Yoga Tales from Rural Maine: Sweet dreams

One hour from now, some of the kids who are living at Acadia Hospital in Bangor (ages 4-12) will have their very first bedtime Yoga with Naomi. There will be sleep magic (pixie dust and lavender spray); there will be stickers and singing and stuffed animals to love and snuggle; there will be yoga mats and yoga blankets and snow globes that sparkle and settle down as you watch them in stillness; there will be coloring and movement and someone who smiles at you no matter what, sincerely, with lovingkindness and enormous patience and joy to be in your presence. And every child will get their very own hand-made-with-love lavender-scented eye pillow to keep. These are the last of the 50+ eye pillows that Jill Chouinard and Roxanne Jobe and @Martha made for my kids. The crayons were a gift from a friend. The story I will read them was a gift from Linda Sharkey. The mats and blankets are made possible by the hard philanthropic work of Nichole Wright. And she hand-made our sparkly meditation snow globes. There are legions of strangers sending love to these children through me. I am just the vessel. And I thank you, all of you, who wish us well each week and allow me to transport your lovingkindness to these children (who need you). This yoga work is haaaaaard. And I couldn't do it without you. Namaste. And sweet dreams!!