Comments on: Living the Lessons of Yoga http://www.athleta.net/chi/2010/03/04/living-the-lessons-of-yoga/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:37:23 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anne Buckley-Reen http://www.athleta.net/chi/2010/03/04/living-the-lessons-of-yoga/comment-page-1/#comment-21929 Anne Buckley-Reen Mon, 29 Nov 2010 22:28:39 +0000 http://www.athleta.net/chi/?p=4723#comment-21929 Thank you for sharing your beautiful story and photo. Your light shines! Thank you for sharing your beautiful story and photo. Your light shines!

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]]> By: Mary DeLaney http://www.athleta.net/chi/2010/03/04/living-the-lessons-of-yoga/comment-page-1/#comment-14324 Mary DeLaney Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:57:49 +0000 http://www.athleta.net/chi/?p=4723#comment-14324 You are the epitome of "LIVESTRONG!" Thank you so much for sharing Ella and yourself with us! You are the epitome of “LIVESTRONG!” Thank you so much for sharing Ella and yourself with us!

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]]> By: Lori http://www.athleta.net/chi/2010/03/04/living-the-lessons-of-yoga/comment-page-1/#comment-14227 Lori Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:26:40 +0000 http://www.athleta.net/chi/?p=4723#comment-14227 Julie (and Heather too) - Thanks for sharing your journies- I will be glad to offer Yoga for the Special Child to the many families I care for who have children with speclal needs. Julie (and Heather too) – Thanks for sharing your journies- I will be glad to offer Yoga for the Special Child to the many families I care for who have children with speclal needs.

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]]> By: Katheryn http://www.athleta.net/chi/2010/03/04/living-the-lessons-of-yoga/comment-page-1/#comment-14165 Katheryn Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:39:58 +0000 http://www.athleta.net/chi/?p=4723#comment-14165 Thank you Julie for sharing. Too many days I go to that place that says, "I used to be able to do......" but you have shown that true happiness is in the present moment. Love to you both! Thank you Julie for sharing. Too many days I go to that place that says, “I used to be able to do……” but you have shown that true happiness is in the present moment. Love to you both!

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]]> By: jane maynard http://www.athleta.net/chi/2010/03/04/living-the-lessons-of-yoga/comment-page-1/#comment-14130 jane maynard Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:33:44 +0000 http://www.athleta.net/chi/?p=4723#comment-14130 julie, what a beautiful story on so many different levels. I can't really say much more than what you've said...I just appreciate your post and think you're amazing! give your daughter a hug for me :) julie, what a beautiful story on so many different levels. I can’t really say much more than what you’ve said…I just appreciate your post and think you’re amazing! give your daughter a hug for me :)

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]]> By: Dellanney http://www.athleta.net/chi/2010/03/04/living-the-lessons-of-yoga/comment-page-1/#comment-14128 Dellanney Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:58:40 +0000 http://www.athleta.net/chi/?p=4723#comment-14128 Love your story! Thank you for sharing. Love your story! Thank you for sharing.

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]]> By: Padma O'Mara http://www.athleta.net/chi/2010/03/04/living-the-lessons-of-yoga/comment-page-1/#comment-13918 Padma O'Mara Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:56:35 +0000 http://www.athleta.net/chi/?p=4723#comment-13918 Dear Julie, Thanks so much for sharing your amazing story. The energy of the photo is amazing, so full of radiant love and unity! What a gift the universe gave to a special woman. You are experiencing depths other human beings will never ever experience... Although I'm a yoga teacher myself and my husband is working with young autistic men who struggle also with cerebral palsy, I had never heard of Yoga for the special child. What a wonderful way of learning and connecting. At my daytime job I work alongside a young woman with Down Syndrome. The amount of affection she's able to give is a wonder in itself. She picks up energies in the team in an instant and can get very irritated by negative ones. I feel blessed to learn from her every day. Heather, Your story made me cry. How wonderful you put your life with your guru in words. May the universe guide you to find your very own future path. I'd love to hear from both of you - if you'd like - about your continuing journeys. My email address is padmaomara@yahoo.com. Blessings to you and your angels, Padma Dear Julie,

Thanks so much for sharing your amazing story. The energy of the photo is amazing, so full of radiant love and unity! What a gift the universe gave to a special woman. You are experiencing depths other human beings will never ever experience…

Although I’m a yoga teacher myself and my husband is working with young autistic men who struggle also with cerebral palsy, I had never heard of Yoga for the special child. What a wonderful way of learning and connecting.

At my daytime job I work alongside a young woman with Down Syndrome. The amount of affection she’s able to give is a wonder in itself. She picks up energies in the team in an instant and can get very irritated by negative ones. I feel blessed to learn from her every day.

Heather,

Your story made me cry. How wonderful you put your life with your guru in words. May the universe guide you to find your very own future path. I’d love to hear from both of you – if you’d like – about your continuing journeys. My email address is padmaomara@yahoo.com.

