Meet the Author
Writer Terese Luikens contributes articles for Mother Earth News, The Secret Place, Decision Magazine, The Upper Room, Hearts at Home, and the Epoch Times and publishes her own blog, Why Bother? A schoolteacher and a yoga instructor, Terese lives in Sandpoint, Idaho, with her husband and enjoys being mother to three grown sons and grandmother to her much-loved grandchildren.
Latest Blog Posts
Why Bother Adopting a Spiritual Parent?
Religious Education My parents introduced me to God in the best way they knew how. Both Mom and Dad were raised Catholics, so of course, they raised their offspring in the same way. Part of the Catholic religion included infant baptism. I have a picture of being held by my Godparents while a gentle stream…
Why Bother With a Tutor?
Educate Me Please I returned to college in my late forties to earn a bachelor’s degree and a public school teaching certification. Of all the required courses, I was most challenged with math. Often, while attempting to read, understand and work my way through equations in a math class, I’d later dissolve into a puddle…
Why Bother to Begin at the Beginning?
Beginners I teach different levels of yoga; from beginners, to advanced. The other day, a man came late to one of my advanced classes. I didn’t have time to ask him about his previous experiences with yoga, but while teaching the class, I noticed the grimaces on his face, his gasps for breath and forcing…