As Mother’s Day is today, our hearts turn tenderly toward the women who have shaped our lives with love, strength, and unwavering support. But this special day isn’t just about celebrating the woman who gave us life — it’s about recognizing the many forms that motherhood can take.
Motherhood is not defined by biology alone. Sometimes, it looks like a teacher who believed in us before we believed in ourselves. Sometimes, it’s a mentor who saw potential where we only saw fear. It could be a friend’s mom who welcomed us in like one of her own, or a neighbor who offered kindness and wisdom in moments we didn’t even know we needed it. These women — in their quiet strength and loud laughter, in their comforting words and fierce protection — have mothered us, too.
Each one serves a sacred purpose: to nurture, encourage, uplift, and love. They are the soft place to land and the steady hand that guides. Their presence teaches us not only how to receive love, but how to give it in return — generously, gently, and without condition.
And so, on this Mother’s Day, let us celebrate all the women who have lit our paths. Let us honor the birth mothers, the chosen mothers, the aunties, grandmothers, sisters, mentors, and soul-friends. Let us lift up the women who bring joy and celebration into our lives — the ones who add ritual and rhythm to our days, who turn ordinary moments into something sacred.
More than anything, let us remember that we all have the capacity to mother — to be a source of light and love in someone else’s story. When we support one another, when we encourage and show up with compassion and care, we embody the very best of what motherhood means.
This weekend, take a moment to reach out to a woman who’s made a difference in your life. Celebrate her. Thank her. Let her know that her love mattered — and still does.
I want to send a special shout out to my mom, Ellie Mae, who has been an incredible example of how I want to show up as a woman and mother through her unconditional love, incredible listening, consistent support, valuable life wisdom and reliable presence in my life. And, to the countless women who have appeared in the form of grandmas, aunts, mother-in-laws, sister-in-laws, daughters, friends, neighbors and strangers who have elevated my world, you are seen and honored. Happy Mother’s Day!
by Kim Goyette
This week’s 23-minute Hatha Yoga Class, Yoga for Cultivating Love, is all about recognizing the people you surround yourself with and acknowledging if they fill your cup with love. Through heart and hip opener postures like a dolphin and low lunge, we will magnetize the highest vibrational energy of love into our being. Yoga with Meditation Mutha is for everyBODY. Please join me in this opportunity to intentionally cultivate love in your life. Enjoy!
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