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The Last Flip of the Perpetual Calendar
(Sabbatical/Sabbatical)
... endeavor: www.BreatheMoveWrite.com will provide information on workshops and seminars I will be conducting on using breath work and gentle yoga to tap creative potential. I look forward to seeing many ...
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July 2010 Reading
(Influences/Influences)
... my Yoga and Writing students. 3. No Boundary: Eastern and Western Approaches to Personal Growth, by Ken Wilber. This is the last book of my sabbatical, and what a perfect one on which to end ...
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Final Summary of Sabbatical Activities
(Sabbatical/Sabbatical)
Lezlie Laws Summary of Sabbatical Activities May 2009-July 2010 MAY 2009-JULY 2010 > Intensive immersion in classical ashtanga yoga (the eight-limbed path). Time requirement ...
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July 2010 State-of-the-Household Letter
(Journal/Journal)
... to get physical. Of course I’m doing lots of yoga, the best antidote for an over-filled mind. I’m also gardening, experimenting with paints and papers and colors and shapes (the shy artist in me trying ...
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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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May 2010 Reading
(Influences/Influences)
1. Yoga Journal, June 2010. 2. Right Use of Will: Healing and Evolving the Emotional Body “Do not let another person tell you how you should be relating. Instead, let that person ...
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Misguided Yogi
(Lessons from the Mat/Lessons from the Mat)
After yoga last night, Theresa and Calvin (my yoga teachers) and I were talking about the injuries T and I have endured. Both of us have broken our right foot and have had to work through long ...
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Can You Wiggle Your Toes?
(Journal/Journal)
When I teach a yoga class, sometimes I begin by asking participants to focus for a minute on an obstacle they're facing. I say, this may be a person you’re in relationships with, an issue at ...
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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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A New Kind of Balance
(Journal/Journal)
... my activity. I realize that, before the accident, I lived much of my life in the body. Working in the yard. Doing yoga. Teaching yoga. Biking. Walking. Training with Anthony. A huge part ...
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Devotion to the Practice
(Journal/Journal)
... drawn to her, the gardens, and her work. I am dedicated to learning to be a good yoga teacher and to developing my own deep ashtanga yoga practice. Part of my distress with the foot injury I’ve ...
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Pop
(Journal/Journal)
... yoga practice. Teaching was going great—such a joy--, and I was happy to take up some of the slack at the studio while Theresa and Calvin work on the new place, slated to open in June. We are all looking ...
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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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What is Your Dharma This Year?
(Sabbatical/Sabbatical)
... the Yoga as Muse Retreat held this month in Taos, New Mexico. This is my fourth year attending this retreat, and my experience there is always instructive, uplifting, motivating—awe-inspiring. I returned ...
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February 2010 Reading
(Influences/Influences)
... clear on some of the small changes I can make to eradicate deleterious food and eating habits. Love Michael Pollan. 4. The Ten Things You Need to Eat, by Anahad O’Connor 5. Yoga Journal, March ...
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January 2010 Reading
(Influences/Influences)
... Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha, by Tara Brach 3. Shambhala Sun, March 2010. (notes below) Later in the day reading: 1. Yoga Journal, February 2010. 2. ...
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December 09 Reading
(Influences/Influences)
... Later in the day reading: 1. Running to the Mountain: A Journey of Faith and Change, by Jon Katz. see blog entry 2. Yogabody: Anatomy, Kinesiology, and Asana, by Judith Hanson Lasater. ...
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Best Laid Plans. . .
(Journal/Journal)
... my sabbatical year. First, the knee is healing slowly, holding me back severely in my yoga practice. And in addition to the knee (my left), I have sustained a severe hamstring injury in my right ...
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More on Running to the Mountain
(Sabbatical/Sabbatical)
... to the urge to rush, to change, to fix, to produce. Famous yoga teacher Patabbhi Jois said over and over, “Practice, and all will be coming.” Though I’m not always sure exactly how to proceed, Patabbhi ...
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Quitting/Not Quitting: All Things Change
(Sabbatical/Sabbatical)
... re-affirm this intention. Yesterday, I removed myself from the world. No media, no socializing, no yoga, no playing in the garden. I read and wrote a little, but mostly I rested. I meditated. I took ...