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 Vela-time of great nectar), practice some yoga and meditate, by Read more…
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, I’m back. It’s the surprising capacity of the human heart Read more…
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 seductive ‘you’ve got mail’ bleep. Though something tells me that Read more…
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 describing one of the myriad qualities of human beings. But Read more…
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. I search among the huge leaves for hummingbirds. My husband Read more…
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 my belief that ‘one’ can make a difference. “The power Read more…
My belief system has room for the concept that somewhere deep inside of us we are very aware of the feelings of everyone else.
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, our patience and faith tried. It will serve us all Read more…
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 shake it. The most courageous act is trust itself. Humble Read more…
For 121 days I have risen before the sun to practice yoga and meditation. My cat, Big-Boy, is now bought into my daily sadhana. If I am not awake by 5:30am he meows or scratches the headboard to wake me up; and, when I’m up and doing my yoga he Read more…
Wow! OMG I can’t believe I haven’t written in 30 days. Today is Friday the 13th and my 96th day of rising before the sun. My only reason for not writing is overwhelm, a result of growing pains. When I began this process 96 days ago, and asked for expansion Read more…
Today I wanted to talk about Death. Yup, the ‘D’ word. For so many of us death looms out there, somewhere in our future. Some people hurtle themselves at it, time and time again, through extreme sports or extreme living. Perhaps this is the hero’s response to this unseen foe; Read more…
Well today, day 59, was my worst sadhana day. I woke at a little before 4 am and watched my husband walk out the door to lead Sadhana at our studio. Me? I rolled over in bed and pulled the covers up to my chin. I slept for another hour Read more…
Last Wednesday I hit the 40 day mark. Forty day cycles paced the calendars of the ancients who tracked Solar cycles instead of our modern day system which tracks the Lunar cycles (sort of). In the old days there would have been 9 such cycles within each year. The number Read more…
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