By Anne Adametz

Read my first time article published in Yoga Chicago here.

The months leading up to Vipassana were filled with a longing for peace, dreading the sit and in awe of the opportunity.  After my first successful, yet grueling Vipassana 10-day, 100 hours of meditation, complete silence, no talking, no reading, no writing, no phone retreat.  The last time I went there weren’t even smart phones.  Last time, I didn’t have an 8 year old son. All in all, this time I was somewhat prepared for the agony of the body and the taming of the

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At the onset of SMALL symptoms:  tickle, achey, fatigue, congestion, sneezing… respond like a BOSS holistic practitioner:

1. Rest. Sleep. A LOT.  The time to phone in or cancel a night out is when you’re fatigued, a tickle, or just like an old HR BOSS of mine who used to call in to work with general malaise (an actual coding for the diagnosis: unwell).    Think of resting on the onset, like
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   ]]> https://anneadametz.com/co-creating-beauty-with-stori-ann-co/ Tue, 02 May 2017 15:57:31 +0000 https://anneadametz.com/?p=1806 Stori Anne & Co
   & Anne:

   

   “We spend so much time dressing the body,
   yoga and acupuncture are like dressing the mind.”

   I love the bright and shining stars of the Stoughton boutique, Stori Anne & Co, Jenna Pechmann (right), and Nikki Rostowtski (center). For the past few years we have enjoyed each other’s care, referred clients, and generally gushed over our mutual love of feeling and looking vibrant.

   In the spirit of co-creating I wondered how we connect and bring awareness to each other’s small business, love of family and community?  I jumped at the chance to interview them and share what

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   ]]> https://anneadametz.com/meditation-the-un-thinking/ Tue, 06 Dec 2016 18:44:16 +0000 https://anneadametz.com/?p=1731 What is Meditation? When I first heard of meditation I already had lost, I thought it was what somebody did when they floated in ecstasy, problemless. It sounded awesome, but then I closed my eyes and failed.

   Instead, I was in corporate America, going through inner turmoil, depression, a problem with my boss, confusion about my purpose and I was genuinely lost and closing my eyes wasn’t making me perfect.

   The truth is, I found, after researching the method, is that meditation is just a practice of a “single-pointed focus.” You start where you are. In fact, it’s just a practice of

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   ]]> https://anneadametz.com/when-they-ask-about-santa-claus/ Mon, 21 Dec 2015 20:10:06 +0000 https://anneadametz.com/?p=1252 5 Steps to Answer
   When Your Child Asks
   Is there Really a Santa Claus?

   

   At age 7, living on the farm, my father and I were cleaning hog pens, when I worked up the nerve to ask him, “Is there really a Santa Clause?” He leaned in and with a serious question to answer a question, he said,

   “Well, what do you think,
   the whole world is just sh*#!ing each other?”

   That’s probably what launched me into a lifetime of wondering why we do what we do.

   The struggle is real.  Last week, a close friend confided that she was terrified

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   ]]> https://anneadametz.com/the-reckoning/ Tue, 02 Dec 2014 16:25:24 +0000 https://anneadametz.com/the-reckoning/ The Reckoning

   In America, we don’t handle the end of life very well.  But people across the country are working to change that, by talking openly about end of life fears and hopes.  For the next 5 weeks, To the Best of Our Knowledge will host a national conversation on death and dying.  It begins today with a discussion.

   ]]> https://anneadametz.com/i-dont-think-ill-wait-until/ Thu, 20 Nov 2014 04:18:00 +0000 https://anneadametz.com/i-dont-think-ill-wait-until/ I’m totally wiped out to take care of myself anymore.
   I’ve learned over the years, to call in sick when I first feel unwell, instead of
   when I’m a shivering heap.
   This past week, my son didn’t feel too well, he didn’t have a fever, but he had a cough, and I kept him home, away from the stress of school, where I could run the aromatherapy diffuser, and give him some TLC. The next day he was back to good, full life-points.
   This:
   
   plus some rest, hugs and this:
   
   Restores

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   ]]> https://anneadametz.com/give-up-guilt/ Mon, 17 Nov 2014 02:31:47 +0000 https://anneadametz.com/give-up-guilt/

   “What is the purpose of Guilt?
   I’m asking a VERY guilty client sitting in front of me.
   She has a case of MOM guilt, maybe the worst type, and this time
   I feel for her because her situation is overwhelming.

   Her daughter is in jail, she had to call the police because her drug-addicted daughter tried to hurt a member of their family. She can’t let go, she feels she musn’t.

   I validate her. This is a situation no parent wants to find themselves in.
   It’s tremendously painful, and I’m glad she came to find peace.

   I offer the question, What is the purpose of guilt?

   “I

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   ]]> https://anneadametz.com/believe-it/ Mon, 17 Nov 2014 02:29:00 +0000 https://anneadametz.com/believe-it/

   Believe it.

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   There is an old yogi tale…that of a yogi who was walking on The Path.
   He hears a cry, “Help ME!” and leaves the path, to find a man, completely

   Entangled in a a rosebush.  Thorns around arms, completely entangled and wailing,

   “Help me I cannot take this anymore!”

   The yogi offers, “I may help you, if you do everything I say.”

   The man assures, “I’ll do anything, I’ve been here for years! Help!”

   The yogi instructs, “Take your left arm to your side…” and the man pulls his arm free, “Now the right arm out, and the man pulls his

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