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		<title>What Wonder Woman and I Have in Common: It&#8217;s Not What You Think</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/07/what-wonder-woman-and-i-have-in-common-its-not-what-you-think/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mama instinct]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who somehow missed the news, last week Wonder Woman unveiled her new look.
When I saw her picture, two thoughts flashed across my mind in quick succession:  First, she dresses a whole lot like me.  Second &#8212; and this is the one that stuck, overcoming any embarrassment the first ought to impart [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lily Walks</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/05/lily-walks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 17:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s one of those favorite phrases of parents of young children.  &#8220;Any day now!&#8221;
&#8220;Any day now!&#8221; we chirp as cheerfully as someone as sleep-deprived as the parent of an infant can chirp when someone asks if she is sleeping through the night yet with unknowing cruelty.
&#8220;Any day now!&#8221; we promise as we watch her rock [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whether You&#8217;re 13 Months or 43 Years Old, It&#8217;s All About Balance</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/05/whether-youre-13-months-or-43-years-old-its-all-about-balance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/05/whether-youre-13-months-or-43-years-old-its-all-about-balance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 15:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[awareness]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[centering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chattering mind]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[trust]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After eight years of yoga practice, I&#8217;m finally getting the hang of balancing.
I&#8217;m talking about standing up and taking one foot off the floor.  Nothing too fancy.  Something, in fact, that most of us do all the time.
And yet, for eight years, I&#8217;ve tipped over.  Strained to stay upright.  Wobbled and bobbled and capsized.
I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Full Circle</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/04/full-circle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/04/full-circle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mama instinct]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mommy time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[awareness]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bath time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bed time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being connected to everything]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[breathing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been writing YogaMamaMe since Jake was younger than Lily is now.
This makes me think a lot of things:  How quickly time passes when you have kids.  How scary it is to watch time pass so quickly, especially when you have kids.  And how I seem to be repeating myself.
Take last night, for instance.  I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What If Practicing Compassion Toward Yourself Means Not Being Compassionate Toward Your Child?</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/03/what-if-being-compassionate-toward-yourseldf-means-not-being-compassionate-toward-your-child/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/03/what-if-being-compassionate-toward-yourseldf-means-not-being-compassionate-toward-your-child/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mama instinct]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[balance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[following your heart]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I did it for the first time last night.
Never, in Jake&#8217;s three-plus years or Lily&#8217;s one have I even considered letting my baby cry him or herself to sleep.
Last night I did.  I let Lily cry herself hoarse and shaking for a good forty-five minutes.
And you know what?  It didn&#8217;t work.

It&#8217;s My Sleep Too
There was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Patience an Achievable Parent Virtue?</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/03/is-patience-an-achievable-parent-virtue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/03/is-patience-an-achievable-parent-virtue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mommy time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[balance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[centering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compassion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forgiveness]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.yogamamame.com/?p=194</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was in seventh grade my health teacher, Mr. Phillips, told me I would make a good teacher because I was so patient.
I immediately declared that I would never be a teacher in the kind of bratty voice that comes with being nearly thirteen years old and not particularly fond of Mr. Phillips.
This brattyness, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Imagine How Pushy I&#8217;ll Be By the Time Jake&#8217;s in College</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/01/imagine-how-pushy-ill-be-by-the-time-jakes-in-college/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/01/imagine-how-pushy-ill-be-by-the-time-jakes-in-college/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ayurveda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[balance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breathing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[chattering mind]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.yogamamame.com/?p=190</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I thought I had it under control.
A couple of years ago I had that breakdown over Jake&#8217;s fifteen-month evaluation at preschool &#8212; the kind where they determine whether said fifteen-month-old can say anything more than &#8220;Mama&#8221; and &#8220;Dada&#8221; and pick up a Cheerio with his fingers.  And that breakdown, I felt, brought me to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retreat of the December Mom</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/12/retreat-of-the-december-mom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/12/retreat-of-the-december-mom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[balance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breathing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[centering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chattering mind]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m still ashamed, even though I now recognize it was a December Mom thing.
There&#8217;s simply no excuse for being &#8212; I can still recall the out-of-body experience of watching myself do this &#8212; the mom screaming across a crowded coffee shop at her child.  &#8220;Jake!  Jake!  JAKE!  DO YOU WANT A BAGEL?&#8221;  As if no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Co-Sleeper Is Gone &#8230; And Time Marches On</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/11/the-co-sleeper-is-gone-and-time-marches-on/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/11/the-co-sleeper-is-gone-and-time-marches-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Next to my side of the bed there is a large, clean(ish) patch of floorboards.  On the other side of that large, clean(ish) patch of floorboards there is room to open the drawers on the left side of my dresser.  In between there is space for my discarded shoes and socks to breathe without having [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be Careful What You Wish For &#8230; and then Wish Away</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/05/be-careful-what-you-wish-for-and-then-wish-away/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/05/be-careful-what-you-wish-for-and-then-wish-away/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 20:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t suppose I blame the other parents for laughing at me, even though I resented it deeply at the time.
Shouldn&#8217;t the sight of a woman holding a screaming infant to her shoulder as a two-and-a-half-year-old clings to her leg crying, &#8220;Mommy!  MOOOOOOOMMMMMMYYYYY!&#8221; invoke sympathy &#8212; nay, even empathy, considering the limited reasons any adult [...]]]></description>
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