Comments on: Soft Revolution (or Yoga Can Bite Me)

By: Daisy

Daisy — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 23:30:22 +0000

Reading. Showering. Sleeping in. Sipping coffee on the deck, listening to the birds. Yes, you’re right; simple pleasures are the best.

By: Crabmommy

Crabmommy — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 19:38:46 +0000

It took me ages to figure out that I could give myself a Mommy Time-Out by locking myself into my bedroom. And I did just that this morning, though I grant it wasn’t so much a peaceful and mindful decision but more a ridiculously childish one. Crabhubby irked me when he undercut my Mommy-authority at the table with Crabtot (who was attempting to put her food into a mini-blender filled with water!). Instead of calmly telling the tot and hub off, I just flung myself into my boudoir and locked myself in…had to unlock to slink out, though, in order to get me some Netflix.

By: Working Dad

Working Dad — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 05:48:29 +0000

I’ve got to take time for myself after the kids are asleep, usually a long peaceful run around 9 p.m., I miss sleep, but I always feel better. I also try to embrace those moments of peace within the chaos of raising a family, which are there but not always easy to find. Great post.

By: karrie

karrie — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:11:14 +0000

Shit. No one told me my vegan diet was supposed to make me peaceful.

Locking doors is a good idea. Right up there with putting myself in time out for one minute for every year of my life.

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:54:40 +0000

I think they are right…that it has to be the small moments. The big moments just don’t happen frequently enough to keep the spirit up.

By: Pendullum

Pendullum — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:56:06 +0000

I would allow myself to indulge….
Like go for a facial, a massage…

By: Arkie Mama

Arkie Mama — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 03:38:53 +0000

I sit up late reading. My sleep suffers, but I need the alone time. By morning, despite my late hours, I am re-charged. (most of the time!)

By: PunditMom

PunditMom — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:32:23 +0000

I would be there with Paige — the beach and the waves, I need them. That’s why it’s hard to be there with PunditGirl — I want to be the mom who jumps and plays at the beach. But I also want that time to have some quiet moments for myself. Is that so wrong?

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 21:58:43 +0000

I’d stop feeling guilty for doing the things that bring me pleasure — small, simple pleasures like watching tv, or lite (aka not literature) reading. I enjoy those things, but always have to qualify them with, “I know I shouldn’t being doing this, but…” Who’s keeping score?

By: Paige

Paige — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 14:05:42 +0000

I would go sit on a stark white beach by myself and listen to the waves crash.

But since there are no stark white beaches in landlocked North Georgia, I have a good little Pilates habit that keeps me just about as right as I can be.