Om Mane Padme Hum?
The lotus may indeed rise exquisite from the mud, but the mud, too, has its own necessary and intrinsic beauty. Peace and light, E — Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry.
Why to Have a Teacher
I have never been inclined to (or even capable of) bhakti–unquestioning surrender and love for guru or deity, though I have practiced for years with those who believe for better or worse that it is an essential element of the… (READ MORE)
Day After Walk About
Capitol Hill Neighborhood, Eastern Market, House Office Buildings, US Botanical Garden, Barbara Kruger at the Hirshhorn, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington Monument, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial (Sculpture of Eleanor Roosevelt), Vietnam Memorial, Street Art on George Washington University Campus,… (READ MORE)
A Commitment
When I enter into a contact improv jam, I make a commitment. I commit to paying attention with all of my being, to myself, to my partner or partners of the moment, to all the others in the room, and… (READ MORE)
Thank You Ravi Shankar
I say without hesitation that Ravi Shankar is one of the influences that led me to the deep practices of yoga. When I was first exposed to it through the Beatles in my early childhood, the music appealed to me… (READ MORE)
Assorted Deities
Found Exhortation
The teachings can be found almost everywhere–as long as we are open to receiving them.
Signs Around Town (NYC Style)
Um, seva… Peace and light, E — Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry.
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)
Alterations
All around town there are dry cleaning emporia that advertise their ability to do alterations. They are not offering complete transformations. Rather, they are offering to take down a hem or to shorten it, to take in the waist or… (READ MORE)