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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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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I confess… Me-thinks I’ve been taking on too much. In an effort to spread the word about my mission and create something where nothing existed before, I found myself these last few days feeling frazzled and overwhelmed. I wasn’t going to admit it to myself, let alone my readers but considering a good portion of [...]

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Photo taken by Christa in Austin, TX 2008 Feeling blue, sluggish or just unhappy? You are not alone! You can learn how to be in a good mood. It’s a skill we learn just like riding a bike, baking a pie or changing the toilet paper roll in the bathroom. Here is how to get [...]

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