Comments on: What Does Bullying Have To Do With Ahimsa? Everything.

By: karmaspot

karmaspot — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:48:06 +0000

Thank you so much for this nomination. I haven’t had time to think about who I would nominate and found the idea very daunting. But after finally going to your sight and reading your exceptional poetry, I am feeling honored and compelled to move this Blog Award forward. Thank you so much for your words they resonate and heal.

By: candaceg222

candaceg222 — Tue, 22 May 2012 00:39:37 +0000

I have nominated you for the Beautiful Blogger Award. Should you wish to accept, please go to my site and follow the instructions. Congratulations!

By: childlightyoga

childlightyoga — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:06:32 +0000

Beautifully said Jennifer! Sharing. The girls group you will be leading are incredibly blessed to have such a wonderful teacher.

By: karmaspot

karmaspot — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:37:51 +0000

It is not easy being a parent. We project our desires and fears onto our children inadvertently. We criticize (like in your example) in the attempt to protect our kids from those same criticisms from their peers. I think the key is to encourage kids to understand their feelings. To know these feelings will change. To teach them to sit with feelings whether good or bad before reacting in order to make better choices. Practicing yoga teaches us to look inside for strength and answers. It teaches us to breathe through discomfort and when we’ve practiced that on the mat, we can then take it off the mat into our lives. That is where yoga makes a difference.

By: Renée A. Schuls-Jacobson

Renée A. Schuls-Jacobson — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:14:50 +0000

“Until kids accept their differences, they won’t accept others.”

How weird that we were JUST talking about this. I so want to see this movie. I cried when I saw the trailer.

I would just say that parents sometimes inadvertently send the message that they don’t accept their kids “as is.” And so kids reproduce this stuff with their peers. So really, IMHO, it always come back to us as adults. We have to be mindful of what we say in front of our children. We might say, “Good job on that paper. Why are you wearing that shirt?” When we string together these two thoughts, the negative outweighs the positive, and the unintentional criticism can sting. A child who is criticized may look for a place to leave that hurt, and it is often heaped upon peers who – ironically – are sort of the physical manifestation of how they feel inside.

I do believe yoga is key. I wish they were teaching yoga in school instead of dodgeball.