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Family, Global Education and Yoga Homeschooling

Global education, yoga and the search for sustainable living

June 15, 2010

Nostaligic record store in Buenos Aires. I have come to Argentina in search of places to bring my children for a global education and sustainable living. As I see my home Colorado landscape and cities needing to be renamed “Suburbistan,” with its soulless architecture, monotony of consumerism and gutting of public schools, I started to [...]

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Anger, Meditation, The Hulk and Boys

May 19, 2010

Last night I watched the Incredible Hulk with my 12-year-old son. I watch these types of movies from time to time with him for fun, as I do watch girl movies with my daughter, like Hannah Montana (never thought I’d do that one!) It was fun to see shots of original cast member Bill Bixby [...]

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The Householder Yogini

September 24, 2009

There are so many things I’d like to do with Storytime Yoga, from teaching weekly children’s after-school classes to workshops with teens. The really exciting thing is that I will get to teach them at the summer camp I am creating with Kripalu, which will be held simultaneously with one of Shiva Rea’s workshops in [...]

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Back to School for the Householder Yogini

August 15, 2009

Hello again! If you are reading this blog, chances are that you have some school-aged children who are going back to school very soon! It’s quite the hussle and bussle, as we get haircuts, trips to the dentist, football practice, doctor appointments, filling out registration forms, meeting new teachers, back to school shopping for supplies [...]

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Family Meals and Storytelling

January 7, 2009

There is something so simple and basic about a family meal. Indeed, so few families, American at least, do not sit down together at a family meal. Being a single mom, this is not always possible, but there is a special magical connection when you take the time to do it.  Yesterday the kids and [...]

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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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Celebrating the Season in Community

December 13, 2007

It had snowed heavily all day and I was so worried that people wouldn’t come to our school’s first Community Wellness Night, Tuesday Dec. 11.  Roads were slick, but schools had been open. The day before it was sunny and we were expecting 64 adults and 77 children. But we had a fantastic turn out [...]

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