"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....
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Kristi Mae Rodelli
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Musings on life as a Woman, Space holder, Yoga Teacher, and Mother of 2.
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Kristi Mae Rodelli
- Jul 25
- 2 min
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
- Apr 28
- 2 min
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
- Mar 18
- 2 min
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
- Feb 20
- 7 min
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
- Jan 23
- 3 min
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
- Oct 12, 2022
- 3 min
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
- Jun 14, 2022
- 3 min
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
- Nov 28, 2021
- 6 min
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
- Oct 14, 2021
- 4 min
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 12, 2021
- 3 min
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
- Mar 13, 2021
- 5 min
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, 2021
- 5 min
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 7, 2021
- 5 min
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, 2021
- 5 min
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, 2021
- 6 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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