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My daughters don’t like yoga! It took me a while to accept but it’s a fact. This photo was taken on one of the few times I managed to get them to a yoga class when they were young. I love it because they are so cute—the older one concentrating hard and the younger one looking to her for reassurance that she is doing ok. It also makes me smile because it reminds me how un-relaxed I was about it all. Yoga has been a sanity saver for me as a mom and I REALLY wanted to give my da

Developing awareness of our inner experience is a simple yet profound practice. Before I started writing this, I took a moment to close my eyes and to check in with myself. I noticed some swirling thoughts about what I was going to write, interlaced with some residual chatter about a conversation I’d recently had. As I paid attention, the thoughts began to settle slightly and I noticed some feelings of guilt around a commitment that I had forgotten that day and a slight feel

Motherhood is full of conflicting emotions—joy, fierce love, deep connection, and gratitude co-existing with guilt, fear, loneliness and resentment. These light and shadow emotions are natural given the wonders, responsibilities and challenges of motherhood, however it can feel as though we aren’t allowed to acknowledge our shadow emotions. Social pressure can make us feel that if we admit to anger, boredom, frustration or being unfulfilled then we must be bad mothers. It is