage to the Aging and Brave Thank you to those of you who are aging, brave, funny, and healthy. Thank you to those of you who have learned to be a wellspring of joy. I grew up with fear of living. I looked around and saw sick people everyone. I felt the bitterness within them. I
Autism The more I learn about autism, the more I think that everyone is on the spectrum. It's got its challenges--that's for sure. With awareness, though, many of these symptoms can be worked with and used to help enhance the unique qualities of people. As I learn
May I Touch? "May I touch?" is a question the my yoga mentor taught me to ask my students every single time I felt like I needed to physically manipulate their bodies to better access a pose. She drilled that into me. This is a great question to ask when being
I Never Thought I Would Have A Yoga Room I never thought I would have an entire yoga room in my house. Yet, here I am with a neat little yoga room. It had humble origins--just a chair, wood pallets, and a yoga mat. A few elastic exercise bands hung from random places. Over the past two years, it
Love Through A Loudspeaker Ahh, my sweet husband. He hates crowds and airports, and running errands after getting off an airplane. He loves me, though. He knew that I was trying to find the best classroom microphone and voice amplifier system, and that I was going to wait for him to get home from
Costco My kids love Costco just as much as I love it. Now that they are 12 and 10 my Costco trips have become much easier. It's always an event going there with them. Being the smart mama that I am (Toot! Toot! That's my own horn
Animals, Y'all I just love animals. In particular, kitty cats. I see my cats waiting for me to get up in the morning, and they have such a loving look in their eyes. There's also a look of impatience that it's taken me so long to feed them,
A Moment to be Fantastical I was observing a science class the other day. It was demonstrating what goes on in an atom. On the monitor was an electron that was revolving around the nucleus. The teacher asked what the simulation reminded the students of. I silently thought that it reminded me about the moon
Don't Leave Your Body Behind Don't leave my body behind? What does that mean? It's my body. I take it everywhere I go. Well, what it means is to be aware of using your body as a balanced system. So often, in our busy lives, parts of our bodies weaken, and
Yippee! Yippee!! I've officially made it a year of posting blogs. I didn't achieve my original goal of posting every week, because life threw me some curve balls and I got tuckered-out. Whew! This is a big deal for me. I've had to use the
Master De-Clutterer A friend of mine recently shared a meme that stated she use to think about herself as a master organizer but now she thinks of herself as a master de-clutterer. I'm so proud of that type of thinking in people. Our homes and vehicles are extensions of our
How do You Twist? Last month, I wrote about making excuses for myself and exchanging those excuses for small improvements. Today, as I was using the restroom, actually, I thought I would share my experience. No! It's not a TMI story (though, I honestly do love sharing and hearing about those stories,
The Ability within Disability My blogs on this site deal with all aspects of yoga, even if I don't specifically say, "This is yoga." We need to know how our minds and bodies work and how our souls connect with the larger universe around us. But, we also need to
If You Can Make an Excuse I'm a firm believer that if I can make an excuse for my behavior then I can make an improvement for myself. I have heard too many people make excuses for their poor behavior, or deficient skills, throughout my life that I really don't have much
Rearranging Priorities What's the difference between rearranging priorities and quitting? At the moment, they feel the same to me. After I stopped instucting classes through the online studio that I worked for, I quickly created this blog as a way for me to connect with people--also, my website name is
History Repeats I know this is my second post in a week that involves my momma, but, y'all the more I live, the more I see her actions in me. If I tried to tell you that I wasn't turing into her, I'd be lying to
Warning: Comes with Adventure A friend recently made a post where it mentioned people having to come with warning labels. I replied that I had been told that several times in my life. She thought that I must be hanging out with the wrong people. That wasn't the case at all, though.
Meeting People Where They Are I'd love to make all people happy if I could. Energetically, that's just not possible for me to do. It's not even advisable, becuase then I would be denying those people their own opportunities to bring about their own healing. So, instead, I softly
You're Not Allowed In My House I bet you thought I was talking about a physical person with that title. I'm not, though. I'm talking about the imaginary conversations that I have in my head with the person who has made me feel as though I have done something wrong. I deal
Shut My Mouth Oh, thank God I have reached the point in my life where I keep my mouth shut more often than not! Not everyone is able to see this small victory of mine, but I know when I do it, and that's encouraging. As usual with me, I notice
The Last to Let Go Hugs. They are important. Several years ago, I read a parenting article where the author said that she made sure she was the last to let go when her children hugged her. She reminded me that sometimes, with the hustle and bustle of our lives, we can overlook the important
Satya: Being Truthful Last week I wrote about the first guideline in yoga, which was ahimsa, non-violence. It dealt with awareness of my self-talk as a way to practice non-violence. Being careful of how I treat myself has had a ripple effect towards how I treat others. However, if I were to only
Ahimsa: Non-Violence In Yoga, there are guidelines, called yamas, for creating a peaceful life within our own beings. The first of the five yamas is Ahimsa, which means non-violence. The Commandment, "Thou shalt not kill" is a great example of non-violence. However, focusing on that isn't really applicable
I Have Fired Assistants Before I started student teaching, at a middle school, for my college program. I've been placed with a great mentor teacher, and I know she appreciates my help with her students. Those students, on the other hand, have needed a beat to acclimate to me. In this program I
