Now that your children are off to school, you may have more time to yourself, which can be a bit of a downer at first when you have been so busy and accustomed to being with your children during the summer months. Other parents are more rushed because they now have their kids’ school and […]
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. […]
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 […]
Dragon Breath is a great way to release the anxieties and worries that may be making it difficult for you or your students/children to function well in your lives. Join me on this free, audio offering from the “Spotlight” article of me on the Moving Spirit newsletter as I lead you through this releasing, breathing […]
“It’s all about the heart.” Those words came to me some years ago during a meditation. At the time, I felt it meant that one should live and act from the heart. Be kind, caring, helpful to those in one’s life. Now, some years later, I have come to know that there is a greater, […]
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 […]