Savasana, or corpse pose, is the final posture taken in the course of a day’s yoga practice. Part of the idea is that of constant cycles of death and rebirth, in all parts of our lives. Letting go, moving on. Starting again, hopefully without expectation. As a parent, I need this practice more than ever. [...]
Yesterday some friends of ours became parents. They went about it in a way that I totally understand: contemplation, discussion, paperwork, seemingly endless waiting, then a big rush and a plane ride that you need a passport for. Someone tells you to be in some city in some country at a particular time on a [...]
Tonight is the last night you will sleep (or try to sleep, anyway) without listening for a baby’s cries. I have been thinking of you all day… far, far away from here… suitcase unpacked on the hotel bed… piles of baby stuff that seems so foreign to you still. Waiting. So nervous. So ready. I send [...]
and mama cried. And laughed. And hugged and kissed her. And secretly hoped she’d forget how to do it.
My therapist changed our biweekly appointment time this week, so I ended up bringing Lina to the session. It made for an interesting fifty-minute hour, and went pretty well overall. During the session, my therapist made a remark about Lina’s having gone through such a dramatic transition, from her first (foster) family, with whom she [...]
No amount of lipbalm can hide the fact that I’ve recently injured my right wrist. I’m not sure if I hurt it doing yoga or using the Diaper Genie, but I’ve realized through conversations with others that neither source of injury evokes a whole lot of sympathy. “Doing yoga?” Someone responded yesterday, a puzzled expression [...]
After more thorough research, here are my findings… Burt’s Bees has several color choices, but you must be careful. Do any of you look good in Raisin? I didn’t think so. (But read on before throwing it away). Toffee looked good on my hand in the store (I know, I know), but once I got home [...]
The owner and main yoga teacher at the studio at which I practice, Lisa, often reminds us how blessed we are. “We are so blessed to be here,†she says. “So blessed to practice yoga, so blessed to be alive.†And we all agree with her, all of us in our color-coordinated yoga togs, feeling [...]
I am not a strategic grocery shopper. I can earn a triple-digit grocery receipt without breaking a sweat. When I get home, I’ll have some organic baby food for Lina, a few tubes of lip balm, a couple bottles of red wine, assorted organically grown items that I can transform into a stir-fry later that [...]
Today I have three words for you people out there: Tinted Lip Balm. Maybe it’s because I’m 35, maybe it’s because I’m practical, maybe it’s because I’m totally out of it, but right now I think this stuff is the shit. Sitting idly by in a natural food store near you, tubes of Terratint await your [...]