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		<title>Marathon Mom</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 03:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before you read any further, I&#8217;ll stop you from thinking this is going to be a story about how I ran a marathon.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  In fact, lately I&#8217;m having trouble squeezing in more than 30 minutes of running three times per week.  And with my pace, thirty minutes is [...]


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		<title>Being Grateful (Karmaspot)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In our materialistic culture, it is sometimes difficult to teach children to be grateful.  A child&#8217;s world is very small, and they can&#8217;t visualize all they have when compared to others.  We&#8217;ve all been there as children ourselves.  Our parents forced us to clear our dinner plates, by feeding us stories of starving children in [...]


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		<title>Who Is The PranaMama?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Four little words — Who Is The PranaMama — appear prominently at the top, left side of this web site.  According to web gurus, this is the most visible area of a web site &#8211; a real estate gem on the World Wide Web.  The top left should be reserved for the most important information [...]


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		<title>Copy Cat Pose</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 02:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;&#8230;I was leaving behind a huge pile of unfolded laundry, a sink full of dishes, and a mound of tax paperwork to be done.   And, really, shouldn’t I be putting my education to use and getting some “real” work?   Why hadn’t I pitched any magazine articles lately?   Clearly, there were many things [...]


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		<title>Sorry Boy Scouts&#8230;Being Prepared Sometimes Doesn&#8217;t Matter!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last 48 hours have given me quite the yoga lesson.  Yoga teaches us to be present&#8230;no regrets about the past, no worries about the future.  Learn to let go of the control, and let life happen.
Of the hundreds of thousands of us affected by Thursday night&#8217;s storm here in the Northeast, who really [...]


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		<title>The Maze of Motherhood</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
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It&#8217;s Friday afternoon.  Dozens of children are swirling about, running, jumping, laughing&#8230;Disney music blares as parents shout to be heard above all the commotion.  I am sitting in an aluminum and canvas chair, normally found poolside or in the beauty of a quiet garden on a summer afternoon, with nearly the same amount of peace.
On [...]


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		<title>In 2010, Listen to your Inner Child</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a new year.  A new beginning.  Time to reflect on your past and make plans for the future.  2009 brought The PranaMama to life, as I began to listen to my heart and do more for myself than ever before.   As a result, I am a happier mother than I was one year [...]


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		<title>Christmas Presence</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:26:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, I admit it.  For all of my thoughts about wellness and suggestions for ways we moms can make time for ourselves, this month finds me feeling like a failure.  I&#8217;m totally not living up to my own standards.
Three weeks ago I wrote about Tapas (discipline), and vowed to train for a New Year&#8217;s Day [...]


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		<title>Reflections of Gratitude</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there is one thing that makes teaching yoga to children easy, it&#8217;s a holiday.  As a former kids instructor, I enjoyed lesson planning immensely, perhaps sometimes more than carrying out the lesson in the studio or classroom!  (It must have been the creative side of me eeking its way out to the world)  Nothing [...]


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		<title>Off the Mat Moms: Lesson 3 Asteya</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year, my good friend Carrie was expecting a baby.  She and her husband John were over the moon with excitement, and couldn&#8217;t wait to dive head first into their new role as parents.   John comes from a big family, and as the first to marry, his parents had been asking bluntly &#8220;so when are [...]


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		<title>Off the Mat Moms &#8211; Lesson 2: Satya</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thepranamama</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.&#8221; &#8212; Benjamin Disraeli, Former Prime Minister  of England
One day last month, I had one of those eye-opening parenting moments.
My daughter, a normally laid back child, had come home from school in a terrible mood.   Unlike most other days when she&#8217;d [...]


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		<title>Off the Mat Practice Makes us all Better Moms</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excuses, excuses&#8230;I could come up with at least a dozen right now.  Excuses of why I haven&#8217;t written a fresh post, why I haven&#8217;t been running as often, why my yoga mat is lonely in the dark basement which is my home practice area, why I haven&#8217;t cleaned my bathroom or put away my clean [...]


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		<title>Was Ferris a Yogi?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you think this blog is all about being a serious, studious and meditative yogi 100% of the time, then you&#8217;ll be pretty surprised when I break out an embarassing bit of 80s pop culture to make my point.
&#8220;Life Moves Pretty Fast.  If you don&#8217;t stop and look around once in a while, you could [...]


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		<title>Race to the Top</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thepranamama</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Motherhood brings many surprises.  It seems no matter how well you think you have packed for a day trip, how easily your baby accepts new foods or how unbelievably tired you are, something will inevitably surprise you.  Your child may go through all of the packed snacks in the first half hour of the ride, [...]


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		<title>Mom-as-Movie-Star or Movie-Star-as-Mom?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, this great article landed in my inbox, and I had a chuckle over its irony.  The article lists the Top 10 Ways Motherhood Makes You Feel Like a Celebrity, and I laughed at the title, thinking about how we ordinary moms might be compared to a glamorous celebrity, when mommyhood seems to be all the rage [...]


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		<title>Yoga for Slackers?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patanjali&#8217;s Yoga Sutra #1.14:  sah tu dirgha kala nairantaira satkara asevitah dridha bhumih: &#8220;a practice is firmly established only if one engages in it seriously and respectfully over a long uninterrupted period.&#8221; 
When I signed up for a 30-day Lifestyle Intensive last February, I really had no idea what I was in for.
I knew I [...]


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		<title>Honoring the Woman Within the Mom</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thepranamama</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have amazing friends.  I am so blessed to live in a supportive, friendly town where one stop by for a cold drink on a bide ride home, run into school friends at the playground, or call another mom for help when you&#8217;ve lost your car keys, or better yet, locked them in your running [...]


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		<title>The Power of Positive Thinking</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thepranamama</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.&#8221; 
-Helen Keller
It was a great run.  Although I stayed within my normal pace range, tonight I felt freer and faster than my last several workouts.  As my sneakers pounded the pavement in perfect rhythm, old injuries were suddenly relieved, my lungs pushed me forward [...]


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		<title>A Mommy Union</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thepranamama</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Labor Day has come and gone, and with it marks the passing of summer.  Gone are the carefree days of lounging in PJs for hours or a picnic dinner on the lawn of the town elementary school, mingling with friends, and watching kids dance and play while enjoying some great local music.  It&#8217;s been a [...]


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		<title>Are you an Alpha Mom or a Beta Mom?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thepranamama</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just found this great clip from The Today Show, discussing the differences between Alpha Moms (everything must be perfect!) and the Beta (Slacker) Mom (living in the moment, accepts that she cannot be perfect.).  The women interviewed give wonderful insight into both worlds!
Which kind of mom are you?  Which do you aspire [...]


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