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6 Lessons Dr. Seuss Teaches About Healthy Living.

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I'm asked all the time about my tattoos. Everything from Won't you regret them when your skin sags? (Nah, I await colorful-droopage) to May I touch them?? (typically asked by the under-5 crowd, it's not really a query & I kinda the exuberant leg rubs). Since Texas is often shorts weather my leg sleeve is the most visible. As a result, it's the art I'm most frequently asked ... Continue Reading

4 ways slacklining parallels life.

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I blame this post on the fact I made a not-that-funny joke about teaching therapy-doodle-Charming to slackline. Afterward, in my inimitable way, I grew obsessed with the parallels between slacklining and life. I used to regale anyone who would listen with stories about what terrible balance I had. If you handed me a BOSU ball I'd mount, stand proudly aloft for a few seconds...then ... Continue Reading

Fitness Wearable OBSESSIONS.

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Once upon a time I shared the story of The Walking Princess. like this...but much different. I draped the tale in lighthearted prose, but underneath the levity it saddened and disturbed me. The story's short version is there once was a woman who walked our Austin neighborhood. She paced our 'hood all day, every day. Literally all day (not in the figurative sense the kids are using ... Continue Reading

Family boot camp ISNT about the booty.

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ahhh youth. BOTH of ours. When The Child was tiny and more of a Tornado we moved our bods a lot together. We did Mommy & me everything: yoga, hopscotch, belly dancing, regular dancing. You name it--we tried it. And then she grew up a bit and we moved a LOT together: kickball, hula hoop, scooter, roller skates, Kangoo jumps. You name it--we tried it. And then, having discovered a love ... Continue Reading

jumprope

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  Recently Ive had reminders how short life is. If we dont slow down & listen to voices asking us to PLAY & not write about PLAYouts when we’re “ready” it may be too late. This post isnt about the prolific health benefits of jumping rope (sorry not sorry). It’s an invitation to join me in JUMPING not READING about said jumpage. Lets PLAYout! Portable. Least ... Continue Reading

4 steps to intuitive living.

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intuitive living is sometimes street-yoga. Ive blogged for a million years & penned a bazillion posts. Even with all my prolific'nessment (<---technical term) and rebranding there are two posts I'm most frequently asked about: intuitive eating and intuitive exercising. Readers are consistently curious about the steps I took to relinquish control and learn to trust myself. Yes I ... Continue Reading

Yoga Gave Me My ISH Back.

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adult-ISH. Lately, Ive become an adult. I don't even know how it happened, but one day I was happily not giving a f*ck and the next I was all grown up and business-like. Job hunting, mortgage paying, parent teacher conference'ing, taxes figure out'ing full-on ADULTING. In some ways it was good (we love us some electricity & groceries up in herre) yet for the most part it suffocated me. I ... Continue Reading

My pedometer made me a better mother.

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I'm either an *early* adopter (Netflix'ed a decade before the "and chill") or l-a-s-t to the soiree (leaped on the Crocs bandwagon long after its wheels had fallen off). I'm also opinionated to the point of resembling a Tornado petulant child. Once I decide I dislike something (hello mayonnaise! greetings CrossFit!) I rarely give it a chance. Back in the '90s, when everyone was obsessed ... Continue Reading

What *Ive* learned from summer swim team.

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It's neither good nor bad we aren't a sports family---it just is. Most sports happen during the school year when we (the royal) struggle to keep up with academics. In addition, during any free moments after school, there are other activities she'd rather do. And we move as a family. A lot. Recently, however, the Child changed her mind and announced she wanted to try swim team. I ... Continue Reading

Whats YOUR booster shot?

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We are due for boosters next year. I say we because I'm always the one to bring the Child to the doctor and every damn time it's so exhausting I feel as though I've endured the shot. (At our last round she flung open the exam room door & ran down the hall shouting I'm going to the car! I'm leaving! When I mumbled to the nurse This must happen all the time. She looked me straight in the ... Continue Reading

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