Mona's Blog

ten perfect breaths

by Ramona Mudd July 31, 2021

The importance of breath in yoga cannot ever be understated. In fact, teachers the world over will encourage their students to focus on getting th...

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fall y'all!

by Ramona Mudd July 30, 2021

I know...I know...it's not even August! But, at the Winter House, we are already all about the smells of fall! Mainly that is because soap takes 6 ...

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(not) real problems

by Ramona Mudd July 29, 2021

repost: originally published July 2020 At dinner... Me: Are you painting this evening?Mags: I have been painting all day. I would watch The Office ...

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what you know

by Ramona Mudd July 28, 2021

When Will Mudd was around 8, or so, he had a friend coming over. Nicholas was his name. His mother and I didn't part well. But, at any rate...befor...

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song + breath

by Ramona Mudd July 26, 2021

In a previous post {t.h.y beginnings}, I wrote about the value of song across cultures. And in my practice of Heart Yoga, it has an especially imp...

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a little of both: a repost

by Ramona Mudd July 25, 2021

-repost from July 30, 2020 I think some people are born leaders. Some don't know it and get thrust into the role, some just helpy-selfy. Yesterda...

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t.h.y. beginnings

by Ramona Mudd July 25, 2021

I have landed in a true place recently. I’d like to sound very enlightened and say I have always done it--but it really has been only about ten da...

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#busted

by Ramona Mudd July 24, 2021

Somewhere on the outskirts of Chicago there is a place called Frontier Park. And here we are. We--Maggie and me--attempting to use the park restroo...

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on the mat

by Ramona Mudd July 22, 2021

Every morning, I lovelovelove my coffee/rosary time. I have said the rosary every singlesinglesingle morning for years now. The mind boggles at jus...