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pranayam: alternate nostril breathing
i LOVE this breath.this one is so calming to me.when i was really struggling with anxiety, this is the one i would use in the car on my way to stressful situations.although, i thought i probably looked...
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pranayam: breath of fire
alright, if you want a tight stomach, this is what you do.seriously, this is amazing. and so easybut so hard to do for three minutes.again, deceptively simple but strengthening. i was a little bit...
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sharing
"When you learn, teach, when you get, give." --Maya Angelou my yoga/meditation teacher had asked me months ago if i could take some pictures for her to use.i'm sharing them now, along with my...
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silversmithing
"a woman holding a mystery" by caitlin connolly your turn. i come unwillinglyto the fire. i hold onto my weaknesses tightlytrying to keep them from the flame.my hands shakeas i hold themover my head....
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scrolling words across our hearts
bronwyn, breathing with the rhythm of the waves (also, that is the first time i have spelled the word rhythm correctly in perhaps my entire life). sometimes i switch up my meditation practice. on...
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roots and branches: apples and blood essay
last night's flag football game. i was shocked to see davis playing when i came closer to the field. then i was thrilled when i noticed tim's dad on the field several minutes later. and part of my...
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highs and lows and try agains
last week i fell. hard. it was a tornado of several things. . .but it all boiled down to me feeling like a failure.as a mother,homemaker,an everything-er. even as a hobbyiest. seriously, how can...
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kitchen altar
my altar is missing.our kitchen table is on loan for a few weeks.and i didn't realize how central it was to our family.we have one lone barstool at the counter now and i added a few short chairs....
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Article 1
indulgent selfie and post warning: most days i feel like an inept housekeeper.not just like that is part of my identitybut that is all of my identity. i rarely file papers.there always seems to be a...
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listening
(general conference. . .the one time the kids were all watching--looking for their music teacher in the motab choir). yesterday i was on the phone with tim.we had planned to go to the temple and do...
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winter solstice 2014
new words.new visions.new ideas.new necklaces.new crowns.new year.new me.new you. other seasonal celebrations linked here.
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holy words
i love everything about this post that a friend linked today. like, everything. i am posting it in full so you can love it too. this is a game-changer for me i can tell. (view from my back...
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sunday to sunday
art by caitlin connolly i was just thinking over the church activities i have had in the last week and have finishing the week up. i'm not exactly sure what my point is to record it. just so i can...
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falling
a woman watching her man fall by caitlin connolly hold me.catch me.where is your hand? iamfalling can you not seethe wayileanas i walk? not straight like younot like hernot like him. you walk past...
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let the words fall out
i felt like i needed to pull in and back at the new year.i needed to hear my voice.i needed to not be overwhelmed, and distracted by all the voices i choose to hear each day.so, i declared a social...
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up the mountain
this post is gonna get deep and potentially cheesy.but, potentially awesome. two years ago on the deer hunt (after a moose sighting--which had me eyeing the one climbable tree and wondering how my...
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envy and the parable of the big nose
i want to make sure i'm posting plenty of 'outtakes' in my life. i'm going to write this delicately.it's come to my attention in about the space of a week, from three sources, who were brave,...
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looking back, looking forward
I wrote this on facebook last week: "Yesterday I cried during my Relief Society (women's church) lesson. No, that is no surprise. But, what surprised me is when I cried. I think I seriously had a...
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what i'm most proud of (aka my strategies for anger management)
a few weeks ago i yelled at the kids.and it felt like an ill-fitting sweater.it was almost like i was standing outside of myself saying, "really brook?" this habit didn't quite feel right any more....
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you are right where you need to be
i pulled up to my house last night, after dropping bronwyn off at young womens.not long before i had seen a picture of a house that i kind of was in love with. a little stone cottage with raw timbers...
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