17 May Time as Movement
How would you describe time? Maybe the time of day like morning, noon, or night. A linear passing of seconds, minutes, hours...
10 May Is it Magic or Coincidence?
Last weekend I was practicing with an upturned chair under the dogwood tree when I had an interesting yoga experience. It was nothing magical, and perhaps just a series of coincidences that my human brain registered as a pattern. But I had a poignant insight about myself...
15 Feb Numbed Out, or Why the Opossum Plays Dead
Cartoon from the animal cartoonist named Jimmy over at theycantalk.comHave you ever been in conflict with somebody who just checks out? Maybe you're trying to explain yourself, make a point, or get them to understand something, but they aren't responding. It's like they aren't listening...
28 Dec Pratipaksa Bhavanam: The Opposite Game
It takes a while for me to catch myself in negative thoughts and bad habits. For one, they seem to have a hold on me. That is, although they cause me some level of suffering, I actually like doing them. Or, if I don't like it,...
16 Nov Context on Joy & Sorrow
You might have noticed my general malaise from last week's post, given the change from the typical novella of a newsletter I write to a more dramatic note of sorrow and joy coupled with some uncharacteristic poetry. You’re welcome for not sending you the “poem” I...
09 Nov Joy & Sorrow
I've spent hours between last night and this morning trying to write this post and the words aren't right yet. I'm still processing the tension and release of this past 2020 election week and trying to figure out where to go from here. There are two...
02 Nov Uncertainty in the Air
Does anyone else have a lingering feeling of uncertainty? Something about this first week of November… Uncertainty can be uncomfortable, no? For me it feels like my head’s lost in the clouds. I don’t know where my body is, but it’s not with my head. It...
19 Oct Help…Who Needs It?
This week I’m thinking about how much we need other people. This is coming from me, a person who likes to think of herself as an island capable of taking complete care of herself with a history of being more or less unwilling to let anyone...
14 Sep Corporate Job Flashback
Everyone has their own reasons for practicing yoga. Some people do it to feel more spacious in their bodies, others because it helps them relax, some because it’s the only time they take to themselves in the week. I think many people can agree that part...
07 Sep Things Have Been Intense
Things have been intense in my world recently. And the more I reach out to friends, the more I hear that it’s been intense in others’ worlds, too. Intense in a specific way. Relationship intense. Whether it’s your relationship with your partner or your boss or the person...