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…
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…
It happens every time. I get sick, I resist, I push, I over-do, then I feel worse. The same brain that has the knowledge; the wise advise of rest and self-care, runs at an amazing speed each time I lie down. Which makes me think I am not “really” sick – otherwise I wouldn’t be…
HOW DO YOU TREAT YOURSELF? THIS IS AN EXAMPLE TO OTHERS I never really thought of it this way- if I put myself last, I am showing you that is how I prefer things. I don’t mean that I cruelly or narcissisticaly demand to be considered first and foremost – only that I deserve consideration.…
That’s right – come to a rest, put your pencil (keyboard, tablet, device, list, or other “have to do”) down and breathe. Going going going, doing doing doing getting getting getting. I suffer from the disease of “more”. I know I am in “trouble” when I reach for “just one more” cookie, spoonful of something,…
When saying NO means saying YES I am learning to have more boundaries. I know, kind of late in the game to be acquiring this skill; better late than never. Part of saying NO (thank you) is being able to weather the sting of turning someone down. I have a wonderful, replete life filled with…
June 7 to 9 2013 – a weekend of amazing grace, companionship, networking and growth. Graced to be a scholarship recipient, and humble to be among such phenomenal people. This will be a series of what I heard, what I learned, and what it meant to me and the trajectory of my mission. I found…
I have been preparing to give a workshop at Breathe in Los Gatos next month. The subject will develop around the concept of aparigraha or non-attachment. I enjoy the process of considering my approach, feeling my way through the unraveling and unpacking of ideas, and the meditation involved in finding my truth and honest voice…
Here is a great post from one of my favorite blogs: First 164: How about a real review? Here is a simple plan to re-aligning yourself with your daily recovery practice. Evaluate how you are doing energetically, physically, emotionally, intellectually and spiritually. Then take a moment to check in with your peeps. This can get you back…
September is National Yoga Awareness MonthThis is the journey of a woman who is totally different from myself, a totally different lifestyle and completely different background (she a successful young business woman and I, a middle aged recovering alcoholic) and yet – we both have similarities in our path to wellness and wholeness: YOGA!!!. Yoga has been…