Found Exhortation
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Bi-Locating
The texts speak of the siddhis–beings with great powers from the steady dedicated fire (tapas) of practice (sadhana). One of these powers is bi-location — that of being able to be in two places at once. A friend and fellow… (READ MORE)
Beginner’s Mind
The other day I was doing a computer search on contact improv jams in the Bay Area to see if it was possible to fit one in during my upcoming vacation in San Francisco. The website for one of the… (READ MORE)
At the Feet of the Teacher?
Some of the paradigms of yoga practice do not resonate with my iconoclastic, Quaker, feminist, progressive self, one of which is the idea of prostrating oneself at the feet of the teacher. I do, nonetheless, choose to study with teachers… (READ MORE)
Statuary Around Town
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Found Exhortation That Raises More Questions Than It Answers
What do they mean by “God?” Do they mean anyone’s “God” or just the signwriting collective’s “God?” Do they extend the wishes of their notion of “God” only to those who believe in the same “God” or is this just… (READ MORE)
Found Quotation (Neptune, NJ)
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Found Exhortation (Tantric?)
Some systems of yoga describe the body as consisting of five sheaths or koshas. The outermost sheath is the annamaya kosha, literally the food body. Food, here, is anything we ingest with the five senses. Including sights and sounds. The… (READ MORE)
Quote for the Day
My chosen reading for the train journey to New York and New Jersey to visit with friends and to attend a weekend workshop at Dig Yoga with Paul Muller-Ortega and Sianna Sherman is Mariana Caplan’s Eyes Wide Open. I have… (READ MORE)
Did You Ever Wonder…
The Hindu pantheon has a trinity in which Brahma is the creator, Vishnu is the preserver, and Shiva is the destroyer. Have you ever wondered why it is Shiva, the destroyer, and not Brahma, the creator, who is represented by… (READ MORE)