tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745683192831487420.comments2009-08-25T08:00:39.731-07:00GooberMonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10122913877812890460noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745683192831487420.post-4189128973546172832009-08-25T07:57:14.818-07:002009-08-25T07:57:14.818-07:00Oh my gosh. So cute. That reminds me of the first time I meditated. Of course, I was twenty. Not two.Jade Sylvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02049111009295449767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745683192831487420.post-39749227872079102252009-06-22T18:02:43.487-07:002009-06-22T18:02:43.487-07:00Thanks for the link to this research. It confirms what I have also experienced teaching pre-schoolers. They love the meditation time and sometimes we do a 5 - 6 minute meditation/song in a 30 minute class. They ask for it!<br /><br />- ArunaTeaching Kids Yogahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10249288320846995155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745683192831487420.post-7138038381096916092009-02-16T08:53:00.000-08:002009-02-16T08:53:00.000-08:00Aw they are so cute!!naturally ninahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325389741558360094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745683192831487420.post-84233549733456969572009-02-15T06:53:00.000-08:002009-02-15T06:53:00.000-08:00I loved the the very valid suggestion about the rhythms of young children, and learning when they need to be bounced, or enjoy some other energetic activity. I do also know that you have to know when to stop, and wind them down.<BR/>A good gentle bedtime story cannot be beaten. Never have one that is scary or will disturb their minds in any way.<BR/>I am the mother of 3 adult sons, and 10 grandchildren, and have always written for them. I have now had my first book published, and perhaps you would consider this for the little ones.<BR/>Irene J Harvey<BR/>http://eloquentbooks.com/WilliamtheFairgroundCar.htmlIrene J Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06009582252576974306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745683192831487420.post-86016689501958231262009-02-13T07:04:00.000-08:002009-02-13T07:04:00.000-08:00yup, i'm totally with you. having your kid rear-facing can be a little annoying-- hard to see them, hard to tell if they're asleep of awake, they can't see you, etc., but all of these are SERIOUSLY minor compared to a serious injury... and, for what it's worth, i have been sent that youtube video a bunch of times and have never actually watched it-- it sounds too awful! thanks for reminding us about staying RF for as long as we can. my little one is nearly 20 months old and 23 lbs and still RF!Monsoon Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12034115720874870575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745683192831487420.post-8087396527667100742008-12-18T19:51:00.000-08:002008-12-18T19:51:00.000-08:00TKY - Hurrah!! Received it in the mail and looking forward to reviewing!GooberMonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10122913877812890460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745683192831487420.post-38974463754058803312008-12-18T19:50:00.000-08:002008-12-18T19:50:00.000-08:00LSFF - Thanks for the comment and the invitation - submitted my post!<BR/><BR/>JR - My pleasure. It's a cool organization...GooberMonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10122913877812890460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745683192831487420.post-4445371086705235572008-12-18T19:50:00.000-08:002008-12-18T19:50:00.000-08:00Nina - Indeed! I'm down if you are!GooberMonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10122913877812890460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745683192831487420.post-13657641322166444522008-12-17T08:08:00.000-08:002008-12-17T08:08:00.000-08:00Oh I have taken a class with Barrett once! That is so awesome. :) Congratulations. Next up, we open our own yoga studio. :)naturally ninahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325389741558360094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745683192831487420.post-59015290108287544062008-12-16T11:51:00.000-08:002008-12-16T11:51:00.000-08:00What a great post! I'm part of the Bonobo Kids team and am delighted to see this featured! Thank you so much!Julie Roadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15288911941372585955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745683192831487420.post-38258017559888673382008-12-15T19:23:00.000-08:002008-12-15T19:23:00.000-08:00Hey,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for adding my blog to your blog roll! Three comments:<BR/><BR/>1. I have an article called Yoga Mama's Guide to Compassionate Consumerism that you and your readers will enjoy. Here's the link: <BR/>http://cli.gs/ymg2cc<BR/><BR/><BR/>2. In the spirit of gifting health, I have a great gift offering for the holidays. You can read about it here: <BR/>http://cli.gs/cgift<BR/><BR/>3. If you get this in time, tomorrow I'm hosting the Carnival of Mommy Bloggers at YogaMamaSatsangha.blogspot.com. Please submit your favorite of your holiday themed posts!<BR/><BR/>peace,<BR/>-LaSara<BR/>http://www.lasarafirefox.comLaSara FireFoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02992556449387907769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745683192831487420.post-89209987115245348062008-12-02T08:38:00.000-08:002008-12-02T08:38:00.000-08:00Hi Lauren,<BR/><BR/>Nice lead on the yoga tools - that could be good for kids yoga too.<BR/><BR/>I'm happy to say you won a kids yoga DVD over at my blog.<BR/><BR/>Give me an e-mail so we can make the arrangements to get it to you.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for visiting.<BR/><BR/>Aruna<BR/>Aruna@YogaUnlimited.comTeaching Kids Yogahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10249288320846995155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745683192831487420.post-69824689158399462082008-11-13T03:36:00.000-08:002008-11-13T03:36:00.000-08:00Almost everyone I know has been "having one of those weeks" - I think it is the oddity that is November. I am glad that your family is on the mend and you are finding your stride and recreating your patterns again.<BR/>Blessings,<BR/>Marisaepiphanygirlhttp://epiphanygirl.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745683192831487420.post-51808106441787291222008-11-06T07:24:00.000-08:002008-11-06T07:24:00.000-08:00I am definitely entrenched in that pre-mommmy world when I am so taken with the business of leading a childless life, that I cannot even imagine adding a baby into the mix. Your post is helping me understand that some things will naturally fall away while other elements of life will still burn with bright necessity. I am definitely filing this gem of writing away for the day when I too am up nursing all night, but I will also use this wisdom each day since it is always so hard to make time for the things that truly nurture.epiphanygirlhttp://epiphanygirl.