The Yama & Niyama – Aparigraha
The teachings of yoga have ethical principles that help guide us to a more comfortable way of living. Ethical principles need not be strict rules by which we judge the actions of others or something that divides us into “good” vs. “evil”. This guide provides a helpful method to break up the human experience and [...]
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The Yama & Niyama – Brahmacharya
The teachings of yoga have ethical principles that help guide us to a more comfortable way of living. Ethical principles need not be strict rules by which we judge the actions of others or something that divides us into “good” vs. “evil”. This guide provides a helpful method to break up the human experience and [...]
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Predatory language and how people unknowingly reinforce its power.
Predators use language to battle the morale of their victims and society unknowingly reinforces these feelings of battered self worth. Predators intentionally use words that attack the self esteem of the victim and send the victim into a spiral of self doubt. Often the victim is left wondering what they did to deserve this or [...]
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Sitting with Hate
Getting to know hate Emotions are not right & wrong. Emotions are a natural part of being human. They are also extremely useful tools. They give us information about our wellbeing, about our environment & help us be informed when choosing to act. It is only when we try to suppress emotions that they become [...]
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Tavern Rehabilitation Day 13
Did you ever have one of those days where you felt like you worked really hard but there isn't much to show for it? Today was that day. We are down to cleaning up the little things part of the work and it is slow and painful. We have all the little pieces of drywall [...]
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Tavern Rehabilitation Days 11 and 12
Another 2 days work in the humid summer heat. The big smashy, smashy is mostly done so now it is on to the slow work of cleaning up. Pulling nails and getting the little pieces of drywall down. Today Zac pulled up the carpet in the living room and the floor beneath is really beautiful. [...]
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Tavern Day 10 – End of week 2
We made it through another week! All three of the Q kids joined in the demo work today. We pulled down the ceiling in the Tavern and discovered that there once was a fire in the tavern! So what we thought was possibly mold was only fire damage, yay. The water damage is pretty restricted [...]
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Tavern Rehabilitation Day 9
Smashy! Smashy! Another day of smashing stuff. I stayed upstairs and finished up the floor. Nailing down loose floorboards. The kids spent time smashing stuff downstairs. Obviously smashing is more fun and they make much faster progress with the smashing work. We have now entirely filled up the downstairs with trash and desperately need to [...]
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Tavern Rehabilitation Day 6 and 7
Our days are getting busier and somehow we are running out of hours. We didn't post for Monday, day 6. We cleaned some more on Monday. It doesn't look as impressive as the clean up is slow work. Mother nature has turned up the summer heat and it is mighty hot in the tavern! Our [...]
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Tavern Rehabilitation Project Day 5
The Reality of the Project... Today is our 5th day on the project and the completion of our first week. We are not professional construction workers and only have a couple of hours a day but the work is rewarding, we are building our dream as a family. This project has had so many road [...]
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