Growing in Mindfulness through Movement (Part 2)
Read Part 1 here Real Life Story of Mindfulness in Practice/Relationship to Body: In a practice with a private client, I was inviting them to bring their head back in a pose so that there would be no tightening of their throat and neck; the chin was jutting forward too far. It felt channeled to […]
Growing in Mindfulness Through Movement (Part 1)
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters to what lies within us.” Ralph Waldo Emerson understood something quite profound. Mindfulness has become an ever-growing term used in today’s wellness culture. So what is it? How do we do it, and how can we cultivate it? What are some of its […]
Synergy: Interconnected part of a single system; Miracle of Nature
Lately the idea of “not dying an unlived life” has continually permeated my sphere after returning home from Costa Rica. And this next quote from Carl Jung just makes me feel more empowered in my choice for myself and for my children to have gone to Costa Rica: “One of the greatest influences on their […]
Webs of Gold and Wisdom: What I learned from the Golden Silk Spider
A fig tree with HUGE buttress roots grows in front of the cabina that I am staying in for the week. The three other women rooming with me are just as awe-inspiring as the nature around us! We have four beds, two side by side at each corner of the pony-walled cabina (think half walls, […]
How I went from doubt to daring!
After listening to, and experiencing, some incredible shares during the ‘Sunday Morning Special’ class inside “Journey to the Peak“, I felt a call to do a sort of “Back to the Future“. Let’s start at the beginning. Which is a “very good place to start”. -“Do-Re-Mi”, Sound of Music , but that’s a different movie […]
These prompts have me in inquiry lately
How is your heart? When you see your heart, as it is today, what is your heart needing? In my MMTCP training, we were led through a beautiful guided meditation. We were invited to picture a path. As we were guided along the path, it was spoken to us that we were about to turn […]
Pilgrimage – the yearning of the heart
From her book ” pilgrimage – the sacred art : Journey to the center of the heart”, Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook writes: “The sacred art of pilgrimage involves both an inward and outward journey. … The pilgrim’s strives to hold both the inward and outward journey together, sometimes in tension, but always focused on the search […]
7 Questions for Constructive Introspection
Blog by fellow yoga teacher and my VA, Juzbi Walia: When was the last time you gave yourself a luxurious amount of time and space to sit down and deeply reflect on your current thoughts and actions? The last time you pondered about what it means to live a fulfilling life and check if your […]
Grab your all-terrain boots! Here’s what’s ahead for you and me
Do you know you are on a journey with me? Grab your all-terrain boots! There are going to be mountains to climb, waterfalls to swim through, sunsets to gaze at, inclement weather, calm weather, struggles, thrills, laughter, and a TON-O-LOVE! As I recently completed my 42nd trip around the sun, I am only just beginning […]
Community and Not-self
“To fully understand who I am and what I am capable of, I need to always see myself in terms of a community.” -John Hunter, public school teacher I’m allowing myself to feel today instead of writing. But I’ll write to support understanding. 😉 As I walked into the great cathedral of Good Shepherd Church […]