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Therapeutic Yoga Training Bliss

8/17/2013

Here is the graduating class of the Therapeutic Yoga Training Program of August 2013 in San Francisco (I am kneeling second from left). Can you tell that we feel the afterglow?

Therapeutic Yoga is 40 hours of learning anatomy, setting up and using yoga props, refining listening skills, refining observational skills, learning restorative yoga, gentle yoga, guided meditation and more! Class started Friday the 9th and finished up Wednesday the 14th. Our teachers Cheri Clampett and Arturo Peal educated us, molded us, cared and cherished us and got us all to being competent in Therapeutic Yoga. We learned so much from Cheri and Arturo, and from each other. As you can see, we had a wide range of ages. We also had a wide range of experiences including yoga teachers, physical therapists, doctors and nurses.

Now I am more competent in the healing aspects of yoga and how best to care for the student in front of me. If you are more interested in finding out about therapeutic yoga, here is the website http://www.therapeuticyoga.com/

I love it!!

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Grandmothers

8/2/2013

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A grandmother is a special person. Think of the word, grand mother. Someone with authority over you but a relaxed sort of authority. Someone who is not the primary source of everyday rules and is often the source of fun and a feeling of specialness not quite the same as parents. Grandma would have time to show you things like how to make apricot-pineapple jam, where the baby birds hide in the honeysuckle vine, how to pull taffy, and shared great stories, oh the stories! Stories about times gone by, about her childhood and best of all, stories about parents when they were young! It was always fun to hear about my mom as she was growing up and that she may have had the same difficulties that I was having at that time. It was always fun to hear about foolish antics of the so well-behaved uncles and aunts!

I was always proud of my grandma, she was so athletic and active. If you have seen On Golden Pond, think of the character portrayed by Katherine Hepburn. Grandma learned to play golf in her late 50's to early 60's, by her mid to late 60's she was winning golf tourneys in her age bracket. The summer after Mt. St. Helens erupted, she drove up solo from California to Washington state and was miffed that the roads to Mt. St. Helens were blocked and that she could not get closer. She taught me how to pan for gold, to always wear a hat outdoors, how to sing a variety of very silly songs. She valued her independence and her relationships with friends and family. She could always surprise me, like the time one of my aunts produced a ukulele and Grandma tuned it, played it and sang "My Gal Sal"! In her mid-80's she was showing me some pictures of a parade with a car all dolled up driven by a good looking young man, dating back to the 1930's. On the back of the picture she had noted that the fellow was "the cutest boy in the world". I think Grandma was a flapper back in the day!

When Grandpa died, it was hard, very hard for Grandma. She missed him so much. But she went on living and went back to enjoying life and all it had to offer, including dating and remarriage. She showed that even when things were so bad, life had some more adventures, surprises, romance and love in store for her. Grandma has been gone from this earth 11 years, but lives on in the hearts of those who she loved and those who love her.

Happy birthday Grandma!

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Therapeutic Yoga Training Bliss

Grandmothers

Ellen Fostersmith

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