The meaning of the word obedience my surprise you…etymologically, it means ‘deep listening’. This is the ‘obedience’ of true loving attention and self-care. To turn toward our own body, heart and spirit with that kind of listening may give us the guidance, medicine and comfort we need. We are sensitive beings; it is our design …
The root of the word courage is ‘heart’; it is made of Love, a Radical Love… of life, of another, of self, of Earth. I’ve been moved of late by the courage that is being expressed by so many of our diverse human tribe – a dedicated Love that’s taking care of those suffering the most. …
Here we are, suspended in the pause, the in-between, while the world around us continues to do its job…Which is to change, and ask us to… Yet, in riding the waves of vulnerability and uncertainty, I turn again and again to what is unchanging. It’s what resilience means to me…as many times as I go …
In these last few days, I have shared some practices that can help to calm and soothe – they sure have been nourishing for me. It seems like this surreal time can be a portal in a way, and it’s essential to nurture our inner lives more than ever. The body/mind practices help shift us …
Most of our day-to-day lives are spent oriented toward the turning wheels of life and all the steps that it takes to keep those wheels greased. And yet, here we are in the stopping, the necessary inward and downward turn of our activity and attention to what is essential. At the surface level in a …
Hopefully, most of us are now ‘sheltering in place’, isolating to protect ourselves and others. It is an exercise in community cooperation, as well…we need to take care of each other in this way. It’s also time to take care of ourselves in a deep way. Uncertainty and anxiety abound; the moment and its ramifications …
This is the first day of Spring in the northern hemisphere, yet it seems like the hibernation is just beginning! It’s time to remember that these are the times that we have practiced for. Thank goodness that we have built skills of wisdom and strength and continue to work on a nervous system that is able …
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Whatever we practice, we get better at, and we are always practicing something; either we are reinforcing habits, behaviors and reactions we already have or we are learning and reinforcing something new. Many of our behaviors and reactions are automatic and unconscious – we might call them ‘default’ practices. Conscious, intentional practice, on the other …
Yoga is a wisdom philosophy realized and understood only through practice. This is one of the profoundly beautiful things about Yoga – it is not only teachings and movements passed down through time, it is brought to life by our direct experience. It is personal and intimate…we breath life into the teachings of Yoga and …
‘Coherence’ is a term used by scientists who make it their business to measure wellness, and qualify and quantify our optimum function. Defined, it is a highly efficient physiological state in which all of our systems are in harmonious function. It is a high level of of ‘operation’ in which we have the access to …