I will be teaching a new Principals of Yoga class at the Central YMCA in Wilmington, Delaware starting February 20, 2012. Class description & details follow. *** Principals of Yoga was designed to assist new yoga students as well as current students hoping to deepen their existing practice. Christa Scalies, RYT 200, CLYL will [...]

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Suicide Survivor Series with Gretchen Kubacky In March 2009 I started a Q & A series in order to bring awareness and healing to those who lost a loved one to suicide.  With a 5 question and answer format my goal was simple: provide hope, guidance and comfort to recent survivors of suicide loss. The [...]

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Laughter, an Antidote to Grief Neil Chethik, editor for the Open to Hope Foundation, posted a question to his contributing writers last week: “How has giving helped you in grieving?” My immediate thought was “Great Question” and I set about to write a brief synopsis about grieving, giving and giggling called, Using Laughter and Playfulness [...]

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Don’t Let Worry Kill Your Giggle Do you get wrapped up in worry, fear and anger? Find yourself wanting to scream, yell and throw things (plates, glasses or alarm clocks)? Do you feel like your emotional world is bitch-slapping you in the face and upside your head? Has stress threatened to kill your giggle? Don’t [...]

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I was in a car accident this morning. I am so embarrassed. I rear-ended a car this morning with my truck. Rosie, my dog, was with me but thankfully, no one was hurt. So, there I was, alongside the road and in complete shock (and pissed) about what just happened. As I sat there looking for my insurance papers, [...]

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