nature Archives - Yoga by Fran Gallo https://frangallo.com/category/nature/ Yoga by Fran Gallo Sun, 28 Sep 2025 04:04:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/frangallo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-making-vector-wip-favi.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 nature Archives - Yoga by Fran Gallo https://frangallo.com/category/nature/ 32 32 56610905 Sisters https://frangallo.com/sisters/ https://frangallo.com/sisters/#comments Sun, 28 Sep 2025 02:57:38 +0000 https://frangallo.com/?p=21768 Sisters! My maternal grandmother was one of five daughters (plus she had brothers). My mother was one of five daughters (plus she had brothers). I am one of five daughters (minus any living brothers). And so it goes.  I have two remaining sisters: Nora Brown, née Onofria Brunogallo, and Zina Brechbill, née Vincenza Brunogallo. Nora [...]

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]]> https://frangallo.com/sisters/feed/ 19 21768 Stehekin Stillness https://frangallo.com/stehekin-stillness/ https://frangallo.com/stehekin-stillness/#comments Sat, 27 Sep 2025 03:58:59 +0000 https://frangallo.com/?p=21744 I am in Stehekin, Washington this very moment. Outside this cabin, a barred owl calls out to us, breaking the stillness of the night. And, yes, I have WiFi and so I can blog! I've been coming to Stehekin annually since 2003 with Leslie and Rick.  Well, there were three years when we did not [...]

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]]> https://frangallo.com/stehekin-stillness/feed/ 17 21744 For The Love Of Trees https://frangallo.com/for-the-love-of-trees/ https://frangallo.com/for-the-love-of-trees/#comments Sat, 15 Feb 2025 00:58:40 +0000 https://frangallo.com/?p=21683 Happy Valentine's Day! Last week, the 100+ year old maple tree in front of my yoga studio was cut down and removed. The tree was healthy, perhaps too healthy for its own good. Its ever growing roots had lifted the sidewalk.  I witnessed a young man trip and fall on the lifted-by-roots uneven pavement. I [...]

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]]> https://frangallo.com/for-the-love-of-trees/feed/ 5 21683 21 Days to Kalm: Day 4 https://frangallo.com/21-days-to-kalm-day-4/ https://frangallo.com/21-days-to-kalm-day-4/#comments Sun, 20 Oct 2024 01:50:22 +0000 https://frangallo.com/?p=21536 Today is Day 4 of 21 Days to Kalm.  Our theme for the day is Focus. Here is your 16-minute guided meditation for today. Yes, it's a little longer than the previous ones. Try this meditation lying on your back with your legs over a bolster (if you have one) or you may put your [...]

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]]> https://frangallo.com/21-days-to-kalm-day-4/feed/ 2 21536 Birds and Valentine’s Day https://frangallo.com/birds-and-valentines-day/ https://frangallo.com/birds-and-valentines-day/#comments Mon, 12 Feb 2024 02:32:38 +0000 https://frangallo.com/?p=21390 Hello, I am back from two fabulous weeks in Costa Rica.  And am now organizing and planning for the week ahead. Included in this blog are bird photos taken by Rick, by our birding guide Dylan, and by me. There's also some information about a Valentine's Day Workshop I am offering on Tuesday, February 13. [...]

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