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Honoring the Mother

By Kari Kemper Mother’s Day is a time to acknowledge our mothers, our mother figures, all mother figures who have come before us, and those who are no longer with us.  It is also important to acknowledge those who had to mother themselves. All of us are caregivers.  We can be male and female. ...

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Strength Training – What is it & How to Get Started

by Christine Morita-McVey The World Health Organization recommends that adults do “muscle-strengthening activities at moderate or greater intensity that involve all major muscle groups on 2 or more days a week” and that older adults (over 65) add a third day of strength training and/or balance...

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Dancing Through Language Learning

By Marie-Noelle Phillips Who would have thought dancing could be the key to learn a new language? Music is known as the “universal language.” Who doesn’t love breaking out in a silly dance after a long day? Many don’t know that dancing can actually be a vehicle for learning a new...

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What does Healthy Aging mean to you?

by Rebecca Mendez Is this something you think about? How about Yoga and Healthy Aging? Healthy Aging is on my mind quite often. One, because I teach a Yoga for Healthy Aging class at Sellwood Yoga every week (Weds at 10:30). And my Yoga for Healthy Aging Workshop 3 week series starts on April 7....

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Resting in Being

by Carrie Booth There is a common misunderstanding that meditation is about transcending the body. That it is about light and formlessness and transcendence. Though, the body is the foundation through which everything else is experienced. We experience ourselves and the world around us through our...

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The Circle of Security Parenting Group

by Rosey Wyland I wanted to share with you that I will be facilitating an upcoming in person parenting group at Sellwood Yoga this April. It is an 8-week group that is for parents/caregivers of young children ages 0-6. The Circle of Security Group is a warm, welcoming and supportive space for...

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Better Breathing and Movement of the Breath

by Quinn Shuff We breathe every moment of our entire lives, so perhaps it’s not an exaggeration to say that improving our breathing has the potential to improve every moment of our lives. Working with the breath is a simple yet effective embodiment focus that drops us deep into the present moment....

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Yoga Nidra Meditation: A Closer Look

By Carrie Booth The words yoga and nidra—they are in the language of Sanskrit. We can understand subjects, philosophies, ideas, in any number of ways. How I originally came to understand yoga nidra was through words. Using other words, English words, to describe what yoga and nidra mean. Yoga...

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