Found Exhortation (to Be Both Spontaneously and Intentionally Disregarded)
Being mindful of others, of course. Peace and light, E — Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry.
Signs Around Town
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Signs Around Town
I wonder sometimes about signs that say every one is welcome. We might wish for that. We might believe it. But when someone shows up who scares us or who is radically different or is somehow distasteful, is the welcome… (READ MORE)
Play of Shadow and Light?
Does it matter whether this juxtaposition of the exhortation to love next to a game of hangman was intended by those holding the chalk? Even if the juxtaposition was not thought out and done for the purpose of later viewers,… (READ MORE)
State of the Garden
The grapes are starting to bunch, and for the first time, the kiwi is covered with buds. Two of the tomato plants have their first flowers. Snow peas are climbing up the trellises. Carrots, spring onions, radishes, and beans are… (READ MORE)
Savasana
Savasana–pose of the corpse, the pose of final relaxation, the pose without which no practice is fully complete– is both a very simple pose and one that is rather advanced. Sometimes when I teach beginners I ask them what was… (READ MORE)
Sculptures Around Town
Peace and light, E — Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry.
Found Exhortation?
Honor your ancestors–both of blood and of teaching lineage (parampara). Yes, it is a critical element of the yoga practice, regardless of whether one practices in the guru tradition (I do not–more on that in coming weeks, I think). Peace… (READ MORE)
Too Busy Gardening
To write about gardening. I spent most of the weekend in the garden and there is still more to be done to get ready for the fullest experience of summer. I did get to the Sunday contact improv jam for… (READ MORE)
Unexpected Treat
As I was leaving my massage therapists house, his wife said, “it’s open,” walk up 15th Street and check it out.” I turned from my usual track and headed up 15th Street Between C and D Streets, SE, a young… (READ MORE)