When to Get a Hug (and shoulder loop)
It has been my experience that there are times when a hug feels like too much or not right or that it will not ease what hurts. First there is a need for an openness of heart, a little intrinsic… (READ MORE)
Website Version of December Newsletter
Note: If you would like to receive newsletters or previously subscribed, but changed your email or have not been receiving emails, please resubscribe directly through the website or send me an email and I’ll try to get you on the… (READ MORE)
Vegan Peanut Butter Wheatgerm Cookies
These cookies are loosely inspired by the peanut butter cookies from the Joy of Cooking because those were my first peanut butter cookies. 1. Soften a half cup of vegetable shortening (preferably organic), then cream with 1/4-1/2 cup of sucanat… (READ MORE)
Reflection, Perspective, Limitation, and Love
How different the tone of these two photos just from the direction the camera was pointed, how much was included in the overall image, and the shift in the shape of my mouth. The clowns with their paint, the angle… (READ MORE)
A Bit of Spam (and questions and revelation)
I received the following spam today: “????????? ??? ???? ???????, ???.” Not a bad one and certainly inoffensive. Although I deleted it, I copied the message first. For the past few days I’ve been thinking that sometimes the act of… (READ MORE)
Wherever You Are, Whatever You Are Doing, However You Are Feeling
I give thanks to and for all of you and wish that you find a true sense of gratitude in your very being.
Spirituality and Politics Do Mix (but maybe not at the Thanksgiving meal)
Yesterday I received a rather negative email in response to my posting a suggestion on a list serve connected to a religious organization that people write to their elected officials about the health care bill pending in the Senate. I… (READ MORE)
A Mighty Fine Pumpkin
Thanksgiving Week Sequencing Gift (and Kidney Loop)
My students this fall and those of you following the blog know that I have been teaching the basic Anusara physical principles of alignment in sequence as the focus of my weekly classes. I did not set out to do… (READ MORE)
“Holiday Madness” (and the Yamas and Niyamas of Patanjali)
When I googled (that should not be a verb) “holiday madness” this morning, I got one million three hundred thousand hits. Yikes! Most relevant websites are about surviving shopping, over-eating, family, and travel. Madness in such a situation is a… (READ MORE)