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What are Babies For?

By Samantha Wilde | May 28, 2021

When I received the news thirteen weeks into a pregnancy that the baby I carried had Trisomy 18, the most common of the rare chromosomal abnormalities, and the one dubbed “incompatible with life,” I had to figure out what to do. But this was much more than a logistical problem. It was, in fact, a…

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Yoga is Not Porn

By Samantha Wilde | Apr 13, 2021

On an exploration into the world of TikTok, a place my children and others hip to the modern ways, recommended I take a trip, I discovered something I’ve seen before—but never so much of. I was looking at yoga posts. Because I am a yoga teacher. And that’s what’s interesting to me. But I was…

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The Invitation is Real

By Samantha Wilde | Mar 18, 2021

Okay, here’s the problem with celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King. We forget the Reverend. Why does that matter? In our secular society, us lovely social justice advocates inspired by him to do truly good work in the world, we don’t need to know his theological foundation, do we? It is enough that we call him…

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Not Always A Good Idea to Fall In Egg Yolks

By Samantha Wilde | Mar 8, 2021

Before a yoga class that I hold in my home, I filled an egg carton with a dozen eggs from our chickens. I had a student who buys the eggs so I took the dozen eggs and put them on a wooden bench in our foyer. Then I cleaned the bathroom while the little children…

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