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Be The Light

12/17/2022

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With the Winter Solstice and our longest night, we welcome the re-emergence of the Sun.  As the Sun is staging a comeback, we too can embrace the changing season and return to the light within ourselves.
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Fall Acknowledgement

10/15/2022

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With the falling of leaves, trees and the rest of nature is preparing to slow for the coming winter. We, as humans, on the other hand are preparing for a multitude of holidays. 
I hope during this season, you can acknowledge you are perhaps overly busy and over committed.  With that awareness, try then to find ways of slowing down. That might mean adjusting your schedule and giving yourself permission to say 'no', so you can begin tuning in to your body's own natural rhythm.
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Fall Is The Season of Vata

10/10/2022

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Yesterday, baking for me was all things pumpkin.  With the arrival of fall in the US, we're reminded it's time to add back warm and cooked foods made from all of the incredible seasonal fruits and vegetables available.  As we transition to the vata season of cooler temperatures with more wind, Ayurveda, yoga's sister science of medicine encourages reducing our consumption of raw vegetables and cold/frozen foods to help keep us healthy and grounded.  Just as nature is  making changes, so should we.
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Like a Tree

10/4/2022

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Be like a tree with roots deep and wide to hold us in place - a strong base of support so you're able to move with the wind or whatever comes your way, without falling.
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Mantra for our current day

3/7/2022

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Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu


May all beings everywhere be happy and free, and may the thoughts, words, and actions of our own lives contribute in some way to that happiness and to that freedom for all.

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Cultivate Peace Within

1/23/2022

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“Every moment only once.”-Thich Nhat Hanh

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What An Incredible World

10/4/2021

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Today, as I harvested my Mason bee cocoons, I was once again reminded of what an incredible world we live in.

The Mason bee, a solitary, gentle, super-pollinator works tirelessly her whole life's cycle foraging for pollen and nectar.  The female packs this food into a nesting cavity, which takes many, many trips. She lays an egg and once more begins making trips to seal it with mud before starting all over again.  This pollen collecting and egg laying only takes place for a limited number of weeks every Spring. Meanwhile, the Mason bee larvae hatch and munch at the stored food in their cell and start to spin a cocoon. The mature bee will hibernate in its cocoon through the winter, only to emerge on those first warm days of Spring to begin a new cycle of life.

'We shall walk together on this path of life, for all things are part of the universe and are connected with each other to form one whole unity.'  Maria Montessori
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Centering

8/29/2021

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I took my first pottery lesson recently and found it interesting that one of the first steps is to center the clay on the wheel.  This important step allows the clay to move symmetrically 'from the rotating axis at the center of the wheel'.

Needless to say, centering is not as easy as I thought it might be. My clay had the 'wibble-wobbles', telling me I had not prepared it properly to begin spinning the wheel.

My attempts at centering clay brought to mind another 'first step' which occurs in a yoga class, also called centering. If we don't allow ourselves that initial brief time, we could be unfocused, having our own 'wibble-wobbles' throughout class.

So find that comfortable seat. Take that relaxing breath. Connect with your body without judgments or expectations. Release thoughts of the past or future and welcome yourself to the present.
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Happy Solstice

6/17/2021

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The longest day of the year comes on Sunday, June 20th.  How will you celebrate the summer solstice?
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Cicadas

5/16/2021

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Every seventeen years we are provided with an amazing tutorial on the life cycle of Brood X.  How would you feel after all those years underground to be able to emerge,  shed your shell and fly?
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    • 'I Can Be One Too! A Child's Book of Yoga Poses' Autographed Book
    • '¡Lo Puedo Ser Tambien! Un Libro De Nino De Poses De Yoga' Autographed Book
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