Ideal for pre-nap or pre-bedtime relaxation.' - School Library Journal With the recent push toward mindfulness in schools, this is a helpful tool to extend those soothing practices at home. 'Mayo’s lush, colorful illustrations are striking and lend a dreamlike quality to the work. She especially loves working with color and pattern, and is inspired by fairy tales, her children and the flora and fauna found in her garden and beyond. Diana paints with acrylics, and more recently collage is finding itself part of her art. She gained a Ba(Hons) at Kingston University, and has since illustrated many children’s books as well as adult fiction, editorials, gallery shows and design projects. Learn more at .ĭiana Mayo is a successful, freelance illustrator working in Chelmsford, just outside London. She was a contributing writer for Elephant Journal and has been featured in the Chicago Tribute, Well and Good NYC, MindBodyGreen, Yoga Journal, Working Mother, and Greenwich and Westport magazines. She is a pioneer of kids’ yoga in Westchester and Fairfield Counties who created the area’s firstever Kids Yoga Teacher Training, which she continues to offer in several studios. Franklin County sheriff's investigators sent a sample of Medrano's blood to the crime lab as part of their rape investigation.Ĭourt records show the DNA profile of Medrano's blood sample matched that of blood collected nine years ago from the driveway and sliding door at the Harm family home.A social worker turned yoga instructor, Laurie Jordan prides herself on using her unique expertise to provide insight and special solutions to her students. The case broke wide open after Medrano was arrested for rape last summer. The case was never officially closed, and solid police work and recent advances in DNA technology finally cracked the case, said Kennewick Police Chief Marc Harden. He is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow. He was already in the Franklin County Jail, awaiting sentencing for a rape conviction.Ĭourt records say Medrano admitted in a Thursday interview that he had stabbed the teenager. Jose Rodriguez Medrano, 27, was charged Friday with first-degree murder. 'When they told me, I felt joy and sorrow at the same time,' said Linda Harm, whose daughter, Laurie Jean Harm, 16, died nine years ago.

KENNEWICK - A Pasco man has been charged in the 1989 slaying of a Kennewick girl who was stabbed to death in her home.

Yawning Yoga by Laurie Jordan