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Vimala McClure, American Writer. Recipient 1st prize art category Ozarks Quilt Show, 1992, 94, 1st prize art category Western Heritage Center for the Arts Textile Art Show, 1993; named Best of Show, National Quilting Chapter Show, 1994.
Background
McClure, Vimala was born on June 7, 1952 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of Peter Edwin Miller and Dorothy Jane (Thurman) Prather.
Career
Textile artist, since 1988.
Achievements
Vimala McClure has been listed as a notable Writer by Marquis Who's Who.
Works
Membership
Founding member Cesarean Birth Education Group, Boulder, Colorado, 1976-1978. Co-owner, managing editor Nucleus Publications, Willow Springs, Missouri, since 1987. Member Progressive Women's Spiritual Association, American Quilters Society, National Quilting Association (Best of Show award 1994), Renaissance Artists and Writers Association, International Association of Infant Massage Instructors (advisory board since 1987, founder, president, head trainer 1976-1986).
Connections
Married Ronald Daughter of Schneider, June 20, 1970 (divorced 1988). Children: Narayana, Sadhana. Married Michael B. McClure, August 1
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In 1973, I was 21 years old. I had been practicing yoga and meditation for a few years, and I wanted to be a yoga instructor. The only way to do that, at the time, was to travel to a training center in Northwest India. The training center was also an orphanage; I was expected to work in the orphanage by day, and a yoga monk would come in at night to train us.
During the time I was there, I made a discovery that was to substantially redirect my life. I loved the children, who always came rushing to me, wanting to hug me, to sit on my lap, and for me to sing with them. I noticed that all the children I saw, both in and out of the orphanage, were delightful. They were open and relaxed and always smiling. In spite of their extreme poverty, they were happy. They had a relaxed way of being in the world, and I often saw both boys and girls walking around with a baby on their hip.
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