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Reiki Master • Yoga Instructor • Integrated Positional Therapy Certified Practitioner

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Dark Days on the Hilltown Families Blog

November 9, 2020 by Ginny.25 Leave a Comment

I try to look on the bright side, even through the darkest days of the year.  Four years ago, I shared this reflection in the Hilltown Families blog about how moving through darkness is personal and political. Dark Days, from December 2016 Off the Mat: Reflections on the Practice of Parenting.        

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: darkness, election2016, parenting, peace, vote2020, yoga

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Musings: Take a Breather

October 28, 2020 by Ginny.25 Leave a Comment

Spaghetti bowl tangles in our hormones and in our brain cells. Mellow mice. Neuroscience meets yoga to help us take a breather, anytime and anywhere, in this reflection from a few year’s back  Check out the full catalogue of my former column, Off the Mat: Reflections on the Practice of Parenting on the Hilltown Families […]

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: mindfulness, neuroscience, off the mat, parenting, yoga

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Welcome summer!

June 21, 2019 by Ginny.25 Leave a Comment

The Seven Of Pentacles Under a sky the color of pea soup she is looking at her work growing away there actively, thickly like grapevines or pole beans as things grow in the real world, slowly enough. If you tend them properly, if you mulch, if you water, if you provide birds that eat insects […]

Filed Under: Wisdom Tagged With: gardening, Marge Piercy, offthemat, parenting, poetry, solstice, summer, wisdom, yoga

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Reiki in the news

April 9, 2019 by Ginny.25 Leave a Comment

I know from first hand experience (pun intended) that Reiki is a great tool for parents and kids. That’s why I was pleased to see this article about Reiki to help kids deal with stress. Have a look! New York Parents are turning to Reiki healers for their stressed kids

Filed Under: News Tagged With: parenting, reiki, stress

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Spring Fever, on the Hilltown Families Blog

April 3, 2019 by Ginny.25 Leave a Comment

Earth laughs in flowers.  Quoting Emerson and others, I’m looking to clear space to plant new seeds, while protecting the roots of the past. Talking baseball and gardening, birds and bees, in this month’s Off the Mat: Reflections on the Practice of Parenting. Join me the first week of every month on Hilltown Families award winning blog.

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: gardening, motherhood, parenting, spring, yoga

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Double Digits, on the Hilltown Families Blog

March 6, 2019 by Ginny.25 Leave a Comment

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Protest, praise and physics. I’m reflecting on rainbows.

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: motherhood, parenting, thisis10, yoga

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The Heart of the Matter, on the Hilltown Families Blog

February 5, 2019 by Ginny.25 Leave a Comment

Protest, praise and physics. I’m reflecting on rainbows.

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: chakra, parenting, valentines day, yoga

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The Rainbow Within, on the Hilltown Families Blog

January 9, 2019 by Ginny.25 Leave a Comment

Protest, praise and physics. I’m reflecting on rainbows.

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: chakra, parenting, pride, rainbow, self care, spirituality

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From the archives: Eclipsed

December 18, 2018 by Ginny.25 Leave a Comment

The irony of gift shopping this year is that the hard-to-find toy was for the 79-year-old, not the 9-year-old. I was reminded of this piece I wrote about juggling sandwich generation practicalities, from September 2017’s Off the Mat: Reflections on the Practice of Parenting. Look for me the first Monday of every month on the Hilltown […]

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: mindfulness, off the mat, parenting, yoga

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Caught Stealing, on the Hilltown Families Blog

December 3, 2018 by Ginny.25 Leave a Comment

Caught Stealing From snagging loose change to dominating conversations, stealing comes in many forms. Exploring how often we rob ourselves of the opportunities to change, in this month’s Off the Mat: Reflections on the Practice of Parenting. Join me the first Monday of every month on Hilltown Families award winning blog.      

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: parenting, self care, stealing yoga sutras

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