Announcing the official launch of the YogaMamaMe web site, created by one of our great friends, and an amazing writer and yoga teacher, Melissa Cole Essig. Here is the good word:
Come join a community of women and men searching for mindfulness in a life that can make you lose your mind.
Whether you are mothering a [...]

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First, this, from TucsonMama Melissa:
Arizona Breastfeeding Coalition is having a Breastfeeding Health Fair during World Breastfeeding Week. The event will be on Saturday, August 2nd from
8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Northwest Neighborhood Center, 2160 N. 6th Avenue.
And this from our fabulous friend Becca. (psst, it’s moderately good press about Tucson…) Curious–of the [...]

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Now’s the time of year when I restock our bug spray and buy extra tubes of sunblock. I like to use the Environmental Working Group’s cosmetic safety database to help me choose products, or just to freak myself the #*%$ out about how dangerous a seemingly innocuous product like baby wipes can be. Generally I [...]

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Just discovered this site and am quite in love with it. A very cool combination of things–the posts start with a personal story, then the author (a yoga teacher/writer) illuminates the opening anecdote with some yoga wisdom, and finally we are led through some yoga poses that tie everything together and give us a chance to practice [...]

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I went to see “The Business of Being Born” on Sunday at UMC.
It was a surprisingly full house. I expected that the movie would elicit a strong reaction from me–though I wasn’t sure of what nature. What I wasn’t prepared for was the feel of the crowd.
At first I was so excited to see the [...]

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…the “Business of Being Born” screening this weekend.
2pm on Saturday, DuVal auditorium, University Medical Center.
Here’s a review (thanks, Brett!) which manages to discuss the quality of the movie rather than the pros and cons of homebirth.
I’m looking forward to seeing this–thanks to Melissa for her efforts in bringing the movie to Tucson. It has a [...]

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We don’t want to rely too heavily on links–we want you to find original content here. But there are a few items we want to share today.
It’s probably a little late to buy a Christmas gift from this site, but her jewelry is gorgeous, so we wanted to share. Her earrings and necklaces are [...]

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According to an article in today’s Star, we’ll get the chance to see an advance screening of “The Business of Being Born”, a documentary on birthing in America. January 19th, 2pm, DuVal auditorium at UMC. Definitely looking forward to this. Birthing is such a loaded topic–c-sections, VBACs, choices about induction and pain relief, just for [...]

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