Posts by Melisa Uchida
SPIRITUAL YOGA: SADHANA FOR MOTHERS OF ALL AGES
THE HEALTHY HUMAN PROJECT The Healthy Human Project is a community, a sisterhood of mothers sharing our experiences of living yoga off the mat. We strive to do no harm, to be truthful, to take only what we need and to take care of the tools we are given, our bodies and minds. We are…
Read MoreTransform Your Health, Transform Your Life: The Healthy Human Project
The amazing thing about when life shatters is that it destroys everything and leaves a blank slate for something new. A part of me died with my husband’s passing. The part of me saw life as one reality, my version of it; the part that judged, criticized, and saw myself as separate; the part that…
Read MoreSay goodbye to New Year resolutions and hello to the Rest of Your Life
I stopped making New Year’s Resolutions about 20 years ago. I got sick of feeling like a failure every February. I would torture myself by setting unrealistic goals and putting lofty expectations on myself. I was trying to change my life by changing unconscious behaviors, rather than changing thoughts and beliefs around those behaviors. For…
Read MoreIs There A Modern Medusa in Your Life?
The Myth of Medusa Medusa is an ancient greek figure, a winged woman with snakes for hair. Myth has it, those who looked directly into Medusa’s eyes, instantly turned to stone. We think of Medusa as evil and ugly. Her hair of angry snakes, hiss and snap at the air as they reach for their…
Read MoreEleven Best Children’s Books for kids in 2023
As an American mom of three ages 6-16, I’m amazed at how much our cultural values have changed just in the past decade. As parents, it’s important to stay abreast of what our kids are absorbing and making sure it’s in line with the values and behaviors you want your children to adopt. While getting…
Read MoreHow to Support Grieving Children
Give the feeling a name. Teach your child the word “grief.” It feels like a broken heart. Let them know this is natural and normal, and it won’t hurt like this forever.
Read MoreParenting in the New Paradigm
Job Description: Committed individual needed to teach and train young people how to be healthy, successful, resilient, joyful adults. Must be able to work with children physically and mentally through the various stages of growth, from infancy through adulthood, possibly beyond.
Read MoreWhat is Hypnotherapy and Can it Work for Me?
It’s just like guided meditation, using voice, pitch, tone and metaphor to relax a person.
Read MoreAre you living life, or is your life living you?
Habits are an effective way of streamlining tasks and using less brain power for the things we need to do daily. The problem is – as we experience life, life also changes us. T
Read MoreGet Healthy in 2023
I know a lot of people who take better care of their cars than their bodies. We take our cars to the mechanic several times a year for tune-ups and oil changes. We give it gas, vacuum and clean it, and when the “serve engine” light goes on, we take it in for service. Our physical bodies give us “service engine” signs all the time.
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