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Being Intentional About Being Intentional

Posted in Assessment, Experience, Kids, Learning, Life, Problem Solving, Teaching, Yoga, tagged , , , , , , , on March 12, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Intentionality. With thought. Deliberate. Designed. Purposeful. Intentionality is on my mind a lot because I think that assessment can be more interesting, engaging, and powerful (for learners and teachers) when it’s less about measurement and accountability and more about supporting authentic learning practices. In this vein, assessment can be an interesting catalyst for reminding us [...]

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With Intention

Posted in Adult Learners, Goals, Higher Education, Yoga, tagged , , , , on March 7, 2010 | 2 Comments »

As some of you who read this blog know, I practice yoga (and have written about my practice here and here). I emphasize the word practice because it’s ongoing, and I don’t think in yoga you’re actually supposed to get to “perfect” (a concept most yogis I know disregard vehemently, for all sorts of good [...]

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Addendum

Posted in Learning, Yoga, tagged , on April 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »

In my last post titled This Is So Not About Yoga, I forgot to add Lesson #5, which I was shockingly reminded of today in my yoga class: 5) ACCEPT IT: Some days I am not as flexible, strong, balanced, or energetic as I am on other days.  On Sunday I felt like could have [...]

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This Is So Not About Yoga

Posted in Learning, Yoga, tagged , on April 28, 2009 | 4 Comments »

I have been learning and practicing yoga for the past four years, which is significant for three reasons: I always swore that I wouldn’t like yoga — too slow, not enough hard-core exercise, and what’s up with those strappy little outfits? Etc. More importantly, I also always swore that I couldn’t do it. Touching my [...]

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