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	<title>YogaMamaMe.com &#187; discomfort verus pain</title>
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		<title>Full Circle</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/04/full-circle/</link>
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		<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[balance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[being connected to everything]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[centering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[feeding my child]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[following your heart]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[karma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letting go]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letting instead of making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nonharming]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[stuck at home with a child]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surrender]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[too much to do]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[trust]]></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>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>
				<category><![CDATA[balance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bed time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daycare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discomfort verus pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inner peace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intentions versus goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letting instead of making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sense of self]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the bigger picture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[you can't control everything]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[babies growing up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[co-sleeping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yoga and motherhood]]></category>

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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>New Places, New Faces, New Records for Lack of Sleep</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/10/new-places-new-faces-new-records-for-lack-of-sleep/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/10/new-places-new-faces-new-records-for-lack-of-sleep/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discomfort verus pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sleep]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[structure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[traveling with  toddler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vacation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.yogamamame.com/?p=178</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nursing my daughter in the back seat of the Honda as we left town for the weekend &#8212; me kneeling over her with a hand braced against the window as if to wave (or perhaps hold out a big STOP!) at passersby &#8212; probably should have been a good clue that I would be facing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High Winds with a Likelihood of Anxiety</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/10/high-winds-with-a-likelihood-of-anxiety/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/10/high-winds-with-a-likelihood-of-anxiety/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bed time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[centering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chattering mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discomfort verus pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forgiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letting go]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[practice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[respecting your body]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sleep]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surrender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yoga class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[observing mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yoga and motherhood]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.yogamamame.com/?p=177</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are those (my husband) who will think me a little bit nutty for saying this, but windy days breed anxiety.
One might suggest that I am simply looking for something other than my mother to blame my anxiety on.  And that may be the case.  But I have it on good authority &#8212; my acupuncturist, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are We There Yet?  (Part One: Internal Version)</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/08/are-we-there-yet-part-one-internal-version/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/08/are-we-there-yet-part-one-internal-version/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mommy time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compassion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daycare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discomfort verus pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nonharming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[partners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[practice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[respecting your body]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[too much to do]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ahimsa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emergency room]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kidney stones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yoga and motherhood]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.yogamamame.com/?p=170</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We got our first, &#8220;Are we there yet?&#8221; in the car on Wednesday.
Mike and I both grinned at each other like kids taking their first bite of a Quarter Pounder &#8212; thrilled but also queasily aware that we shouldn&#8217;t be.
The great, grin-inducing thing about Jake&#8217;s &#8220;are we there yet?&#8221; is that it lacked even the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poop, Pee, and a Port-a-Potty: A Parent&#8217;s Life</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/07/poop-pee-and-a-port-a-potty-a-parents-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/07/poop-pee-and-a-port-a-potty-a-parents-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mama instinct]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mommy time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being in the moment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discomfort verus pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letting go]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[potty training]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[social life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toddler tantrums]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.yogamamame.com/?p=169</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Frequently, in child rearing, just when you think it can&#8217;t get any worse, it does.
Take the day my son pooped on my foot.
We&#8217;ve been doing a gentle form of potty training in our house, the kind that does not require us to abandon the four-month-old for an entire weekend spent running around after our naked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alice in Motherland, or Just How Hard It Is</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/04/alice-in-motherland-or-just-how-hard-it-is/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/04/alice-in-motherland-or-just-how-hard-it-is/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[balance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[centering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chattering mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discomfort verus pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[following your heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letting instead of making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[practice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sense of self]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sleep]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yoga class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[circumstances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fussy baby]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.yogamamame.com/?p=150</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday afternoon, I was like the Cheshire Cat, grinning and purring contentedly about how smoothly the first four weeks of Lily&#8217;s life have slid by.
Yesterday evening, I was Alice herself, &#8220;shedding gallons of tears, until there was a large pool all round her, about four inches deep, and reaching half down the hall.&#8221;  Unlike Alice, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Brief Return to a Past Life, or How (Really) Did I Get Here?</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/03/a-brief-return-to-a-past-life-or-how-really-did-i-get-here/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/03/a-brief-return-to-a-past-life-or-how-really-did-i-get-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[awareness]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[opening your heart]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[structure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the bigger picture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trust]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[choosing your path]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Columbia Law School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ivy Briefs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[law school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yoga and motherhood]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.yogamamame.com/?p=141</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago, Mike handed me a book that had come free to his workplace.
&#8220;I doubt it&#8217;ll be very good,&#8221; he said, &#8220;but it&#8217;s a memoir about going to Columbia Law School.  I thought you might be interested.&#8221;
Maybe it&#8217;s the buddha-like peace that has descended on me as I prepare to give birth.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can a Sense of Self Come with Pink Polka Dot Boots?</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2008/12/can-a-sense-of-self-come-with-pink-polka-dot-boots/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2008/12/can-a-sense-of-self-come-with-pink-polka-dot-boots/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[expectations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[inner peace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intentions versus goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letting instead of making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[practice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[respecting your body]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sense of self]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yoga class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gender conventions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spirituality and possessions]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.yogamamame.com/?p=117</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jake has been wearing his beloved pink polka dot boots pretty much non-stop for over a week now.

We have engaged in successful negotiations about removing them for bed time and bath time (for which he even removed his swim diaper the other night, suggesting he is finally over the traumatic poop-in-the-tub incident).  But otherwise, on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just Let It All In</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2008/11/just-let-it-all-in/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2008/11/just-let-it-all-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[chattering mind]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[practice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sleep]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surrender]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[you can't control everything]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[embrace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motherhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[winter]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I experienced a whole new way of thinking at the end of yoga class yesterday.
I&#8217;d spent the past several days mulling over how I wanted to approach writing about continuing toddler-inspired sleep interruptions; guilty, crying morning-afters; plummeting four-season temperatures; and that frustrating in-between period where the choice between too-big maternity clothes and too-small normal person [...]]]></description>
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