Today it snowed. Two inches of heavy wet snow on this astronomical “first day of spring.” I got up, made coffee and raisin toast, filled the bird feeders, then headed up to my cozy lair, turned on the space heater and settled in for a long write. Yesterday a book I had ordered called, To … Continue reading The First Day of Spring
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What I Don’t Love About Yoga
I don’t love all the emphasis on postures and doing postures perfectly. I don’t love the obsession with achieving the “aesthetic” goals of yoga: The high arching backbends, the Yoga-Journal-perfect expression of Side Crow. I realize there are also functional goals in yoga, like being able to balance, or getting stronger or more flexible, but … Continue reading What I Don’t Love About Yoga
The Art of the Conversation
Today I spent a bunch of hours talking to one of the best conversationalists I know, Tim Schlitzer. I am actually really lucky because I know so many people who have taken the dialogue to an art form. Zee Zahava is a pure master and a virtuoso, as is Anthony David Adams. Here is what … Continue reading The Art of the Conversation
Becoming Unglued
When people ask me what I do, I don’t always like to say I am a yoga teacher. I never know how “yoga teacher” is going to land for people, or what they picture yoga teachers look like, or what they do. Sometimes I try to describe what I do without saying the word “yoga.” … Continue reading Becoming Unglued
My Ideal Reader
My ideal reader wants to learn about how other people manage to live meaningful lives in the world, and also find time for introspection and solitude. My ideal reader can sustain periods of introspection without going bonkers. My ideal reader needs more time to read and think and be in nature. My ideal reader wants … Continue reading My Ideal Reader
Pathagon
Yesterday I bought a new game for us at the kid toy store. It’s called Pathagon, (which I keep calling “Pathogen.”) It is a strategy game in which you try to build a path from one end of the board to the other as your opponent tries to block you. It’s not as complicated as … Continue reading Pathagon
Blogging to Failure
G is coming home tonight. They dropped the last 2 games. The night before the games she said on the phone, “We need to split.” Then they didn’t. They lost both. (I don’t know what “need” means in this context.) It doesn’t matter. What I want to tell her is that I am envious of … Continue reading Blogging to Failure
I Do Not Love Writing
I do not love writing. I love having written. Writing is something I resist with every molecule of my being. And because I resist it so fiercely, I know this is what I need to do. Because one of the things I really believe is that my resistance to writing represents my fear. My fear … Continue reading I Do Not Love Writing
Too Much Yin
When two people share their lives, like G and I do, they entrain to one another’s energy and patterns. I zig where she zags, and vice versa, and in this way, day after day, we create a particular kind of “vibe” together, which in our case is fun, exciting and nourishing. So when one of … Continue reading Too Much Yin
The Mindful Meatloaf
The other day I decided to make a meatloaf. I came across a recipe online and bought a pound of grass fed beef and a lot of expensive spices and exotic ingredients so I could try it. It was a pretty complicated recipe for a meatloaf. But I delayed making the meatloaf because my life … Continue reading The Mindful Meatloaf
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