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Why Bother Learning from Our Breath?
By Terese Luikens | Sep 16, 2026 | Knowing What You've Learned
Learning from Our Breath After our weekly yoga class, a friend told me, “You’d make a great yoga teacher.” It only takes a spark to get a fire going, and it only takes a few words to inspire someone. My friend’s words inspired me to pursue becoming a yoga instructor. In 2016, I traveled to…
Read More → Why Bother Learning from Marriage?
By Terese Luikens | Sep 14, 2026 | Knowing What You've Learned
Learning from Marriage Though I’ve learned a lot by being my husband’s wife, I did not want this blog to be solely from the female point of view. So, this morning, I asked my husband to share his perspective on what he’s learned from our marriage so that I could share both perspectives. The first…
Read More → Why Bother Learning From Unforgiveness?
By Terese Luikens | Sep 10, 2026 | Knowing What You've Learned
Learning From Unforgiveness Without feeling the effects of unforgiveness, would we recognize our need to forgive? We can carry unforgiveness and its consequences with us for a long time. The seasoned unforgiveness I’d carried for decades included body tension, distracted mind, and short fuse. Such things were familiar — my accepted norm. I was cut…
Read More → Why Bother Learning From Childhood Trauma?
By Terese Luikens | Sep 8, 2026 | Knowing What You've Learned
Childhood Trauma Childhood trauma is an emotionally painful, frightening, and distressing event. It can be abuse, neglect, severe family dysfunction, or surviving a natural disaster. No matter the circumstance, it leaves its mark on a person. As an adult who survived the childhood trauma of my father’s suicide, I attest to the fact that survivors…
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