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Elation and Despair
Earlier this week I found a Yoga routine online (linked below) and went through it during my Tuesday lunch hour. I’ve been taking the time to do Yoga every morning for up to 20 minutes so that my back is limber enough for me to make it through the early part of the day. If […]
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Ever Done
On the weekend of October 28 I had my first solo art show in over 10 years. It was made up of 14 paintings which I had been working on over the last 1-5 years. Early in the year I managed to secure an arts grant via the NWT Arts Council to work on a […]
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Paintings
Rocky Birch – First Snowfall oil on canvas 16″x20″ As I walked by A lonely Birch Without one leaf Nor bird on perched I stopped my feet Turned to behold So sweet a song That shone as gold The song began With joys of Spring Then Summer’s warmth And love it brings But when at […]
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The Fall
Just over a week into my planned goal of starting a school Yoga club and working at improving my physical health, I had a fall. It had recently began to snow and I was attending a teaching conference while my wife and kids were away visiting grandparents. I had been very busy while there were […]
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Recovery, Yoga, and Goals
I am presently enrolled in a course that is part of the Professional Masters of Education (PME) program offered by Queens University. This particular course focuses on Self Regulated Learning (SRL) and one of the projects I have to do is to create, and ultimately complete, a goal. Since grade 10 (just over 20 years) […]
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before we begin…
I take a deep breath I enter the forest I open my eyes I open my ears I open my nose I open my mouth I open my hands I open my heart I take a deep breath I see I hear I smell I taste I feel I love I see limbs I hear […]