Posts Tagged ‘yoga’
come to your senses
Baby Ways As newborns, we explored the world and learned primarily through our senses. With no ability to communicate through conversation, we grasped the outreached fingers of our caregivers and clung to colourful toys. We drooled as we gummed on teething rings or our fingers and toes. We rolled our bodies on soft blankets on…
Read Moreeverything is practice
On the mat. On the cushion. In the kitchen. In relationships. Everything is a path. These paths are an education in how to be: responsive instead of being reactive open to what’s really happening less fearful of how things might turn out less clingy to how you wish things…
Read Morenot special
he was not special I attended a workshop of the Psychology of Yoga and Mindfulness with Michael Stone, a psychotherapist, Buddhist teacher and social activist. Despite having read his books and listening to his podcasts for years, this was the first time I had studied with him, in person. I thought he was special.…
Read Morenowhere to go. nothing to do. no one to be.
It’s hard to believe that it was seven years ago now when I crossed a line. It was the day I removed my shoes and socks and stepped my bare feet over the border of my comfort zone and joined a community yoga class. Once there, I was continually stretching and stretched in more ways…
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