Today I spent a lot of time on the phone with a yoga teacher, trying to hash out an accurate description of the class she will teach on Wednesdays in March at MSY. It was an exciting creative process that I was even aware of as it was happening and I actually pulled out of … Continue reading Building an amplified community
Grappling
Today did not go AT ALL the way I thought it would. I walked into the gym expecting an hour of sit-ups, pull-ups, squats and other torture at the hands of my handsome and wise trainer, but instead found myself in deep dialogue. Today we worked out together. Today's workout was to understand and articulate. … Continue reading Grappling
Yoga Gives High Return on Investment
Tonight I asked my class what their incentive for coming was. (Because, people, it is freaking freezing out.) So I asked them: why do you come out in the cold, knowing you are going to be beaten, and broken, and boiled alive as the postures slowly ratchet up, and up, and up until you are … Continue reading Yoga Gives High Return on Investment
Sunday stuff
I think even in Lent, you get Sundays off, don't you? I am sitting here watching the Oscars. I haven't seen many of the films, but I am really liking the spectacle of Awards this year, and Neil Patrick Harris is adorable. C'mon, Lady Gaga covering Julie Andrews? How amazing was she? And then Julie … Continue reading Sunday stuff
Nothing to do, nowhere to go.
I woke up this morning and looked at my calendar on my phone and there was nothing there. No commitments, no place I had to be, or go. Same thing tomorrow. 2 days in a row of blessed nothing. So I stayed in my pajamas. I ate cinnamon toast, 2 cups of Ethiopean Yurgacheffe, a … Continue reading Nothing to do, nowhere to go.
Everyday Namaste
“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
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.
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