Blessings to you and your angels,

Padma

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]]> By: Heather Moore http://www.athleta.net/chi/2010/03/04/living-the-lessons-of-yoga/comment-page-1/#comment-13883 Heather Moore Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:15:42 +0000 http://www.athleta.net/chi/?p=4723#comment-13883 I share your story! My son was born "normal" in 1993, but just as he was learning to walk and talk at nine months old (amazed the Ped.), he developed Lenox-Gastaut Syndrome--a very, very difficult to treat seizure disorder that left him profoundly retarded, unable to care for himself whatsoever and with hundreds of seizures every day. He never said "mama or dada" after that month, ever again. What a journey we have made to today! In spite of his major limitations, he is always sweet, loving, compassionate (in his affections), enjoys very simple joys, could LIVE in water(!), lives ONLY in the moment, sits quietly in meditation (he even pulls himself into half lotus!), always leaves "one bite" of whatever it is he is eating, no matter how much he is eating (for me?) and communicates his joy with he sound Auuuuummmmmm! excitedly--his only vocalization. He is fearless and completely open to anyone who comes near him and is happy to share love. So, you can imagine my awe when I too, discovered as I journeyed through Yoga Teacher Training last year, that my sixteen year-old son is my guru! I tell everyone this, "He is my guru!" Sometimes, there are no "conventional" ways to communicate. It must be with and from the heart. Until last year, I had LONGED for him to speak more than anything and all along, I discovered, he had been waiting patiently for me to understand the language of the heart! What I came to understand, too, that in this life, my son chose to only be capable of love to BE THAT and to not generate any more Karma. What a courageous choice! Our children are truly enlightened! How blessed we are to be their keepers! Love and Light to you and your Blessed Ella and your career serving these highly-evolved souls! I welcome further communication (heatherbnnc@yahoo.com, Asheville, NC) as I too, wish to serve them and their parents through Yoga (both physically and spiritually) and have not found my path there yet. I share your story! My son was born “normal” in 1993, but just as he was learning to walk and talk at nine months old (amazed the Ped.), he developed Lenox-Gastaut Syndrome–a very, very difficult to treat seizure disorder that left him profoundly retarded, unable to care for himself whatsoever and with hundreds of seizures every day. He never said “mama or dada” after that month, ever again. What a journey we have made to today!

In spite of his major limitations, he is always sweet, loving, compassionate (in his affections), enjoys very simple joys, could LIVE in water(!), lives ONLY in the moment, sits quietly in meditation (he even pulls himself into half lotus!), always leaves “one bite” of whatever it is he is eating, no matter how much he is eating (for me?) and communicates his joy with he sound Auuuuummmmmm! excitedly–his only vocalization. He is fearless and completely open to anyone who comes near him and is happy to share love.

So, you can imagine my awe when I too, discovered as I journeyed through Yoga Teacher Training last year, that my sixteen year-old son is my guru! I tell everyone this, “He is my guru!” Sometimes, there are no “conventional” ways to communicate. It must be with and from the heart. Until last year, I had LONGED for him to speak more than anything and all along, I discovered, he had been waiting patiently for me to understand the language of the heart!

What I came to understand, too, that in this life, my son chose to only be capable of love to BE THAT and to not generate any more Karma. What a courageous choice! Our children are truly enlightened! How blessed we are to be their keepers!

Love and Light to you and your Blessed Ella and your career serving these highly-evolved souls! I welcome further communication (heatherbnnc@yahoo.com, Asheville, NC) as I too, wish to serve them and their parents through Yoga (both physically and spiritually) and have not found my path there yet.

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]]> By: Lisa Flynn http://www.athleta.net/chi/2010/03/04/living-the-lessons-of-yoga/comment-page-1/#comment-13881 Lisa Flynn Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:06:37 +0000 http://www.athleta.net/chi/?p=4723#comment-13881 Just beautiful and very inspiring - thank you so much for sharing. I am a huge fan of Sonia Sumar and her program. ChildLight Yoga instructors are often also OTs, PTs, speech therapists and the like and I've sent several to the Yoga for the Special Child Trainings as a follow up to our trainings for the well child. The healing power of yoga is incredible and the lessons therein change our perspectives/our reality for the better in so many ways. (I wrote a similar article about my journey with my son who has Sensory Integration Disorder and ADD here: http://www.thekidsyogaresource.com/2009/08/yoga-and-parenting---part-i-my-son-has-add.html ). You and Ella are beautiful examples of that. I love this photo. Blessings to you both on your continued journey together. And, thanks to Athleta for providing a sharing space for personal journeys with fitness, life and love. Lisa Flynn ChildLight Yoga: www.childlightyoga.com Yoga 4 Classrooms: www.yoga4classrooms.com The Kids Yoga Resource: www.thekidsyogaresource.com Just beautiful and very inspiring – thank you so much for sharing. I am a huge fan of Sonia Sumar and her program. ChildLight Yoga instructors are often also OTs, PTs, speech therapists and the like and I’ve sent several to the Yoga for the Special Child Trainings as a follow up to our trainings for the well child. The healing power of yoga is incredible and the lessons therein change our perspectives/our reality for the better in so many ways. (I wrote a similar article about my journey with my son who has Sensory Integration Disorder and ADD here: http://www.thekidsyogaresource.com/2009/08/yoga-and-parenting—part-i-my-son-has-add.html ). You and Ella are beautiful examples of that. I love this photo. Blessings to you both on your continued journey together. And, thanks to Athleta for providing a sharing space for personal journeys with fitness, life and love.

Lisa Flynn
ChildLight Yoga: http://www.childlightyoga.com
Yoga 4 Classrooms: http://www.yoga4classrooms.com
The Kids Yoga Resource: http://www.thekidsyogaresource.com

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]]> By: Catherine Dickson http://www.athleta.net/chi/2010/03/04/living-the-lessons-of-yoga/comment-page-1/#comment-13868 Catherine Dickson Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:09:17 +0000 http://www.athleta.net/chi/?p=4723#comment-13868 Wow! Really, what a touching, heartfelt story you've wonderfully shared with us all!!! Thank you so much for your amazing inspiration and insights discovered through the practice and important lessons of yoga. Yes, both you and Ella look so uniquely connected! May your uplifting journey continue on in peace, joy and happiness always. Stay remarkably strong as you are!!! Wow! Really, what a touching, heartfelt story you’ve wonderfully shared with us all!!! Thank you so much for your amazing inspiration and insights discovered through the practice and important lessons of yoga. Yes, both you and Ella look so uniquely connected! May your uplifting journey continue on in peace, joy and happiness always. Stay remarkably strong as you are!!!

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