Yoga with Heather

Oh, lordy, the longer I live the harder it is for me to practice self care. I know that I need it, but the pulls of everything else in my life just leaves me with little extra drive to provide for my own needs. In particular, I've been

As I was driving the kids home from a concert in the park, my daughter asked me, for the fifth time, if she could have a game night. I had finally decided my answer would be no, because they needed their rest. That was obviously not the answer she wanted

Summer break seems to continuously pull me into the past. The feel of the hot air combining with everyday objects pulls me into the past. I like to think that it's a way of remembering the good times, and carrying that forth into my family's life.

Someone posted on Facebook, "What should students actually learn before they graduate from high school?" That person answered that students should learn how to budget. Since I've been taking my young son to physical therapy to address bulging disks in his spine, my first thought was

We've lived in our community, in New Mexico, for a year, now. We have only met one of our neighbors, and we knew that another neighbor was a teacher at our children's school. We did not have a sense of community. However, that changed two days

I find there's no help in having a hissy fit when dealing with hurt and anger. So, with that not being a viable option, I'm left to wonder how I move through those tough emotions. In the past, I've had the options of crying

During the summer of 2018, my son started mentioning being in pain. He couldn't run and play, or jump on trampolines, or play sports that required agility. He was only 7 years old and his body was already breaking down on him. He started complaining about pain in

Spiraling out of control is something I work to avoid. I have a lot of yoga techniques that I can apply to help myself with this. I still struggle, though, because knowing and doing are two different things.  Last night, I thought I was settling into a nice relaxing evening.

I finally have a website! I'm nowhere close to understanding how it works, though. The site asked me what I wanted to do first, and 'writing a blog entry' was one of the options. I could have picked the other options that led me into designing