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5 year old
Reiki Master • Yoga Instructor • Integrated Positional Therapy Certified Practitioner

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My kiddo does his own “fancy witing”

September 18, 2014 by Ginny.25 Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Weekly practice Tagged With: 5 year old, create, parenting

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Letting Go Part II: the bus stop

September 16, 2014 by Ginny.25 Leave a Comment

Two weeks into kindergarten, and my boy got ON the bus this morning! He’s been taking the bus home since day one. Saying bye to his teacher and greeting Mama at the driveway worked just fine. The kind heart of the sixth grader next door, the one willing to sit with the scared kindergartener, was […]

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: 5 year old, kindergarten, letting go, off the mat, parenting, school bus, yoga sutras

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Preschool physics

August 29, 2014 by Ginny.25 Leave a Comment

M’s physics questions: 1. Mama, if I hold a flashlight on a dark road, say 1,2,3 go and turn it on, which would get to the finish line first, the light or a cheetah? 2. What would happen to an ice cube on Neptune? Could we go there if we wore ten hundred snow pants?

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: 5 year old, curiosity, inquiry, kids, physics

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So big, so little, at the same time.

August 28, 2014 by Ginny.25 Leave a Comment

Took my kiddo to kindergarten orientation today. Tucking him in last night amongst his stuffies, he looked so big. On the blacktop today amidst the sea of “big kids”, he looked so little. No photos to share. I kept my phone in the bag and my hand in his.  We’ll document the official first day […]

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: 5 year old, mindfulness, off the mat, parenting

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Urgent beauty

August 22, 2014 by Ginny.25 Leave a Comment

Mama! Come quick!!! Dere’s a dead butterfwy on the step! Da good fing is we can wook closewy and not huwt it.

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: 5 year old, curiosity, kids, mindfulness, parenting, yoga

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Attention and feelings

August 8, 2014 by Ginny.25 Leave a Comment

Driving to his best buddy’s house. Filling the break between camp and school with a child care swap. Daisy’s mom has them both this day. Thursday is my turn. They’ve reached the age where two is easier than one. But the anticipation is always the tough part with my guy. Are you gonna stay, Mama? […]

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: 5 year old, community, emotion, kids, mindfulness, off the mat, parenting, summer, yoga

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The dark side

August 6, 2014 by Ginny.25 Leave a Comment

In my column on the Hilltown Families blog, Off the Mat: Free to Be, I tell the story of my son’s rainbow sundress.  Like clouds have their silver linings, rainbows have their dark side. It was my son, the night of the festival, who raised the dark side. Mama? The peopew who fink boys can’t […]

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: 5 year old, equality, kids, mindfulness, off the mat, parenting, questions, summer, yoga

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In prison

July 8, 2014 by Ginny.25 Leave a Comment

According to my 5 year old, in prison: people have to wear scratchy clothes. all the food tastes like soap, or brussels sprout soup. you can only ask two questions each day.

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: 5 year old, captivity, kids, parenting, questions, wisdom

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