The Wisdom of Meditating Children

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My friend Zac Wedemeyer, founder and leader of Taproot Nature Experience in Iowa City, asks me every year to come teach yoga to his group of junior high and high school students in his week-long outdoor leadership camp.  This year we met at Palisades Park on Memorial Day for some yoga along a sandy stretch of beach right next […]

Power of New Moons

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I’ve always been one to love the “start” of things whether it is early morning, the first day of school, or ringing in a new year.  Perhaps this is why I’m consistently drawn to tuning into the energy of the new moon, which happens TODAY.  A new moon brings the opportunity to slow down, take stock, […]