I Miss Her Most….
Two weeks ago today, I posted about where I find refuge.
If you missed it, you can read it here.
I wrote that one of my most cherished refuges was my beautiful Golden Retriever Hera.
That morning, subzero temperatures in Chicago forced closure of a good many businesses and schools, including the yoga studio where […]
What’s your place of refuge?
Sadness, cold (physical and figurative), even great joy can spark a need to go within, to take refuge in our own self—our resources, our sense of peace, our calm.
We need a place of calm and serenity to rest…and then to renew ourself.
Although, like many other things, rest and renewal don’t occur […]
Just ask…
When you want to know something about someone, just ask them.
When you want to know how someone feels about something, just ask them.
When you want to get information about someone or something or an event or an activity,
just ask.
I’m sure I’m not the only person who was raised to
or interpreted
or perceived
or inferred
or expected
or …
to […]
Ayurveda (the ancient Indian art and science of health and well-being) believes that the mind, the body, the spirit are inseparable: What we do for (or to) one, we do for (or to) the others.
And so it’s no surprise that science in recent years has discovered/confirmed that emotions manifest in the body. By injecting dye […]
What is a Sacred Pause? In our busy, hectic, crazy lives, do we stop for a moment? look around? take a breath? stop what we’re doing and give our attention to the sky? a hug? the child in front of us? It’s important to remember this: At any moment in our super-charged […]
Focusing on intentions…We begin again.
The other day, I got to lead a New Year/New Moon ritual at my favorite local yoga studio.
It’s something that I’ve done on my own the last few ends-of-the-year and I thought I’d enjoy sharing it with folks who were interested.
It was, indeed, lovely to lead people in a practice accessible […]
Margaret Mead, renowned anthropologist, wrote, “What people say, what people do and what people say they do are often very different things.”
My Dad, in his keen self-awareness used to tell us, “Do as I say and not as I do.”
Eknath Easwaren wrote a book that he titled, “Your Life Is Your Message.”
Children are amazing observers […]
As the sun illuminates the moon and the stars, so let us illuminate one another.
Namaste
~ Anonymous.
We are here to take care of each other. To do so, we must first take care of ourself.
~Thich Nhat Han.
Do you have the patience to wait…until the mud settles and the water is clear, until the right action occurs […]
I believe you know this feeling.
Let me know if I’m on target or not:
My to-do list just got longer as I realize that I want and need to buy a welcome gift for a baby born over a month ago. I’ve been meaning to….and I keep forgetting;
I added a responsibility to my already-full schedule because […]
The Art of Doing Nothing
Each morning, well…MOST mornings…I sit and write my intentions for the day:
I intend to feel; I intend and get to do; I intend to let God, the Universe,the Angels, Life take care of….
It is remarkably helpful in keeping me anchored in each moment. I’m able, throughout my day, to pull myself […]
