Yoga

I practice yoga daily and it helps set me free........it happens in very small doses....and keeps me coming back for more.
read the article below....so cool!!!
Namaste,
Michele

Indian Inmates Take Yoga Classes To Reduce Jail Time

In Indian prisons, the lotus position can truly help set you free.

According to the BBC, inmates in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh are being freed early if they complete courses in yoga. The deal is as follows: for every 3 months a prisoner spends practicing yoga, he or she will cut their jail time by 15 days.

A state inspector general of prisons tells AFP: "Yoga is good for maintaining fitness, calming the behaviour, controlling anger and reducing stress."

According to the Telegraph, one prisoner reported that his anger had subsided since taking up the practice, and that he plan to become a yoga teacher. After, that is, he's released.

Joy

I got to eat lunch with Marko and then go to recess last week
and play four square with Marko and his friends.
Those are the real joys in life!!!

Namaste,

Michele


"I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing

than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance"

-E.E. Cummings

It's all good

We went on a mini trip to the Mall of America.
Not my usual kind of trip.....I prefer going camping or going to Omega Institute
for a yoga retreat, but it ended up being really fun.......where ever you go, there you are :)
I hope you enjoy the quote below.
Namaste,
Michele


"You have at least a million relatives as close as tenth cousin, and no one on Earth is any further removed than your fiftieth cousin."
--Guy Murchie, *The Seven Mysteries of Life*

Murchie also describes our kinship through an analysis of how deeply we share the air. "With each breath, you take into your body 10 sextillion atoms, and
-- owing to the wind's ceaseless circulation -- over a year's time you have intimate relations with oxygen molecules exhaled by every person alive,
as well as by everyone who ever lived."

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
- Dr. Seuss

Peace

Marko took this picture on our back porch and I thought it looked pretty cool!!
I hope you enjoy the words below!!!
Namaste,
Michele

On the surface of the world right now
there is war and violence and things seem dark.
But calmly and quietly, at the same time,
something else is happening underground
An inner revolution is taking place
and certain individuals are being called to a higher light.
It is a silent revolution.
From the inside out.
From the ground up.
This is a Global operation.
A Spiritual Conspiracy.
There are sleeper cells in every nation on the planet.
You wont see us on the T.V.
You wont read about us in the newspaper
You wont hear about us on the radio
We don’t seek any glory
We don’t wear any uniform
We come in all shapes and sizes, colors and styles
Most of us work anonymously
We are quietly working behind the scenes in every country
and culture of the world
Cities big and small, mountains and valleys,
in farms and villages, tribes and remote islands
You could pass by one of us on the street and not even notice
We go undercover
We remain behind the scenes
It is of no concern to us who takes the final credit
But simply that the work gets done
Occasionally we spot each other in the street
We give a quiet nod and continue on our way
During the day many of us pretend we have normal jobs
But behind the false storefront at night
is where the real work takes a place
Some call us the Conscious Army
We are slowly creating a new world
with the power of our minds and hearts
We follow, with passion and joy
Our orders come from from the Central Spiritual Intelligence
We are dropping soft, secret love bombs
when no one is looking
Poems ~ Hugs ~
Music ~ Photography ~
Movies ~ Kind words ~ Smiles ~
Meditation and prayer ~ Dance ~
Social activism ~ Websites ~
Blogs ~ Random acts of kindness…
We each express ourselves in our own unique ways
with our own unique gifts and talents
Be the change you choose to see in the world
That is the motto that fills our hearts
We know it is the only way real transformation takes place
We know that quietly
and humbly we have the power of all the oceans combined
Our work is slow and meticulous
Like the formation of mountains
It is not even visible at first glance
And yet with it entire tectonic plates shall be moved
in the centuries to come
Love is the new religion of the 21st century
You don’t have to be a highly educated person
Or have any exceptional knowledge to understand it
It comes from the intelligence of the heart
Embedded in the timeless evolutionary pulse of all human beings
Be the change you choose to see in the world
Nobody else can do it for you
We are now recruiting Perhaps you will join us
Or already have.
All are welcome
The door is open.

Author Unknown

Peace

Maxim for life

What a great weekend....got to see Katie and her beautiful family!!!!

