Sliding Into Home part 1

The first 3 chapters mostly just give some background knowledge and content about the author, Kendra Wilkinson-Baskett, to lay foundation to the rest of the book.
Chapter 1- A Tale of Two Kendras is a flashback to her first night at the Playboy Mansion as a painted lady, cocktail server, Hugh Hefners 78th birthday, the night where he asked her to be his girlfriend and she said yes changing her whole life.
Chapter 2- No Room For Daddy goes back to when she was 3 years old. This chapter begins the speed of the book, highlighting her past, her childhood and adolences, all the events that led her to that life changing birthday party. To begin she goes in detail discussing the abandonment of her father and the strain it caused her family. Noteable events include her divorced maternal grandparents moving from New Jersey to San Diago to help her mother raise her and her brother. Also a moment of meditation occured when her father left them for good when she was about 5, and her mother took the kids out to bay where Kendra found herself surrounded by ladybugs and got so lost in their wonder that she forgot about her pain. It was also through her elementray years that she discovered her love of sports, specifically soccer and softball. It was also at age 7 that her rebellian began to surface when her babysitter informed her and her friend about sex and later the two girls were caught trying to imulate what they heard in Kendras closet.
Chapter 3- A Friend In Need, this chapter covers her last years of elementary school and her transition to middle school. This chapter mostly covers her struggle to fit in and feel accepted and her openess to befriend anyone. Such friends included elderly individuals in her community, a little boy with cancer (that sadly passed away when she was 8). And a little black girl, which taught her a valued lesson in life when Kendra discovered that there were no black Barbie dolls for her to give her friend during her birthday. She also learned to love others and how imprtant it is to not harm anyone physically or emotionally for she herself was often the victim of bully attacks. The end of the chapter she leaves elementary school and sets up the following chapter with her journey to middle school.

Thank you: forgive and forget

Someone recently made a very good point that I felt inspired to share with all of you:
We are taught to forgive and forget, most already know that the forgetting and letting go is hard, and that forgiving is a challenge, but more or less easy. What we do not often think about though is the most challenging act of all is thankfulness. To really accept all the 'bad' or 'negative' events in your life and in the world and to realize that it is good and necessary and to truely be greatful for all events, 'good' or 'bad'.

New Month - November Summary

'Flicking on the Light' - I discuss the ilumination that is yoga.
'Do You Know?'- Do you know that you are a gift?
'Shavasana'- Rolf Gates insights on the end of moments and how to endure loss.
'Yoga Limbs Breakdown'- Discussing the physicial and metaphysical differences between the first 4 and the last 4 limbs.
'Join Stephanie's Yoga Book Club'- A little plug about my new blog.
'MirrorMirror'- A beautifully inspiring quote from an adorable children's film.
'Principle 15'- still plugging away at breaking down Jack Kornfield's psychology of yoga.
'Yoga is not Serious'- A link to one of my Youtube Vlog posts.
'Almost Thanksgiving'- A request to hear you share what you are thankful for.
'We Are What We Think'- A quote by Sathya Sai Baba, insights on the power we have to create our lives.
'Happy Thanksgiving'- I shared my Thanksgiving prayer.

Welp that November, stayed tuned for the end of the year, Dec 2012 =)

Namaste,
Stephanie

Book Club Update

Welp I have the page made, still working on some kinks, my internet is really slow, might have a bug.. but anywho not sure how my page looks from your view if it shows my other blog or not, so just incase you can find it here: stephaniesyogabookclub.blogspot.com

Update

Been in a teacher training session all weekend and been working hard, tomm I will get everything caught up with the end of the month summary and share with you all my book club page and a new youtube video...so check it out =)

Also please either here, on youtube, or facebook, leave me comments positive or negative, leave me messages on facebook or via my email, I would love to get more connected with all of you.

Thank you so much for the love and support. You all are amazing and you are the inspiration behind my life and what I do. =)

Much love,
Stephanie <3

Dear Anonymous

That you for the comment, and you CAN achieve that through yoga, so where ever you are I suggest you do sign up =)