Drop by Drop
Keep it flowing. Your life, your breath, your longing for a better world. Be like a river flowing downhill to the sea. Know that your body and mind are designed to flow. Fascia flows. Spinal fluid flows. Tears flow. The key is not to let sadness calcify in you, not to …
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The Space Between Waking and Dreaming with Yoga Nidra
The Liminal Space Between Waking and Dreaming with Yoga Nidra In the world of yoga nidra, the boundary between wakefulness and dreams dissolves as a realm of profound self-discovery and relaxation unfolds. This cathartic practice works to gently guide us into the liminal space while offering a holistic approach to …
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Composing Compost
Curating compost is necessary for any spiritual growth. Start by taking all the scraps from your kitchen — leftovers from past relationships, sour fruit, rinds from old projects, crusty traumas, rotten ideals and scraps of dreams unfulfilled — and bury them into your heap. It takes a lifetime to build a fertile compost, rich …
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Small Prayer, Big Heart
This is how to make your heart supple. Start by emptying your pockets, leave your pride at the door, and enter the silent space. Sit. Deflate your eyes. Turn them down, so they loosen their grip on the things of the world. Consecrate your chest in awareness, drenching the caverns …
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Feast Today
Feast today on simple things the chalk-colored sky at dawn, the face of a loved one teleported from far away, the newspaper article about the couple that lived 66 years together and then died days apart. Feast on the memories of your father’s broad shoulders and your grandmother’s wrinkled hands, …
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Pumpkin Bread
PUMPKIN BREAD A tender, moist, satisfying, and subtly spiced treat – Great to share with friends, family and a cup of tea! INGREDIENTS 1.5 Flax eggs (1.5 Tbsp flaxseed meal + 4 Tbsp sparkling water) ÂĽ cup olive oil ÂĽ cup maple syrup Âľ pumpkin puree 2 Tbsp mashed …
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Being with Not-Knowing
One thing you can count on is that you never know. As we approach the end of the year, it dawns on me that I know even less than when the year started. This turns on its head the adage that one grows “older and wiser” with time. Rather, as my …
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Connecting your Mind & Body with the 5 Kosha layers through Yoga
Welcome to a serene exploration of the sacred layers that shape our being—a tranquil journey through the wisdom of healing yoga. The koshas, reminiscent of the gentle rings within a nurturing tree, unfold as a poetic expression of the profound connection between our physical and spiritual selves. In our upcoming …
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The Big Dig
A yoga practice is like an archeological dig. Each day, you have to get out your pick-axe and shovel and do excavation work. In the early years of practice, you hack away at the surface layer of big, tight muscles. Later, you learn to proceed slowly through layers where precious …
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Burn Baby Burn
The best way to make progress on the path is to completely exhaust yourself. Like wring yourself out, turn yourself upside down, lay yourself bare. It is like running a marathon. When you hit the 18 mile mark, your mind goes blank and you see all bodies, all colors, all the …
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