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Relaxation

by Sheila Collins | May 30, 2024 | Art & Life, Celebrations, Dances, Environment, Family, Health and Wellness, Our Children, Personal Stories, Self-Care

Relaxation is one of the elements of physical fitness. Along with flexibility, stamina, strength, endurance, and cardio, relaxation is the fifth and most important and least recognized element. Tense muscles can’t strengthen, and endurance and strength both rely on...

Art of Grieving Lessons from the Eclipse

by Sheila Collins | Apr 11, 2024 | Celebrations, Community, Environment, Gatherings, History, Past Events, Personal Stories

My husband and I are on the shores of Lake Conneaut, the largest natural lake in the state of Pennsylvania. We’re meeting for the first-time, relatives and friends of our Pittsburgh neighbors who share a century old summer cottage on the lake. We’ve driven several...

The Art of Dancing at a Memorial

by Sheila Collins | Mar 21, 2024 | Celebrations, Community, Dances, Environment, Noteworthy men

My husband and I couldn’t afford the time to drive to Raleigh NC to attend a memorial celebration for a long time InterPlay friend, so we flew on the new Breeze airline. It definitely lived up to its name. The short trip had us relaxed and rested to participate in...

The Creative Process and What Keeps Us Going On

by Sheila Collins | Mar 7, 2024 | Celebrations, Duality, Environment, Health and Wellness, History, ReImagine, Science, Technology and the Environment, the Big Body, Uncategorized, Women, Girls & the Feminine

“When can I get an actual book?” my friends ask me, and it reminds me again of how long creative projects take. The ideas and inspiration can take seconds but the implementation–years. In fact, lots of things take longer than we can ever imagine, especially if...

The Art of Dancing on Behalf of Peace Part 2

by Sheila Collins | Feb 29, 2024 | Celebrations, Dances, Duality, Environment, Family, Gatherings, Grieving, Health and Wellness, Self-Care, social justice, Songs, The Art of Grieving

“What is she doing? My 3-year-old grandson William’s voice echoed throughout the large meeting space at my 31-year-old son Kenneth’s memorial service. Hearing that voice, and the question that I imaged many other people were asking themselves, I stopped what I was...

Family Reunion

by Sheila Collins | Jan 4, 2024 | Celebrations, Environment, Family, Gatherings, Health and Wellness, History, Our Children, Personal Stories, Play, Resilience, Rituals

The sign that greeted visitors to the house we’d rented for our family reunion in Palm Springs read, “Welcome to Paradise.” As family members arrived by plane or auto or rental car on the various days of the 9-day holiday, the sign reinforces the notion that we were...

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Relaxation

Art of Grieving Lessons from the Eclipse

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The Creative Process and What Keeps Us Going On

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