smonster, I have a friend who has a pet boarding business and does a lot of rescue in NO, she might be able to help you figure something out for the critters. Let me know if you want an intro.

{{Trudy}}

Oh, Trudy. Condolences to you and yours. {{}}

Warning: woowoo ness ahead.

Remember how last week i mentioned sending out my intention to multiple people during yoga class. Tonight i experimented with pushing that a little further. during the beginning grounding/breathing time i thought through all my people who are hurting and suffering from loss or stressful changes. Then towards the end when we moved into calming postures and then into shivasana it was almost like i was floating from person to person, petting each on the head. then hugging. then i made the mistake of adding my Malachi into the mix (i've tried doing energy work with him before and it's always an unsettling experience. hard to explain, but it's like the entire world becomes unstable, tilting, like i might just slide off into nothing. not a fun experience)and everyone started spinning like on of those old-fashioned pre-movies where you stand inside a circle and the images spin into a moving picture. Anyways, let's just say that Trudy + MK + my little sister is a bizarre experience.

Aside from that bit of wierdness, it was a really cool experience. I had taken my glasses off so my eyes were closed whenever i wasn't in a balancing pose, and then everything was fuzzy and out of focus. So my yoga-facilitated~ma might have been a little less focused that normal. good times. i may have tipped right over the edge into full on woosville.

My condolences, Trudy. I'm sorry for your loss.

e_o, what a beautiful gesture! Surely everyone you touched must benefit. The more positive energy, the better.

Frankly, I could totally use some of your woo-wooey ness. I am awake, in the middle of the night, for the first time in a month. Worrying about being 'in right alignment' doesn't seem to be helping me achieve it, but I keep trying!

Ryan update: my little boy has learned a new word. It is "NO". The final piece is in place for him to turn two (DEFIANCE!). I am, however, pleased to report that it ran second to "Xièxiè" (Chinese for "Thank you") by several weeks.

More importantly, today we took him to the aquarium, and he encountered real live penguins for the very first time! [link] [link] There were king penguins and gentoos, all very active and very curious about this little boy. He in turn was simply gobsmacked that all those pictures around the house were of actual mobile animals (the Chinese for animal means literally "moving thing"), and after several delighted squeals and one or two calls for reassurance, he was up for copying their walking style.

Wallybee's parents enjoyed it very much too (about which I'm very glad, we had a five-day weekend here and it would've been a shame to do nothing special for it), as of course did I. The surprise find for me was the remoras (a species of fish with a suction pad on its head, which it uses to attach to sharks, rays, turtles etc for a free ride and possibly to pick up scraps from the host animal's feeding habits). [link]

A most excellent adventure for the little boy. And for Ryan.

Trudy I'm so sorry for your loss.

{{Trudy}} I am so sorry. Peace and love to you and your family.

-t, yes please. That would be wonderful.

erin_o, that sounds pretty darn cool to me. More impetus for me to get back into yoga.