Posted by Unknown | 10:00 AM

“You own everything that (has) happened to you.  Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write (or speak) warmly about them, they should ...

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Posted by Unknown | 6:45 PM

May the good times and treasures of the present become the golden memories of tomorrow.  Wishing you and yours lots of love, health and happ...

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Posted by Unknown | 7:00 AM

Photo:  "Cellist of Sarajevo"   Vedran Smailović   My daughter and I love holiday music. While I favor most of the old classics, s...

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Posted by Unknown | 11:30 AM

Photo: flickriver.com  One of the things I enjoy most at holiday time are listening to and talking about the many different customs, legends...

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Posted by Unknown | 4:00 AM

Last week, there was a discussion going on about holiday traditions that prompted me to use one of mine as today's blog post. My daughte...

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Posted by Unknown | 4:20 AM

Photo: intmath.com  Have you ever asked yourself  where some of the words to Christmas songs came from? Why a Partridge and why a Pear Tree?...

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Posted by Unknown | 10:57 AM

As I sat down after dinner last night to write some notes for this post- (I usually write in longhand before I begin to type.) I glanced up ...

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Posted by Unknown | 7:34 AM

Photo: Phil Owen gamefront.com There is a coolness in the air-and the smell of baked apples floating through my home and office today. I...

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Posted by Unknown | 11:14 AM

Ahoy, me Hearties! Avast ye: Its "Talk Like a Pirate" Day! (No- for real! I can't make this stuff up! Look here at the Offici...

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Posted by Unknown | 11:30 AM

  'Reflect' was developed at  Ex tra Credit Projects , Grand Rapids, by creative director Rob Jackson and art director Joshua B...

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Posted by Unknown | 7:41 AM

Photo: visitphilly.com   July 4th is approaching and plans for the traditional festivities are being finalized. I have always loved firework...

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Posted by Unknown | 6:13 AM

Photo by: thecomplexmedia.com If you ask a random sampling of people what their best/favorite gift they ever received was, each will give yo...

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Posted by Unknown | 10:12 PM

One of the things that yoga has taught me on so many levels is the lesson of balance. Not just in the poses, or the way I stand, sit an...

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Posted by Unknown | 5:27 AM

A good majority of what I do in a typical group children's yoga class or adaptive individualized instruction is aimed at sensory integra...

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Posted by Unknown | 11:30 AM

My daughter celebrated her birthday this week along with several of my yoga students. Of course her favorite part is the gift opening. Birth...

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Posted by Unknown | 8:14 AM

A few weeks ago as I was coming in from an early morning walk I heard a rapid, barely audible  'meow, meow' coming from my basement...

0 comments Labels: Adaptive Yoga, animal poses, children's Yoga, holidays, posture, sensory integration