From the monthly archives:

January 2008

FRUGALITY AS A SPIRITUAL PRACTICE

January 27, 2008

I told my son yesterday at Target that this was the last plastic toy made by slaves in China that we would ever buy. He wanted some Nerf blaster, what other kids have. He has his allowance money, and I make sure that every week he socks away a chunk of it in the bank. [...]

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Jesus and Yoga

January 16, 2008

We’re on a roll with my kids back into yoga and practicing with me. I’ve noticed that with my son and daughter, this small group is like a private yoga therapy session for children. There is a different dynamic than a group, so things are slower, more intimate and personalized. We continued on the poses [...]

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Teaching Fourth Graders Yoga – the great change

January 15, 2008

Last night I practiced yoga with my kids. Like I said in the earlier post, I have begun again, not because of my need to teach or practice with them or thinking that they “should do yoga’ but because they chose to. What I discovered was amazing. My son, Alejandro, is going to be 10 [...]

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New Beginnings in Yoga

January 11, 2008

For years I brought my children along to the children’s yoga classes I taught. Really because of them, it’s how all this started. Yet the children of the teacher are not always the best behaved. I’ve heard this over and over again from other yoga teachers, and some things that work have included giving them [...]

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Looking to a Spiritual New Year

January 8, 2008

I have spent the last two weeks in Mexico with my family for winter break. Slowing down for the solstice and contemplating silently, and darkly, the eternal life within, was a warm up to the trip. My birthday is the 26th of December, and here in Colorado the winter cold can drag on pretty long. [...]

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