Sherri Koehler (she/her)

PDXyogini@toot.cat

I’m a yoga therapist specializing in aging well and living with chronic health conditions. I am also an expert in mindful fall prevention. I’ve taught adaptive yoga for 20 years. I’m currently on a hiatus from teaching due to disability.I am also a visual artist and art community organizer who lives with multiple chronic health conditions.Yoga Therapist (Certified by the International Association of Yoga Therapists) Integrated Movement Therapist Registered Yoga Teacher (ERYT500) Advaita Death Doula / Bedside YogaMixed-Media Collage Artists Guild Independent Publishing Resource Center Special Agent Collage Collective (Agent 053) PNW Collage Collective

Posts

Post #2097467
It’s an unseasonably sunny, pleasant spring day here in Portland. While I was getting mail from the box a school bus stopped to drop off a handful of older children (a young tween?). One of them ran past me then leapt into the air, literally clicking the heels of their trainers together whilst making an inarticulate sound of freedom and joy. I wished them a very happy Friday. #pdxtst
Post #2097465
I’ve been doing some cleaning and rearranging. For the time being we don’t need two large, cozy crates and 4 additional dog beds scattered around the house for the time being. It helps my grief to have them collapsed and stored out of the way. However, I happened to see the colony of dust jackalopes behind the headboard! They are so far beyond bunny, absolutely have gone cryptid! Yikes, I cannot unsee the Horror! I did not take photos. Instead I slammed a shot of liquid Benadryl (faster acting...
Post #2097464
UGH!!! I&#39;m due to have a treatment for my severely degenerated right knee that is long overdue for a patellar femoral replacement, but &quot;surprise osteoporosis&quot; pushed everything back at least a year. Last year my doctor got this treatment approved for every 3 months instead of 6 months. This was a big improvement since it stops being effective at around 3 months and 2 weeks. Meaning I was extra miserable for 2 months and 2 weeks until I could get treatment again. The...
Post #2097463
New hoodie arrived to cheer my grumpy AF self up! Yes, I will be wearing it to all future healthcare appointments. What makes the hoodie even more wonderful is that the purchase supports the #MakingItAwkward #podcast! I am not sure how I found Jessica Wilson’s podcast that “re-grifts” an assortment of MAHA characters, makes sense of murky nutrition content, throws cold water over the panic around “ultra processed foods”, and speaks truth about the ways marginalized people are either ignored o...
Post #2097461
My curmudgeon level was just lowered after seeing r/birding rallying around a post about someone unexpectedly seeing an usual, injured bird in Times Square NYC to find said bird, a Virginia Rail, because two volunteers from the National Bid Alliance (was Audubon) are actively searching for it to make sure it survives! https://www.reddit.com/r/birding/s/aPMklUyKSU #birding #BirdNerd
Post #2097460
Earlier, as I was finishing my morning ablutions, which is to say I was still in my bathrobe and PJs, someone began persistently knocking on both the front door and the window next to the door! I stalked suspiciously to the door and when I peered out the blinds the knocker, in some branded polo and ball cap (clearly not a neighbor) increased knocking on the effing window. Knocking so much Ursa Minor was making airplane ears and giving the door the stink eye! I made my saving throw versus fury...
Post #2097458
Join me May 16th online for a meetup of the #MixedMediaCollageArtistsGuild where I&#39;ll be sharing a template showing how to make a matchbook accordion book! Don&#39;t be daunted by the tininess! It only looks complicated because it&#39;s been completely collaged! A single staple is the entire binding for the whole book! https://gath.io/nsANFprHzZ6iWCKdrzgyh?e=cm3naw1cfh16fl4nr745xzu8u09khrke *Note: the registration page currently has the event on 5/9, I&#39;ve only recently...
Post #2097454
It was hot and sunny in #PDX today so Ursa wanted to lope back and forth from the kitchen to the deck. I came up from the downstairs and realized it was quite warm and went to get the cat in so I could close the door. No cat. Hmmm. I was just about to deploy the treats when I heard an exhalation from the window box. Inside the hot glass I discovered that basking in the direct sun wasn’t hot enough! Ursa was baking in his dark tent, in the sun, in the west-facing window box. The window box t...
Post #802021
Back in February I asked my hand doc for a referral to get braces for my left hand, which needs surgery, but can&#39;t have it until my bones have more density. Unbraced I keep hurting myself (there&#39;s a bone spur involved in the whole mess). An imperfect brace made of plastic and velcro (yes, different plastic) was made 6 weeks ago. It needed to be remade a bit last week because it&#39;s affected my sensation in my thumb and I really need one made entirely of metal so I can wear...