How Speed Gets Trapped in the Body
One of my friends made a bumper sticker that read: Dare to Go Slow. In this era of speed people are likely to feel urgency and “rush hour” goes on all day long. This is unfortunate for it is only by slowing down that healing can occur. When I slow down I feel that I can heal my body and heal my relationships. Slowing down enables me to pay attention. When I slow down my breath and slow down my mind I enter into a vast open realm, just outside the pressurized speed trap of the daily grind.
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Always New
Can we live a life open to the new? Around the globe we are confronted by this question, how can we adapt and change, open to a new way of being? Can we break the habit of identity that we have assumed for the last 100 years? Yogis have always sought to rewire the habit body and habit making mind to discover a life that is alive, clear, flowing and full of discovery.⠀
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Happy 16th Birthday Eno
We are blessed to have a one (and only) child Eno Sinclair Little, born Aug 13, 2004 here in Santa Fe N.M. Today on his 16th birthday, he embarks on his journey to manhood. Parenting is a wild ride! We love our roles, mothering and fathering (we trade places in …
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Empty Before You Begin
To empty is to let go. Typically we hold onto so much stuff. We hold onto ideas, belief systems, family members. We hold onto ingrained ideas about ourselves like “I am not good enough and “there is nothing I can do to change.” To empty is to let go of the old—the old paradigm, the old attitude, the old self. By emptying we become more open, more available, more in the here and now.
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Embodiment and Readiness to Change
Today there is much mention of embodiment in movement practices. What really is embodiment? Is it having a good center of gravity, balance and core…
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IGNORE NO LONGER
Ignore No Longer The first and biggest affliction we all suffer from is ignorance. Patanjali 2.3. The further on I go the more I realize how blindI have been. Blindness and ignorance go together. On some level we have all been ignoring. Ignoring the cries of the planet, ignoringthe cries …
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Justice and Mindfulness For All
Justice + Mindfulness For All The social unrest in America today reminds us how important it is to embody the key principles of our practice. The strife in the street we have all seen on the news this week points to how easy it is to become reactive, defensive, aggressive, …
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Sno-Globe Asana
At this time of a world-wide shake-up due to the great pandemic, we are all prone to mind states of flurry and worry. Given the crisis in the world economy, health care and social networks it is indeed hard to see clearly. When overwhelmed by chaos and unrest, I like to …
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Yoga, Introversion, and Social Distancing
Spending prolonged periods of time on the mat generally involves spending time alone. At this time of social distancing, introverts may have an easier time than extroverts going into solitary time, on the yoga mat or meditation cushion. For introverts especially, alone time is invaluable to nourish our souls. For …
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Is this a Blessing or Curse?
This time of global shutdown and social distancing has no doubt been trying for all of us. Each of us relies on the energy, the shakti we get from social interaction to give us vitality and meaning in life.
Without the contact high of time with friends you may have found yourself wallowing in listlessness and feeling discouraged (can we call it the wallowasana?).
