“What is that word you just said?” The yoga teacher said, “Namaste.” “How do you spell that?” he asked. She spelled it for him. “What does it mean? “It means the light in me sees and recognizes, the light in you.” “That one word means all that?” “Yep,” she said. I would have given the … Continue reading Everyday Namaste
Author: Kath Thompson
Writer, yoga teacher, lover of sunny days, long walks, good coffee, and stimulating conversations.
Survival Concerns
I started this day reading Oliver Sack's moving piece about his terminal cancer diagnosis. This part: "Over the last few days, I have been able to see my life as from a great altitude, as a sort of landscape, and with a deepening sense of the connection of all its parts. This does not mean … Continue reading Survival Concerns
On Giving Up Fear For Lent
Today I went and got ashes. I looked Rowena in the eye as she made the smudgy sign of the cross on my forehead, saying , "From dust you came and from dust you shall return." I am not a Christian. I lost faith in all that a long time ago, but I must confess I … Continue reading On Giving Up Fear For Lent
17 Things I Need To Be Happy
Today I hate winter. Wallace Stevens has this poem called The Snowman that starts with, "One must have a mind of winter..." And that line invaded my consciousness as I stared at the kitchen thermometer that read minus something. (As soon as there is a minus sign, all possibility for happiness is gone, so it doesn't … Continue reading 17 Things I Need To Be Happy
We are what we love.
We are what we love. It’s as simple as that. If we do the things we love, we show our real selves to the world. If we show our real selves to the world, that will give us the best shot at living a happy life. So try it. Start making a list of all … Continue reading We are what we love.
The Unlived Dream
Everyone has an unlived dream inside them. Everyone. I have never met a single person who did not have an unlived dream. Most people spend the majority of their time trying to distract themselves from their unlived dream because they believe that they can't live it, and that thought gives them a lot of pain … Continue reading The Unlived Dream
Winterlude
In the week between Christmas and New Years I rented a little apartment in Ithaca, NY. I needed a getaway: from Christmas, from busyness, from tired. I needed a retreat. But instead of booking myself into a fancy place like Kripalu, I tried a “self-guided” retreat this time, in a nearby city where I know … Continue reading Winterlude
The Life-Changing Magic of Everything
I bought this book because of the title. I am a sucker for life-changing magic of any kind. (Tidying up is the least of it.) How about instead of “Tidying up” we go with “The Life-Changing Magic of: Getting Your Work Done Overcoming Obstacles Walking the Edges Weaving a Latticework of Community Hacking the Follow-Through … Continue reading The Life-Changing Magic of Everything
NaNoWriMo Post Mortem
When I set out on this sea of words this month I had some goals. I was going to use the game of NaNoWriMo to get some long-delayed writing projects off the tarmac and into the air. Here’s what I wanted to do: 1. Write the book about “Projects” that has been rattling around in … Continue reading NaNoWriMo Post Mortem
I Couldn’t Burn My Journals
People tell me I help them. I like to hear that, of course, but the truth is, the people who say that to me (my yoga students, and more recently my Health Coaching clients) often help me ten times more that I help them. I am not being humble here. It's just a fact. Here's … Continue reading I Couldn’t Burn My Journals
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