by Jeni Martinez | Feb 3, 2019 | Caregiver/daughter, Dogs, Family, Yoga
I’m a planner. I’ve scheduled my yoga classes, workshops, teacher training, retreats and travel through November of 2020. I also outline all of my yoga classes in advance. Admittedly, once I get there, I usually have to adapt my class based on the needs of...
by Jeni Martinez | Dec 23, 2018 | Caregiver/daughter, Dogs, Family, Travel, Yoga
“Inside everyone is a great shout of joy waiting to be born” David Whyte With just days left of 2018, I dug out the list of intentions that I wrote in January to see how the year stacked up. Being a planner and list maker, I look forward to this year-end...
by Jeni Martinez | Jul 14, 2018 | Caregiver/daughter, Family, Yoga
Mama was the undisputed Scrabble Champ of The West Ashley Branch Library in Charleston, South Carolina from 1999-2004. Growing up, she taught us words like “Oe” (Faroean Wind) and “Jo”(Sweetheart). She collected words the way...
by Jeni Martinez | Dec 17, 2017 | Travel, Yoga
“Travel is the discovery of truth; an affirmation of the promise that human kind is far more beautiful than it is flawed. With each trip comes a new optimism that where there is despair and hardship, there are ideas and people just waiting to be energized, to be...
by Jeni Martinez | Sep 7, 2017 | Caregiver/daughter, Family, Yoga
Mom stoops to pick up a leaf from the walkway at the memory care facility. She says with purpose, “I need to get out here and get these picked up.” Mom has always loved to sweep, and rake and weed. I make a mental note to bring her a broom when I come...
by Jeni Martinez | Aug 18, 2017 | Caregiver/daughter, Dogs, Yoga
The first time I met Tanner, it was November 5, 2010. I was hosting a yoga retreat at Skamania Lodge near the border of Washington and Oregon. I was wearing my yoga-retreat-coordinator hat and attitude that day, not my crazy-about-dogs hat. I walked into the first...
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