Summer vacation time is almost here for most educators, and for some, it may have already arrived. It’s a time to rejuvenate body, mind, and spirit. Certainly, being removed from the day-to-day pressures of getting projects completed, report cards done, and your materials packed away for the summer is an immediate help in de-stressing. […]
As some of you may know, I love to replicate the shape, form, and energy of sculptures. This large, strong sculpture at Storm King Sculpture Garden along the Hudson River in New York state caught my eye. I loved its largeness; its heaviness; its strength; its connection to the earth, to the sky, and the […]
The end of the school year is a time of disequilibrium for teachers, students, and parents. The weather is warmer and our classrooms often become stuffy and uncomfortable. Thoughts of summer fun flicker through our students’minds as well as ours making focus and concentration hard for many. Our students often become more active, difficult to […]
Balancing yoga postures have never been the easiest postures for me, but I was drawn to try Warrior III while at Ogonquit Beach in Ogonquit, Maine just to see if I could hold the posture with sand, sea, and breeze beneath and around me. I was standing on pretty firm sand but my foot […]
Be Prepared. How many times have you heard that? Maybe you first heard that phrase as a girl scout or boy scout, or perhaps, from your mother or father when a child, who heard it from their scout leader. I would guess that phrase goes back even further in time. ‘Be prepared’ is very […]
The start of the new school year is fast approaching. Some school districts know what their instructional plan is going to be; others are still trying to put it together. No matter where your school district is in this process, there is more than enough angst for parents and their children related to Covid-19 as it relates […]
“You don’t have to be the tallest tree in the forest.” Those words came as a message for me from Dr. Lewis Mehl Madrona, M.D., psychiatrist, and Native American healer in ceremony the last day of a week-long healing workshop some time ago. How did I know the message was for me? I knew because as he said […]
From time to time during the Covid-19 stay-at home orders, I have had a number of dreams of two types. One is where I have lost my purse that has all of my money, insurance cards, credit cards, and most importantly, my driver’s license, my identification, in it. I search all over, retracing my steps but am […]
Not long ago, I was asked what I have learned through my teaching and healing work. After reflecting, this was my answer: I’ve learned the importance of Heart-Centered Presence. When I am truly present with someone, whether it be a child in the classroom, a student’s parents, a client on my table, or anyone I connect […]
There are times when life sends us more to deal with than we expect, want, or feel we can deal with. I’ve heard it said that we never get more than what we can handle at any one time. Sometimes I wonder about that…. How about you? When life comes crashing in on you from all directions, how […]
‘Tis the season of gift giving, boxes wrapped in colorful papers with bright bows, and cards or tags attached with the receiver’s name artfully penned. They are lovely to look at and fun to open. But there are other kinds of gifts, simple gifts, that don’t come in gaily wrapped boxes that can be given […]
“We’re all one family under one sky. We’re a family under one sky. No matter what differences we have….” Those are words from a song that my grandson’s, diverse kindergarten class performed recently. How true those words are. We are all human beings, one family, with differences, living under one sky on our precious Mother Earth, […]
Life isn’t always a ‘bowl full of cherries’. Things don’t go the way you’d like them to go, or you find yourself in a messy situation and wish you hadn’t acted or said what you said. You might even realize this as it’s happening, but it’s too late. What was said was said. What was […]