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745683192831487420.post-64011304541101050672008-11-01T04:31:00.000-07:002008-11-01T04:31:00.000-07:00I found your blog through naturally nina - <BR/><BR/>I, too, am a Yogini and Mommy, living with the best Zen master around, my daughter. :) I look forward to reading more of your musings...Everyday Yoginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03692433569403506421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745683192831487420.post-46399929913093943382008-10-30T06:18:00.000-07:002008-10-30T06:18:00.000-07:00I love this idea. I am such a self-pampering fanatic. I will help organize whenever that "now" happens. :)naturally ninahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325389741558360094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745683192831487420.post-17654169831592760882008-10-30T06:09:00.000-07:002008-10-30T06:09:00.000-07:00I almost cried reading this, which is maybe because I know you and am proud of you... or maybe because I just hope that I can follow in your footsteps some day. You rock! Big hugs.naturally ninahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325389741558360094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745683192831487420.post-73285941642782295822008-10-25T18:58:00.000-07:002008-10-25T18:58:00.000-07:00Blessings, eg! This list for me is usually a mental one. I LOVE starting new projects and have to work to maintain my discipline over the long haul. So when something occurs to me and I really, really want to do it but know that I can't without causing trouble somewhere else, I reassure myself with the knowledge that I can just not do it now!GooberMonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10122913877812890460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745683192831487420.post-87840079326334082992008-10-25T07:29:00.000-07:002008-10-25T07:29:00.000-07:00What a great idea! Right now the only think on my "not doing now" list is making that list, because I am trying to focus on the actual now of having a day to write fiction, but I know that it will come. Thank you!epiphanygirlhttp://epiphanygirl.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745683192831487420.post-22730969016434647122008-10-23T15:10:00.000-07:002008-10-23T15:10:00.000-07:00Teal - thanks right back at you!<BR/><BR/>D/Monsoon Mama - love your blog...and appreciate your thoughts. I do believe it's important to continue maintaining an identity independent of "mommy" even as the mommy identity has become really, really important to me.<BR/><BR/>eg - so exciting that you're thinking about thinking about starting a family, LOL! There's nothing harder or more amazing that I've ever done than carrying, giving birth to, and getting to know Kai. I applaud folks who remain childless by choice for following their hearts, but if yours whispers (or maybe shouts) 'children'...well, it's an extraordinary journey.GooberMonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10122913877812890460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745683192831487420.post-43114191673604137422008-10-23T13:57:00.000-07:002008-10-23T13:57:00.000-07:00Thanks, Marisa...for the your thoughts and for letting me know about the link - it's repaired now. I hear you on all the different traditions. For the moment, I have stuck with one yoga tradition (ashtanga) and one meditation tradition (vipassana), and think there's a lot of value in not hopping around a lot. I've been with both of these long enough now, though 5 years with vipassana, still the zygote/baby phase, but comfortable with the way that it works, and 7 or 8 years with ashtanga) that I am feeling ready to start exploring a few other traditions to get a better sense of how my own practices fit into a larger whole...not sure if that makes sense exactly, but it's where I'm at right now. It's amazing to me that even within "yoga" and "buddhism" or "christianity" or any tradition, there are so many paths and ways of practicing...<BR/><BR/>I'm also glad to have encountered you!<BR/><BR/>LaurenGooberMonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10122913877812890460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745683192831487420.post-22437392703227361212008-10-23T10:52:00.000-07:002008-10-23T10:52:00.000-07:00What a great post, and what an honor to have my ideas help shape what you wrote.<BR/>I am not even at the meditation baby stage yet, more like a meditation zygote, and your words were really helpful. I think that as I am exposed to all different traditions I start to get confused by the places where contemplation, prayer, and meditation all overlap. Surely that is just an example of how I am not ready to let go of my ever vigilant "do-er."<BR/>Again, I am so glad that our writing has influenced each other's, and I am so glad to have found a fellow journeyer. <BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/>Marisa <BR/><BR/>(Oh, and P.S. I think there is something a little funky with the link you included to my blog... it doesn't seem to work).epiphanygirlhttp://epiphanygirl.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745683192831487420.post-81821359336989271652008-10-22T18:04:00.000-07:002008-10-22T18:04:00.000-07:00Dear Lauren,<BR/>It seems wonderfully auspicious that you should find my blog just as you are beginning yours. Thanks so much for reading and for your great comment - it totally inspired what I had to say too, as you can see!<BR/>I am really excited to read about your journey. My husband and I are on the cusp of really starting to consider starting a family, and I admit I am pretty worried about exactly the same sacrifices you are talking about. I so applaud you for following your heart and deciding to stay at home, regardless of whether it was the most "logical" path. I just hope I am open to the same sort of guidance when I am in your position.<BR/>Thanks and blessings,<BR/>Marisaepiphanygirlhttp://epiphanygirl.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745683192831487420.post-1421114626747505892008-10-22T12:16:00.000-07:002008-10-22T12:16:00.000-07:00i love it! i&#39;m so glad that you&#39;re blogging, lauren. it&#39;s wonderful to hear about your path as a mom and as a PERSON. if you ever want to read mommy rants &amp; raves, i blog at monsoonmama.blogspot.com<BR/>i will definitely keep reading yours! happy blogging :)Monsoon Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12034115720874870575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745683192831487420.post-81394542358194832942008-10-21T12:41:00.000-07:002008-10-21T12:41:00.000-07:00What a great and encouraging post. Glad to know you and thanks for the twitter follow. Namaste!Teal Marie Chimblohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16450703961621315797noreply@blogger.com