Is four pm a kind of witching hour? Is there some sort of Ayurvedic twist of the clock, a Basal Metabolic shift, a change in the internal tides? I set intentions each day. Some are affirmations of long-term Sankalpa, others are directions I wish to bring to the day. I mean them with a full heart, one-pointed…
First off- it was a dream. My son might think about doing something like this but he wouldn’t. At least I don’t think so. I often cast my son in the role of soothsayer in my dreams. I am not sure why. My daughter and other relations have other roles: my son the pointer of truths.…
Freedomgenesis.com is a website that focuses on yoga, healing, and health. Brad Ormsby, one of the main editors of that resources, generously shared this infographic with us.
My writing muse is on sabbatical. She has left the building, gone on walkabout, however you wish to describe it. I have been writing her unanswered texts, left messages on phone and in Facebook; I even considered a skywritten message but the overcast skies have fortunately spared me that expense. She is simply gone. My…
Billy Malone writes a face paced “real time” novel based, in part, on his own experiences in rehab. The book takes us through a seemingly real life saga of a ninety day rehab, with full details about the processes of denial, resistance, dismay and discovery. The recital of Patrick’s (the protagonist) journey from “I have…
Part Four – Upayam; selecting methods and tools First we look, then we see, then we believe and finally we can act. In using yoga as a treatment for addiction; a guide for recovery, we have done three things so far. We looked to the symptoms (heyam), we saw the cause (hetu), and we then…
Part Three Hanam Hanam – is the third part of looking at recovery through the traditional yoga healing process lens. Hanam is the part where we define the goal, the path forward, the trajectory of our healing. We can’t get to where we want to go unless we have an idea of where “there” is.…
The second part of the healing arrangement, or “vyuha” is hetu, cause. Last time I wrote about the first part of walking towards health and healing: heyam, or identifying the symptoms. Using this model and the first step step of recovery we have named and claimed what the suffering is. Has it been overspending, drinking,…
While there is an official and certified process for claiming to be a Yoga Therapist, and I am not one, there is an age old model for looking at illnesses and suffering that is available to all. It is an ancient four part methodology that works beautifully for people in recovery. One could even…
I have been musing (not really thinking) about the qualities and purposes of thought. Being a woman in long term recovery I have a guarded relationship with my brain. There are times it give me good information, helps me consider outcome and consequences. It can offer me freedom as I wander around with creative imagination…