posted by Charlotte on January 30, 2012 |
Homeless Volunteer Work: Generosity that Makes a Difference From now through the end of March, a percentage of Hugger Mugger’s net sales will go to The Road Home. This week’s post focuses on how our Salt Lake yoga community can enrich people’s lives through homeless volunteer work. I taught yoga at Salt Lake’s First Unitarian Church for 25 years. For the last 20 of those years, I gladly shared my
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posted by Charlotte on January 16, 2012 |
How You Can Help The Road Home Keep Families Warm this Winter As I write this morning, light snow is floating down from the sky. The inch-thick dusting has made the streets and sidewalks quite slick. Earlier this morning I took my car to the shop for some minor maintenance. Since the garage is 1/2 mile from my house I can easily drop my car off, walk home and walk
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posted by Charlotte on January 12, 2012 |
Hugger Mugger Benefits Salt Lake’s Homeless through The Road Home Less than a block from one of Salt Lake’s premiere piano studios and a luxury rug gallery, about two dozen men mill about an empty lot adjoining Catholic Community Services. The weather is kind on this crisp January afternoon—clear, blue sky dotted with a few friendly clouds. In a few hours, women and children will join the men, lining up
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posted by Charlotte on October 19, 2011 |
by Amy Putney Conn Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true merciful generous or honest. ~ Maya Angelou Before practicing Anusara yoga, our teacher will often set an intention or “heart theme” for the practice of that particular day. Our work on the mat most assuredly settles our minds, but what our work on the mat accomplishes also translates into work performed
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posted by Charlotte on October 13, 2011 |
by Charlotte Bell Sometimes a single moment can change everything. You’re going along, living a life of seemingly mundane concerns—job, family, home maintenance, etc. Then one day everything changes: a car accident, a family tragedy, a cancer diagnosis. Suddenly you long for a life of the precious mundane. Instead of wishing for the extraordinary you believe is happening anywhere else but your own life, you realize the extraordinary gift of
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posted by Charlotte on October 3, 2011 |
This post will kick off our October blog. Because October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we’ve chosen to feature periodic posts this month that focus on yoga for cancer survivors, caregivers, and their families and friends. The author, Amy Putney Conn, teaches Yoga as an integral part of free community classes cancer patients and survivors. Her non-profit organization, A Quality Life Community, offers a complete healing and wellness program for
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