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July 2010 State-of-the-Household Letter
(Journal/Journal)
... that gives you hope, a friend who loves you exactly as you desire to be loved, and several awesome afternoon naps—maybe with a puppy curled up next to you. ...
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June Reading 2010
(Influences/Influences)
... That Bird Has My Wings, by Jarvis Jay masters (a memoir) 4. Path to Love, by Depak Chopra 5. Kaleidoscope: ideas + projects to spark your creativity, by Suzanne Simanaitis 6. Yoga Journal, ...
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Remorse, TN
(My Writing/Poetry)
no, no, no I will not do it again. I said I would love you forever, but I can’t, I don’t. I am so sorry and deeply regret my too-early commitment to a life of green grass and white ...
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Misguided Yogi
(Lessons from the Mat/Lessons from the Mat)
... experience with yourself, with learning your body, with understanding your mind, with attending to breathing, and with being willing to be present. I’ve heard this dozens of times. I love hearing it ...
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May Prayer
(My Writing/Poetry)
Finish it. Pray for help in allowing completion. Let it be over. Let it fly on its own. Resist perfection. Love it as it is. Its imperfection will inspire. See with God’s eyes. ...
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Lean in to the Difficulty
(Influences/Influences)
... to a point where we just feel like we’re in a big fight with someone we love and we can’t make it right. When this happens to me, I remind myself to just stop struggling with the writing and show ...
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Dispatched
(Sabbatical/Sabbatical)
... former lover. A broken foot. A broken heart. Where is there work to be done before I clear something out of the way? ...
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April 2010 Reading
(Influences/Influences)
... Guest House,” and many of the more obscure ones. Just a lovely book. A perfect wedding gift. - good commentary about yoga: “We think of repetition as deadening, but in a spiritual practice, repetition, ...
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In This New Space
(Journal/Journal)
... the unfolding. In this new space, I will love myself and know I am secure in all ways. In this new space, I will stop grasping for a future moment and be happy with the present moment. In this new ...
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A New Kind of Balance
(Journal/Journal)
... love and compassion and wisdom. So I’m on my way to the freezer to get another ice pack. I’ll hobble on my crutches back to the sofa in the living room. I’ll wrap the pack around my ankle, prop ...
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Pop
(Journal/Journal)
... I loved to do I would be incapable of doing. Everything would be difficult. There would be no gardening. No yoga. No teaching. No training with Anthony. No long walks in Winter Park neighborhoods. ...
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The Right Tool for the Right Job
(Sabbatical/Sabbatical)
... to arise. It’s called Breathe, Move, Write, and I’d love to have you join me to learn how it works. You’ll learn a very simple sequence of yoga movements (you do not need to know anything about yoga ...
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March 2010 Reading
(Influences/Influences)
... Mabel Dodge Luhan House and the American Counterculture, by Lois Palken Rudnick. 5. Love’s Ripening: Rumi on the Heart’s Journey, translated by Kabir Helminski (poetry) ...
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What is Your Dharma This Year?
(Sabbatical/Sabbatical)
... a need I’ve had to be something else (lover, writer, daughter, good little soldier-girl). Maybe it was during a meditation in the cottage; maybe it was eating Pam’s amazing frittata one morning; maybe ...
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February 2010 Reading
(Influences/Influences)
... course. 2. A Dog Year, by Jon Katz I think this is my fourth Jon Katz book, and I just love him. I’ve been reading the books out of order, and this book tells the story of how he came to take ...
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I Think I'm Depressed
(Influences/Influences)
... Izzy and Lenore. I love the way Katz writes about his experiences with his dogs on his farm in upstate New York. Last month I read The Dogs of Bedlam Farm, and liked it so much that I will include in ...
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January 2010 Reading
(Influences/Influences)
... into the curve, how to move with the car instead of resisting it. It works, and I liked it a lot. And you can’t help falling in love with Enzo. He is so loving, so wise, and he wants to be a human ...
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The Last Issue Of Poets & Writers Magazine
(Sabbatical/Sabbatical)
... of them looks resilient. I close the magazine and get up out of my lovely chaise lounge, bought especially to comfort my morning reading, and pad downstairs to the garage. I place the Jan/Feb 2010 ...
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Best Laid Plans. . .
(Journal/Journal)
... asana practice right now. This causes me distress. And if I examine this distress, I would surely find it based in ego (the ego loves to quantify things, doesn’t it?). I want to present myself in a ...
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The Story of the Jade
(Journal/Journal)
... to the gods. Solidly grounded now, it has a lovely symmetry, and possesses a new relationship both to the pot and to the space it inhabits. It is a new plant with a larger presence than before, an eager ...