Photo by KoolShooters on Pexels.com I have a confession. Somewhere around page 100 of the sib book I've been writing, I stopped. (Not the book proposal that was just accepted.) This blog, in a book. I hired an editor. She did a once-over, and I did not finish the corrections. Not because I ran out… Continue reading Navigating Project Stalls: Insights for Sibs
Photo by Veronika Andrews on Pexels.com I have news I've been waiting to share, and I'm so glad it's finally time. My book has been approved by the Editorial Board at Routledge, and I am officially under contract. The title: Yoga-Informed Practice for Intellectual and Developmental Disability: A Guide for Occupational Therapists and Allied Health… Continue reading It’s Happening. The Book Is Official.
Photo by RAY LEI on Pexels.com I was at the IAYT conference — the International Association of Yoga Therapists — when I heard this story from Robert Sturman, a photographer whose life's work has taken him inside prisons to photograph people practicing yoga. He was there, camera in hand, witness to something quietly extraordinary. And… Continue reading The Neuroscience Behind Yoga and Better Choices
Photo by Thirdman on Pexels.com I've been in and out of therapy as an adult. Not because something catastrophic happened to me. Not because I had a single defining trauma. But because growing up as a sib left marks I didn't fully understand until I was well into adulthood — and some of them I'm… Continue reading Was It Stress — Or Was It Something More?
My dad's sister Penny had limited speech. Most people couldn't understand much of what she said. But there was one phrase she had down cold — one phrase that was perfectly clear every single time. "I know you." It didn't matter if she'd just met you or known you for decades. Penny greeted everyone the… Continue reading When Penny Said “I Know You”
A gentle, trauma-assumed practice to support nervous system regulation — before the body or mind is asked to “perform.”
✔️ All levels, no yoga experience required
✔️ Especially supportive for IDD, sensory differences, or trauma histories
✔️ No mat needed — come as you are
