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"Live Life"
As I flicked through the notes on my phone for writing Inspiration I came across these words sitting starkly on the top of an empty page....
Kristi Mae Rodelli
Sep 18, 20231 min read
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Fragments
23/07/2023 I sit down at the kitchen table with a desire to write, not knowing where to start. My body foggy from the remnants of a...
Kristi Mae Rodelli
Jul 25, 20232 min read
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Proud of.
I arrived at 8.15 last night and flopped down in my bed. It dawned on me that other than driving and perching on the side of a grubby...
Kristi Mae Rodelli
Apr 28, 20232 min read
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Patience is a Virtue
When I first started studying and assisting Yoga Teacher Trainings I searched for the breakdown, the breakthrough, the thing that was...
Kristi Mae Rodelli
Mar 18, 20232 min read
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Ritual, Reflections and Being Relatable
I have thought about how I can be more relatable. The last thing I want to do is to come across as smug, like I have it all together. My...
Kristi Mae Rodelli
Feb 20, 20237 min read
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Ritual
I have craved to have a morning ritual for the longest time, and since becoming a mother I have had many excuses getting in the way of it...
Kristi Mae Rodelli
Jan 23, 20233 min read
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Pinpricks of Awareness
I remember when I first stepped back into teaching Yoga after birthing Anna. I felt far removed from where I had been previously in my...
Kristi Mae Rodelli
Oct 12, 20223 min read
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On Being Enough.
Somewhere in the middle of 2003, after having lived my first working year in Hong Kong, I did a 10 day silent Vipassana meditation...
Kristi Mae Rodelli
Jun 14, 20223 min read
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Navigating Motherhood
When you stepped towards motherhood, did anyone talk to you about your expectations of what motherhood would look like, your values, or...
Kristi Mae Rodelli
Nov 28, 20216 min read
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Redefining Strength
One and a half months shy of turning six years old, my brother was born. I’ll never forget the moment. My Auntie stepped out of the...
Kristi Mae Rodelli
Oct 14, 20214 min read
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Knowing - That Full Body YES.
You know that feeling you get? A whole body, mind, spirit knowing? A decisive moment where you listen to that calling without a second...
Kristi Mae Rodelli
Oct 12, 20213 min read
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2 Birth Stories (Part 2)
Giorgia 03/04/2021 I woke up around 6am feeling gentle contractions. I felt super relaxed. It was my due date, and given Anna was 12...
Kristi Mae Rodelli
Mar 13, 20215 min read
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2 Birth Stories (Part 1)
Anna 29/07/2017 I woke early to light contractions, 12 days after the due date. It was about 5am on Saturday morning and the sky was a...
Kristi Mae Rodelli
Mar 13, 20215 min read
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Chronicles Of A New Mamma Part 4
March 19th, 2018 “MOM, One who sacrifices her body, sleep, social life, spending money, eating hot meals, peeing alone, patience, energy...
Kristi Mae Rodelli
Mar 7, 20215 min read
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Chronicles Of A New Mamma Part Three Hundred And Three
October 2nd - 2018 “The quickest way for a parent to get a child’s attention is to sit down and look comfortable.” - Lane Olinghouse I...
Kristi Mae Rodelli
Mar 7, 20215 min read
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Chronicles Of A New Mamma Part 3
March 29th, 2018 “It’s not easy being a mother. If it was easy, fathers would do it.” -The Golden Girls Gosh, it has almost been four...
Kristi Mae Rodelli
Mar 7, 20216 min read
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Chronicles Of A New Mamma Part 2
November 21st, 2017 “The moment a child is born, a mother is born also.” - Rajneesh Exactly three months and twenty-four days later we...
Kristi Mae Rodelli
Mar 7, 20214 min read
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Chronicles Of A New Mamma
September 26th, 2017 I’m currently sitting at home with my baby girl attached to my boob. She has an incredibly healthy appetite (like...
Kristi Mae Rodelli
Mar 7, 20213 min read
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Deconstruction
April 17th, 2017 I never considered myself a maternal person. In fact I said for most of my life that I wouldn't have children. When my...
Kristi Mae Rodelli
Mar 7, 20213 min read
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