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healing with story

Raven Brings the Light – Celebrate the Season with Children, Story, Yoga and Art

December 1, 2011

The sacred time is upon us. The stories call us within. The Inuit story of Raven Brings the Light takes us on a journey to align our minds, hearts and bodies with nature and the season. Join me in bringing storytelling back to the world. Bring back our imagination and lead the people to light [...]

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How Stories and Yoga Play Therapy Help Kids Become Aware of their Feelings

September 21, 2011

It’s been sheer delight to be back teaching live classes again with the little kids. Every time I put on a Storytime Yoga class or tell a story to one of my own children, I am made aware of the profound effect on kids’ ability to access their feelings and become aware of emotions. This [...]

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A New Beginning

December 7, 2009

It has been a challenging few months. The effects of my husband’s death nearly seven years ago continues to rear its head. As my young children have grown older, I see the effects in their learning disabilities, anger and upset, as well as in myself, realizing the full effect of post traumatic stress disorder. Indeed, [...]

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Calming Children’s Anxiety with Stories and Yoga

January 14, 2009

When I talk with my daughter, a lot of her anxieties come out: kids are staring at her, she doesn’t understand what’s going on in class; she feels left out. I just hold her and let her express her feelings. Then I remind her that those worries are just thoughts, and that we can come [...]

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Attached to Our Stories

August 27, 2008

Mulling over yesterday’s post, I realize how long I’ve been telling that story about my childhood.  I used to tell it and tell it and tell it and that’s because I was so attached to it. I identified with it and it was part of me. My energy and emotions used to be wrapped up [...]

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