Exhortation to Myself
And with the day I had, it was a good thing I started the day with practice and reminders.
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Fortune Cookie Advice (and Heyam Dukham Anagatam?)
Patanjali Yoga Sutra 2.16 (“the pain that has yet to come can be avoided”). This fortune explains well, I think, how to incorporate into one’s life and practice the teaching of this particular sutra.
Answer to a Question (and Reminding Myself of My Own Advice)
The other day, a friend who is starting to teach in the evenings asked me how I make the shift from stressful work day to being in a good space to teach.
Without hesitation, I said: “meditation.” I then qualified that by saying it is anything that gets you quickly and effectively connected, centered, and grounded. I don’t know anything that would be consistently effective than meditation.
Questions Around Town
A yogi might consider whether wanting to answer “yes” to this question (no matter the circumstances of our dying death) is a major goal of a steady practice.
Judy Chicago and Martha Nussbaum, Fresh Talk, at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, 9/22/19
