Category Archives: nonharming

Lily Is Not a Morning Person

Posted on April 22, 2013 by yogamamame

Lily is not a morning person. I fully expect this to be as true twenty years from now as it is at this moment, when she is four years old and apt to act at any random time of the … Continue reading →

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Compassion for the Cone

Posted on December 5, 2012 by yogamamame

For someone who thought her sleepless nights were behind her, I’m sure not getting much sleep these days. Jake’s sixth birthday is around the corner, with Lily’s fourth following close on its heels, so I haven’t had the occasion to … Continue reading →

Posted in awareness, change, compassion, discomfort verus pain, fear, illness, karma, nonharming, patience (and losing it), sleep | Leave a comment

Sita, Ram, and Post-Election Relationships

Posted on November 7, 2012 by yogamamame

So a long, long time ago there was this chick, Sita, who opted for a totally forward-thinking way of choosing the guy she’ll marry.  She gets to sets the conditions. And being smart enough to choose the marriage-choice option that … Continue reading →

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What the Boy Scouts Have Unintentionally Taught My Son

Posted on October 10, 2012 by yogamamame

I’m not breaking any big news when I note that the Boy Scouts have an express policy of excluding openly gay boys from membership and gay or lesbian adults from being Boy Scouts leaders.  A recent press release confirms that … Continue reading →

Posted in awareness, bullying, compassion, expectations, inner peace, letting instead of making, Mama instinct, nonharming, opening your heart, practice, sense of self | 3 Comments

Killing Me Softly with Health Food

Posted on October 1, 2012 by yogamamame

Parents, I am beginning to believe, can be separated into two categories. There are the ones who have a healthy sense that their kids are going to be just fine as long as they are fed enough, loved enough, and … Continue reading →

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The Threat of Using Threats

Posted on September 17, 2012 by yogamamame

It’s a cruel lesson we all learn early in the toddler-parenting years: Don’t make a threat to your raging three-year-old if you aren’t prepared to follow through on it. This sounds innocuous enough until you realize its corollary: If the … Continue reading →

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Compassion, Wisdom, and Mean Girls

Posted on July 23, 2012 by yogamamame

This morning felt like a new leaf turning over. Maybe a new leaf unfurling because I haven’t a clue how or why a new leaf would turn over. At any rate, things felt new and fresh and full of forward momentum, … Continue reading →

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Am I a Food Nazi?

Posted on May 21, 2012 by yogamamame

There are times in life, for all of us I’m sure, when what seemed like perfectly normal behavior whilst we were engaged in it suddenly takes on an aspect of the bizarre, the crazy person, the surreal sense that maybe … Continue reading →

Posted in compassion, daycare, feeding my child, following your heart, growing up, illness, karma, Mama instinct, nonharming, respecting your body, school, sense of self, surrender, the bigger picture, you can't control everything | 2 Comments

Who Believes in the Easter Bunny?

Posted on April 9, 2012 by yogamamame

When I was four or five years old, I wandered down the hallway late one Christmas Eve to discover my parents struggling to wrap a blown-up Hippity Hop in shiny foil paper in front of the Christmas tree. This may … Continue reading →

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When Even Vacation Isn’t Easy

Posted on September 25, 2010 by yogamamame

I am a bit of a physical wreck these days — sore right elbow, sore left wrist, aching hip capsule.  (“Hip capsule” is a term I learned from my osteopath brother-in-law so I believe it is something that exists, or … Continue reading →

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