Found Exhortation

ByElizabeth November 24, 2019November 24, 2019

Art and Culture | Community and Family

Keystone XL tar sands pipeline White House sit-in
ByElizabeth August 31, 2011

Here is some information about the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline White House sit-in. I am not prepared at this time in my life to get arrested, but I have participated by raising my voice and donating money to organizations more actively engaged than I think I can be. Please participate at the level you believe is appropriate for your current life and how much you care. I hope you care.

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Art and Culture | Asana, Pranayama, and Yoga Practice | Community and Family | Photos | Quaker

Sign Collections Around Town
ByElizabeth September 23, 2020September 23, 2020

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Art and Culture | Asana, Pranayama, and Yoga Practice | Community and Family | Meditation | Quaker

On the Way to William Penn House for Tuesday Night Yoga Practice (and State of the Union)
ByElizabeth January 12, 2016

I tried to take a picture of the brief snow flurries that greeted us on the way home, but they were too sparse to be photogenic. The sounds of helicopters circling, too, defied documentation.

We offered our loving best energy as we practiced just steps away from the preparations for this ever critically important event.

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Art and Culture | Asana, Pranayama, and Yoga Practice | Gardening | Meditation | Photos

Azalea Walk at the National Arboretum (and Sadhana)
ByElizabeth April 18, 2010

As it is every year, the Azalea Walk at the National Arboretum fills me with joy and wonder. “Was it really this splendid last year?” one of my companions asked. “I go every year,” she said, “but I forget how gorgeous it is!” She comes back each year to remember the beauty and the awe. So, too, it can be with our practice. We stop going to class or practicing our meditation or asana for a while because we get too busy. Then we come back, and we ask ourselves how we could have forgotten the joy and beauty a steady practice brings us, and we are inspired to commit again.

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Where Do Your Tax Dollars Go?
ByElizabeth April 13, 2012

For me, an important part of living yoga off the mat is knowing how I fit into the flow of energies (and money is a big flow of energy and power) in community and what I do to try and shift things where and when I can. One big step in being empowered is not to accept powerlessness, but to act even if yours is only one small voice.

Click here to see the analysis prepared by the Friends Committee on National Legislation to show where your tax dollars go, along with some suggestions for individual action. Participating (at a minimum by being educated about the issues, registering to vote, and actually voting) is important for all of us.

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Flu Shot
ByElizabeth October 20, 2011October 20, 2011

I woke up woozy and sore this morning and went back to sleep for about 45 minutes after I was done with my morning practice. Although it is atypical for me to need more sleep after I have practiced, I knew that I was not sick. I was just experiencing side effects from the flu shot.

I have only gotten the flu shot once before. The side effects felt like I had the flu (albeit a mild case), and I got the flu any way that year. As I haven’t gotten the flu in the past several years, I have not gotten the shot in subsequent years. (Note: The vaccine has been very effective 17 of the past 25 years, and not particularly effective for three of the other years. It was suggested to me that I should not continue basing my decision on having, by coincidence, only gotten the shot during one of the ineffective years–2003-2005).

I was strongly advised to get the flu shot this year as a precaution for the trip to India. The plane travel, regardless of how much healthy living I do otherwise, will both tax my immune system and put me in contact with a host of viruses, etc. Also, and perhaps more important, I know I will be visiting loved ones in the hospital this flu season. Going through a little discomfort now is worth it to minimize the risk to those I will be visiting.

Have you gotten your flu shot?

Below: Workers line up to get the flu shot at the Health Unit.

Peace and light, E — Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry.

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