My mom is special. She's the deeply sentimental type one doesn't come across very much anymore in our throw-away society. She keeps things, lots of things, but I wouldn't call her a hoarder, nor would anyone who has ever seen her pristine home. In fact, I'd say she's a master organizer and a treasure-keeper, who meticulously stows anything with heart and/or mind value that comes her way. Recently in preparation for a move, she cleaned out treasures she'd saved for decades, such as teaching materials from her long career in education, Easter bunny figurines from my childhood, and lists from helping me plan my wedding. She also unpacked and repacked for safekeeping numerous items with which she still could not bear to part, like dresses sewn for me and my sisters by her favorite aunt, who has long since passed on. There were also a number of things that made their way to my house. If you're wondering whether I responded graciously, I admit that my ini...
My passion is gentle yoga because I feel it's a powerful way to inhabit the body with love. Through this practice, we learn to get out of our heads and into our hearts, and ultimately we are able to put more goodness out into the world. This is not a passive practice--on the contrary, it's quite active, engaged, committed, full, deep. We feel THIS GROUND beneath us, we feel THIS BREATH within us, and we are truly alive.