The Book of Marlie

Address: Alpharetta, GA, US
Price range: $$

Thank you Eight year old Marlie for presenting me with this yoga book you wrote and taught to classes in your school. I appreciate your interesting chapters~  Yoga that keeps me calm Yoga that keeps me Grounded Yoga with more than two people Yoga with two people Yoga that keeps me happy  and your very helpful notes~ Remember you will not get it the first time Breathe slowly Remember to lean  your beautifully detailed art~ and your permission to share your work on our blog~  I am grateful that you have been a grounded student for three years and you continue to serve your school with yoga.  With love,   Cheryl Crawford

Laughter….Defined
laugh verb \ˈlaf, ˈläf\ intransitive verb 1 a : to show emotion (as mirth, joy, or scorn) with a chuckle or explosive vocal sound b : to find amusement or pleasure in something <laughed at his own clumsiness> c : to become amused or derisive 2 a : to produce the sound or appearance of…
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Here Comes the Chakra Man
Chakra-Man: The Official Grounded Super Hero
The most realistically human of all super heroes and based on the character of a real-life principal of an elementary school.
Chakra-Man came to life one day.
There must have been some magic in the drawings made with love
For this Chakra-Man, was more than we dreamed of……
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Sun vs. Moon….YOU Decide!
Election! Election!
Left Versus Right
Moon Versus Sun
Both shining bright!
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Grounded in Ethiopia by Mariela Andersen
Oh Ethiopia, how quickly you stole my heart! I originally set off on the journey to Africa to provide art therapy based art classes through a local non-profit in Atlanta called drawchange. The goal was to expose a group of impoverished children to art and allow them to express themselves through a variety of art…
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Hooray for Intergenerational Yoga Day, part 1
Tune into what matters and tune out what does not
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Lasagna Savasana
Sedef Dion who teaches a Pre-Grounded class at Springs Yoga shared with me the story of a four year old girl who in the cutest way mistakenly called Savasana….Lasagna. This inspired me to write a Savasana visualization with a Lasagna theme that Amy and I recently used to connect with our Fernbank Elementary Yoga Club students. After we did our practice complete with the Lasagna Savasana, one of our students..the Principal’s seven year old daughter said…”that was so relaxing…this could help me fall asleep at night”. Since it was her birthday that day, we wanted to put together a recording that her parents could play for her as she lays her head down for a good night rest after a long day.
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