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Proud partnerships: Hudson Montessori, Educ Arts Team, HCCC-Dineen Hull, JCPS: PS3, PS5, PS37, JCFPL.

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October 19th birthdays in heaven are hard. This year lands harder as Uncle Judd joined his twin our dad James. The twins definitely gone too soon.

I’m sure they are fishing in heaven. And as our dad would often say, “Rock On.” 🙏❤️

With Wendell Berry gone his poem feels more important.

The Peace of Wild Things.
- Wendell Berry

When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free. by @mindfulplayyoga

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Came across this photo and it’s a good reminder for me to keep it fun, silly and playful.

Parenting and teaching kids yoga is filled with roses and thorns for sure. Kids come to class often with big emotions it’s rewarding to play and move through yoga poses to bring us back to our best selves. by @mindfulplayyoga

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Had an amazing week teaching kids yoga with the affirmation, “Kindness Begins With Me.” Met new students at @trefurt_ps8_pta and introduced them to @mindfulplayyoga.

Moving through yoga poses playing with the important reminder be kind to yourself when you’re learning new yoga poses. by @mindfulplayyoga

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10 days ago

Reflections from this weeks after school yoga classes. As we moved through yoga poses, we played with the theme, “Brave .. it’s a practice.

Did you wake up feeling brave?

Got mixed responses: 👍👎👉

Some students slept poor, had a hard morning and others were awesome ready to take on a brave day.

Practicing yoga is our opportunity to rest and connect to our brave selves. ❤️😊 by @mindfulplayyoga

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17 days ago

After school yoga is back! Had an amazing week reconnecting with former students and meeting new ones.

People often ask …Why practice yoga? Practicing yoga helps us tap into our best selves and SHINE by bringing together the mind, body and spirit.

This week we played with the theme: SHINE by @mindfulplayyoga

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25 days ago

In My Life….

Today, I noticed the polaroid snapshot. Always take photos they will mean more than you can imagine.

My beloved Uncle Rodney gone too soon. He was my inspiration to move to New York City.

Grateful for my Grandmother, “Donna,” and the legacy she left our family. Both of us Sagittarians who understood each other.

And the towers in the background.
Never forget. by @mindfulplayyoga

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a month ago

Last Day of August
Savoring the season by @mindfulplayyoga

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2 months ago

August feels like….

Slow down, you move too fast
You got to make the morning last
Just kicking down the cobblestones
Looking for fun and feelin’ groovy
Ba da da da da da da, feelin’ groovy

- Paul Simon by @mindfulplayyoga

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2 months ago

August Awe’s - sharing some of mine.

Yes, Awe has Health benefits:

💧Lowers stress-related body markers and boosts everyday happiness.
💧Expands Kindness.
💧Makes people feel smaller in a good way, leading to more sharing and help for others.
💧Curiosity: Sharpens the mind to think deeply and learn new things.

I’d love to hear about some of your August Awe’s. ❤️ by @mindfulplayyoga

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3 months ago

Highlights from Father’s Day 2026 taken in Belmar, New Jersey by @mindfulplayyoga

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4 months ago

Breath in …

Father’s Day 🧍‍♂️
Summer Solstice 🌞
International Yoga Day 🧘‍♀️

Breath out ❤️

*Belmar, NJ taken in Belmar, New Jersey by @mindfulplayyoga

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Happy Summer Solstice ☀️

“The Summer Day,” - Mary Oliver

Who made a the world?
Who made the swan, and the black bear?
Who made the grasshopper?
This grasshopper, I mean —
the one who has flung herself out of the grass,
the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,
who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down —

Who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.

Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.

Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.

I don’t know exactly what a prayer is.
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass, how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,
which is what I have been doing all day.

Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon?

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? by @mindfulplayyoga

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