365 Day Yoga Challenge
Sadhana Memories
It really works!! Really. Really. A little over a year ago I decided to challenge myself and do 365 days of Sadhana, that is, to get up before the coming of the light (yogis refer to it as the Amrit Read more…
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Joan of Arc in the Loire Valley in 2010
My intent in traveling to France was to visit the sites where my beloved heroine, Joan of Arc, traveled. I felt richly rewarded and awed by the love and reverence the French had for her. I find it poetically ironic Read more…
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Finding Joan in France
July 21, 2010. On our first day in Paris we wandered toward the famous Notre Dame Cathedral. From the banks of Seine River you can see it’s Gothic square spires stretching towards the puffy white and gray clouds. Even the Read more…
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Disconnect, Connect
For more than forty years (I won’t say just how many years after forty) I have walked in this body, slept, ate, made love, had babies in this body and even walked on hot coals, and all too frequently, I Read more…
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Summer Solstice ~ Day of Dreams
Today not only feels like the sunniest and brightest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere it also feels the most luminous. The light is crystal clear and vibrant. It’s as if the air is filled with prisms and Read more…
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June 8th is World Oceans Day
Seventy percent of our earth is covered in water. Each of us is comprised of the same ratio of water to earth elements (carbon compounds) – 70%. Our brains our actually 90% water. One molecule of water can travel hundreds Read more…
365 Day Yoga Challenge
The Human Heart ~ Day 290
It’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything here and I feel guilty of neglect. Blog neglect. Perhaps it was all the rain in April, or the new green growth, or some other shinny object pulling my attention. Anyway, Read more…
365 Day Yoga Challenge
Day 229 ~ Appearances Are Deceiving
My sadhanas have been pitiful since my return from Costa Rica. I wake just minutes before sunrise, sit up in bed, squeeze in a few stretches and begin chanting only to check email on my ipod when I hear the Read more…
365 Day Yoga Challenge
Day 222 ~ Saibung
Saibung or Saibhung means Self-Illumined. I love this concept. Or, is it an elemental state? Technically, it’s only an adjective, but what a powerful one. Self Illumined. Lit from within. Radiant. Needing no outside source. This is the Yogi’s way of Read more…
365 Day Yoga Challenge
Sadhana in Costa Rica ~ Days 200-205
Birds are chirping. The sea is crashing low tide onto volcanic rocks so jagged you could cut your bare feet. Sadhana mantras reverberate in my head from my i-pod’s earbuds. I think they are parrots – the loud squawking birds. Read more…
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Day 190 ~ The Power of One
At the Olympics in China we saw the power of a group working as one cohesive unit. In Vancouver we saw the power of one individual soaring through the air over a ‘moving prairie’. The effect was stunning and reinforces Read more…
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Day ~ 165 We Are Connected
My belief system has room for the concept that somewhere deep inside of us we are very aware of the feelings of everyone else.
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Haiti and Hearts
click here to make your tax-deductible donation The little country of Haiti has found its way into everyone’s heart. It is unfortunate that such a horrible event needs to happen before people respond in a united, heart-centered and generous manner. Read more…
365 Day Yoga Challenge
Day 143 ~ A New Year, New Decade
We sit at the end of 2009, eager to slough off the old year, like last season’s styles, and plunge headlong into the new year. For many of us, 2009 marked a year of challenges. Our panic buttons were triggered, Read more…
365 Day Yoga Challenge
Day 128 ~ Trust, Courage & Faith
When trust and courage come together, it is called belief. When belief and grace come together it is called faith. We must develop our dignity, our integrity, our courage, our faith and our trust to the extent that nothing can Read more…
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