At the end of 2014 I did what a lot of bloggers do these days and I chose a word for the upcoming year. My word for 2015 was soften. I wanted to be a softer person in all aspects of my life - in my classroom, in my home, and in my relationships with … Continue reading Don’t pet the sweaty stuff
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Here’s the thing about Women’s Health Month
Apparently May is Women's Health Month! Today, on the 19th of May, I finish 30 Days of Yoga with Adriene*. Lately at the end of each practice Adriene asks us yogis to remember why we started this challenge in the first place. And so I remind myself. I remind myself that I started a yoga … Continue reading Here’s the thing about Women’s Health Month
Here’s the thing about being simply grateful
Back sometime in the fall I chose a word for 2015. A word to set the tone of the year, a mood to strive for, and a word to focus on. I chose soften and this year really has been about softening. I live by myself now, back in the corner apartment of a quiet building. … Continue reading Here’s the thing about being simply grateful
Here’s the thing about 2015
Coming back to the DR after time spent in the States is always a tricky and emotional transition for me. Undoubtedly I am excited to be back home with my stuff and my cats and there is nothing like that first breath of Caribbean air. I breathe that stuff deep and I smile as I … Continue reading Here’s the thing about 2015