MaryAnn Reynolds
Category Archives: spirit
Toxic stress, school discipline, and unconditional love
Lincoln High School in Walla Walla, WA, tries new approach to school discipline — suspensions drop 85% « ACEs Too High. Thank you, Katie Raver, for sending me this blog post about a principal at a high school for troubled … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, brain, compassion, inspiration, love, science
Tagged ACE score, Katie Raver, resilience, school discipline, toxic stress, trauma recovery, troubled kids
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When the teacher is the teaching: Tom Best.
You modeled love, love, love. Mahalo for showing what’s possible. Continue reading
Posted in breakthrough, compassion, connecting, gratitude, happiness, heart, inspiration, joy, love, NLP, photos, quotes, spirit, story, wisdom
Tagged attention, eNLP, evolutionary NLP, Huna, intent, intention, love, nagual, NLP, realization, spiritual teacher, teaching, Tom Best, tonal, training, wisdom
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“It’s the sitting, stupid.”
Stand Up for Fitness – NYTimes.com. Exercise only slightly lessened the health risks of sitting. People in the study who exercised for seven hours or more a week but spent at least seven hours a day in front of the … Continue reading
The rainbow-bridge, huayruro seeds, the long body, and the nagual: a tribute to Tom Best
We recipients now connect to each other on this planet, through him, the healed and the in-need-of-healing, the beautiful and devastated (because don’t we all–and this planet–have potential for both, and isn’t such a state always fluid?), and this bridge lives on even though he has transcended his earthly life, continuing its transformation in us. Continue reading
Posted in story, photos, books, compassion, breakthrough, NLP, heart, spirit, connecting, inspiration, love, wisdom, gratitude, images, quotes, happiness, joy
Tagged NLP, Facebook, E.J. Gold, huayruro seeds, Tom Best, rainbow bridge, nagual, Erich Wolf, Istok Pavlovic, Nikola Jovanovic, The Grace of Tom Best, The American Book of the Dead, Bobbi Best, Catharine Stuart Lord, Luzia Helena Wittman, Dakota, master practitioner
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Spartan Carousel for sale (and it’s not mine)
A reader just sent me a link to another Carousel that’s for sale. These don’t come on the market often. I still don’t know how many were actually made (and how many are still around). Judging by the serial number, … Continue reading
Meeting Tom Best, who became my teacher
I felt seen. I felt engaged. I felt cared for. Wow, all that in just a few seconds! Continue reading
Posted in brain, breakthrough, compassion, connecting, gratitude, happiness, inspiration, joy, love, NLP, story, wisdom
Tagged Arizona, Katie Raver, Linaka Hana, Linda Moore, NLP, Norm Sternfeld, Prescott, presence, Tom Best
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The starfish story: making a difference
How often do we look at some problem and feel paralyzed because it seems overwhelming? Continue reading
Posted in books, compassion, connecting, dance, inspiration, love, story, wisdom
Tagged Loren Eiseley, making a difference, starfish, The Star Thrower
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How do you soothe yourself? Here are some of my favorite ways.
If you have any favorites not listed here, I welcome you sharing! Continue reading
Posted in breathing, compassion, dance, food, inspiration, sex, video, yoga
Tagged flowers, petrichor, self-soothing, senses, Souvenir de la Malmaisson, touch
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The universal language of babies
I find it amazing that this has been right under our noses for millennia, and only now can it be discovered, tested, and widely taught. Continue reading
Posted in breakthrough, compassion, inspiration, love, wisdom
Tagged Dunstan Baby Language, Oprah, Priscilla Dunstan
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