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Afternoon Savasana Break

Afternoon Savasana Break

I've been doing my part to jump-start our relaxation meme. (Have you?!) I convinced my husband to practice Savasana every day! I’m thrilled to welcome him, and his playful approach to this practice, here to tell you about it. by Derek Hoffman I used to be anti-yoga. I wasn’t opposed to the practice per se; I just didn’t feel right calling myself a yogi because wasn’t in a regular yoga routine. When my back was sore, I’d do “six directions of the spine.” When my heart was racing from anxiety, I’d focus on my breath. Being that…Read more
Hello My Name Is…Foodie

Hello My Name Is…Foodie

Last week, a dear friend came and played with AE for an evening, so Derek and I could go to a wine tasting at our favorite restaurant. I’m not a wine enthusiast. I do love wine, but what I appreciate most is its ability to enhance the food I am eating. If I have a glass of wine in one hand, there is a plate of something delicious in front of me. I am a foodie. Last week’s wine tasting hit all the right notes for me. They featured four Italian whites (none…Read more
My Relationship With the Truth

My Relationship With the Truth

Several times a week my beloved husband takes my also beloved daughter out of the house for a few hours. They call these trips "Daddy-Daughter Adventures" (and they begin with the sweetest little theme song he made up). The agreed upon intent of these “DDAs” (as we lovingly refer to them) was to give me a few hours of quiet to catch up on all the things difficult to accomplish while entertaining a toddler – cleaning, baking, writing, exercising or enjoying my yoga practice without the "prop" of a toddler in every pose.…Read more
Rest for the Weary

Rest for the Weary

I've said it before, I’ll say it again - if you practice only one yoga pose each day, it should be Savasana (relaxation)! There are many modalities for exercise around us. Plenty of fitness programs incorporate stretching. You can even find several programs that focus on improving body alignment. But, where else in your world do you learn and practice deep relaxation? I’m not talking about the kind of relaxation where you snuggle up with a good book, hunker down with a big bowl of popcorn and a movie or even sleep. I’m…Read more
You’re Doing What?! The Cosleeping Edition

You’re Doing What?! The Cosleeping Edition

As we walked in the door for our birthing class, our instructor passed me a magazine she was reading. “Check this out,” she said with such enthusiasm. “How cool is this?” It was an advertisement for the Humanity Family Sleeper. I smiled and politely said, “Oh, we’re not going to cosleep. We’ll keep the baby in the room with us for a while, but not in the bed.” I made that decision when I was first exposed to the practice a decade earlier. My opposition was not born out of research or serious…Read more