This morning’s rain felt like a gentle reminder. All of us carry a story, a burden, a longing to be happy, to be free, to be one. Like the rain, we drop unto this Earth to find our way back home, the ocean of bliss that is our being. Along the way, we bump into one… Continue reading Listening to and Enjoying Morning Rain
Category: Heart
Being Fully Alive
I woke up today and was feeling fine, but later during the day, I felt depressed. Me, too. I drove to yoga class tonight and saw all of these houses with lights and decorations and did not feel any joy in any of it. What is it about this time that… Continue reading Being Fully Alive
Changing Perspectives
Sometimes we need a physical change in perspective to reset our habitual thinking. Many of our days are marked by basic routines. This is not such a bad thing, but these routines often put us on a spiritual, emotional, and mental autopilot that distances us from experiencing life fully. Working with habitual thinking patterns, becoming… Continue reading Changing Perspectives
Rooted and Grounded in Love
As I turned the corner this morning, I saw this banyan tree growing slowly on the edge of a rockland ridge. The branches up above and the roots down below of this magnificent being take nourishment from the light and the soil, in the process manifesting divine beauty. As above so below goes the ancient… Continue reading Rooted and Grounded in Love
Morning Practice
As we go about our day we have countless opportunities to notice and in our noticing be surprised by the beauty and wonder that is at the fabric of all of life. Notice. Celebrate and honor the fact that you are life.
10 Times
This week scientists reported new findings that suggest that our universe is far more complex and bigger than ever imagined. As I stepped outside my yard this morning, the ground was still wet from the night’s rain. I looked down and saw a constellation of mushrooms and this small star reminding me that there’s beauty… Continue reading 10 Times
Refuge
Every Monday through Thursday around 7-10 people get together to practice yoga in the oldest house in the Kendall area, the Dice House. This little house on the corner of Continental Park is not only a historical site, but now, over the past year, a place of refuge for those of us who get together… Continue reading Refuge
Dancing with Fire
Over the years I come back to the importance of doing things purposefully over and over again. I call it practice. Some call it dancing with fire. Whatever it is, the repetition is prayer for me, a way to move through the world stepping into a greater self, a place where fear is dropped and… Continue reading Dancing with Fire
Our Household
This post is a follow up from last week’s. So many of you who come to our classes and workshops are wrestling with health and weight issues. I say you, but I want you to understand that both Maribel and I also struggle and wrestle. You are not alone! Based on the criteria from the… Continue reading Our Household