Hope you enjoy the quote below!!

Namaste,

Michele

“You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.”

- Dr. Wayne Dyer

Life

above are pictures from last night.

Mira's sweet heart dance........everyone looked so beautiful.......nice group of friends!!!!

I hope you enjoy the quote below!!!

Namaste,

Michele

"It may be that when we no longer know what to do

we have come to our real work,

And that when we no longer know which way to go we have come to our real journey."

-Wendell Berry

Dream

Picture of Macy playing in Lake Erie in Ashtabula from last summer. Macy photoshopped it and I thought it looked cool. Namaste, Michele

Love

We went to visit our new child/adolescent psychiatric unit on Friday after work.

We are moving to a new hospital in about 3 weeks. It is a beautiful unit......everything is new and it is huge and the best part is it only took me thirty minutes to get home :)

I hope you like the words below.

Namaste,

Michele

The majority of us lead quiet,
unheralded lives
as we pass through this world.
There will most likely be
no ticker-tape parades for us,
no monuments created in our honor.
But that does not lessen our possible impact,
for there are scores of people
waiting for someone just like us
to come along;
people who will
appreciate our compassion,
our unique talents.
Someone who will live a happier life
merely because we took the time
to share what we had to give.
Too often we underestimate
the power of a touch,
a smile,
a kind word
a listening ear,
an honest compliment,
or the smallest act of caring,
all of which have a potential
to turn a life around.
It's overwhelming to consider
the continuous opportunities
there are to make our love felt.

Leo Buscaglia

Love

Jesse got the big snip this week.......glad he is feeling better.
Namaste,
Michele


"You don't have to go looking for love when it's where you come from."
~Werner Erhard

somewhere over the rainbow/what a wonderful world

One of my very favorites........makes me smile!!!
....and it is a wonderful world!!!

On being a parent

I loved this!!! I hope you do too.
Namaste,
Michele

ps Thanks Miles of Smiles for the picture!!!

Ten Signs You Are a Bad Parent

By Larry Winget

There are many signs that parents aren’t doing a good job as parents. All you have to do is look around at the millions of people living out the results of their own bad parenting to know that. Take a moment and look at these ten signs and evaluate how you are doing:

Ten Signs You Are A Bad Parent

If you don’t know where your child is right now,
you are a bad parent.

If your child is obese,
you are a bad parent.

If your child has a television in their bedroom,
you are a bad parent.

If you don’t know your child’s friends,
you are a bad parent.

If you tolerate disrespect from your child verbally or physically, you are a bad parent.

If you promise consequences for either good behavior or bad behavior and don’t deliver, you are a bad parent.

If you don’t teach your child about money,
you are a bad parent.

If you don’t have open, honest communication with your child about sex; the dangers, consequences and joy of it,
you are a bad parent.

If your grown child still lives at home and mooches off you,
you are a bad parent.

If your own life is an example of what you don’t want your child to grow up and become, you are a bad parent.

Some of you are now spewing and sputtering and shouting “yeah but” at me because your kids are great yet they have a TV in their room or are overweight or blah, blah, blah-de-blah-de-blah! Okay, you can tell yourself that, and since I don’t know you or your kid I’ll step back and give you the benefit of the doubt. But I still don’t believe you. Just because you don’t see the harmful results of your action or inaction today, doesn’t mean that you won’t later.

“But I genuinely LOVE my kids Larry!”

I’m sure you do. But we have to stop pretending that the definition of being a good parent is “loving your child.” Parenting is MORE than love. Parenting is loving your child enough to make sure you produce a responsible, productive fit adult who lives a life steeped in honesty, integrity and respect. An adult with a strong work ethic who knows how to give her word and keep it even when it isn’t convenient. A person who knows how to be financially responsible by earning, investing, saving, giving and enjoying their money. That requires communication, involvement, education, discipline and punishment. It requires work. Love without the actions to back it up doesn’t really mean much.

If you want proof about the damaging effects of these ten signs and more, read my book, Your Kids Are Your Own Fault: A Guide For Raising Responsible Productive Adults. Go to www.yourkidsareyourownfault.com

wow!!!