Signs Around Town (Excerpt)
Fences, Freedom, and Viveka
Refining how and to what we say “yes” and “no” in the world is one of the purposes of the yoga practices. The dedicated yogin seeks ever-growing discernment (viveka) of his or her own limits for the purpose of living… (READ MORE)
Found Exhortation
Found Exhortation
Found Exhortation
The Goddess(es) and the Green Tomatoes
When someone tells me I need to see the Divine I can get anxious that they mean I’m supposed to see whatever that person thinks is “the Divine.” I don’t think anyone ever should be required to do so by… (READ MORE)
Found Quotation
Ellsworth Kelly at the Phillips Collection
Contact Improv Curious? Or Experienced?
For those of you who have heard me talking about contact improv and how much delight in it I’ve found and how a steady engagement with this art form has influenced my asana practice, there will be a great opportunity… (READ MORE)
Another Blink of Siva’s Eye
Another blink of Siva’s eye, another, As a friend has been saying, trip Around the sun. Decades from now, A parent walking in the woods with a child, Or one lover to another, or a forest guide Might point out… (READ MORE)
Yoga Slow Dance (Making It All Improv)
The dance of yoga is about motion in stillness and stillness in motion, and in not letting oneself be frozen. Stillness is the space between vibrations, instead of the shutting down or closing off vibration. To experience the space between… (READ MORE)