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The Value of Breathwork
When you have the opportunity to watch a small child sleeping, it’s impossible to miss how peacefully they breathe. When my little ones are sleeping I will often gently place my hand on their back or kiss their cheek and smile if they softly exhale with a gentle sigh. Most children are lucky to have
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“Information Overload” and the wisdom of the Yoga Sutras
“too much learning may just muddle your mind. We should learn a little and work with that.” ~ Sri Swami Satchidananda “Information overload” (IO) was fretted about a great deal by librarians when I first joined the profession in the early mid-2000s. It was the time period when the print reference collection was slowly being
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Where is the sun? Or, the gloomiest time of the year…
“Where is the sun, Oh, clouds above meWhere are the birds that used to sing?Everything’s wrongOh, where is their song of love?” ~ Song by John Redmond and Lee David – famously sung by Billie Holiday January is emotionally such a tough month. Here in southern Ontario it is a month that is typically grey,
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the year in exercise research – and trends for 2023!
I LOVE reading the latest studies on fitness and health, even if the findings contradict what I believe and experience. Occasionally a study comes along that you think – really? this needed to be researched? (case in point: Facebook mom groups stress people out…we all knew this!) Among the many research articles that came out
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Space and Wellness Part 2: Making Space for Quiet & Contemplation
I have very fond memories of the Library at Bishop’s University, where I did my undergraduate degree. At that time, the silent study carrels had windows that overlooked the woods around campus and I spent many evenings looking out at the snow softly falling in the darkness, thinking and reflecting as I worked on essays
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Wellness Practice: Gratitude
I can remember the very first time I heard of a gratitude journal. It was 1996 (I had to look it up!) and the author Sarah Ban Breathnach was a guest on the Oprah Winfrey show to discuss her books including the Simple Abundance Journal of Gratitude; I can recall Oprah being nearly moved to
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