Finding Zofia

I’m in the process of writing about my family’s history. From my trauma-informed yoga page: “My parents were prisoners of war on German farms (forced labor) during WWII. My dad was taken from his home when he was 17, my mom was auctioned off to a German...
A Time for Connecting With Spirit

A Time for Connecting With Spirit

A Time for Connecting With Spirit Hello everyone! It’s been quite a while since my last newsletter! I’ve been regrouping since the pandemic as well as a hip replacement (No worries—my amazing surgeon says I can do whatever I want and I’ve been teaching without...
What would my grandmother say?

What would my grandmother say?

Hello everyone! I sincerely hope this finds you all healthy and safe with this current environment! You and your families are all in my thoughts and prayers! A couple of newsletters ago I wrote about longing for a deeper connection with my grandmother’s spirits. My...

Anxiously awaiting your next visit

I’ve written about my mother-in-law receiving the gift of daily songs from her husband after he passed in 2003. She heard those song messages every day from 2003 to when she passed in 2015. In that post I wrote “I’ve heard it said that communicating after you’ve...
Tapping into my grandmothers’ spirits

Tapping into my grandmothers’ spirits

I have never met my grandmothers. My maternal grandmother, Zofia (Sofia), died in Poland when my mom was just 13. I don’t even have a photo of her; but given how much I look like my mom and her sister, I have to believe we acquired our looks from Zofia. It was May,...
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Archives     Archives     How Better Day Yoga got it’s namefrom my March 2010 newsletter ~ October 2022A Time for Connecting With Spirit April 2021Patience Young Grasshopper March 2021“And suddenly you know…it’s time to start something new and trust the...

My Grandmother’s smile 

Agnes, or “Agnieszka” as known in Polish, is my paternal grandmother. I will try to piece together what I know about Agnieszka and attempt to put myself in her shoes as I did for my maternal grandmother, Zofia. Amazingly in a collection of old black and white photos...