Found Exhortation (With Which I Disagree)
My goal is a harmoniously engaged mind, not an empty mind (which is the goal of many yoga/meditation traditions). But if it is an emptying to allow a natural replenishment, that’s another conversation.
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Starting with the Foundation (and Samtosha)
Last night, at his workshop at Willow Street Yoga, Todd Norian discussed the niyama samtosha — contentment. “Perfect,” I thought, because I had been contemplating the practice of samtosha all day. When I had sat to meditate in the morning yesterday, it was hard for me to stay with my mantra or any sense of…
Website Version of December Newsletter
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Sensing the Subtle Energies (an Earthquake)
I woke up around 4 o’clock this morning, inexplicably agitated and unable to fall back asleep right away. Sully, too, was restless. I went into the yoga room and did a series of restorative forward bends and twists, which provided some ease, but I was still a little restless and unable to go back to…
A Friendly Reminder
For health and ease in this embodiment, remember to massage your feet every day. Perhaps followed by some time with your legs up the wall.
State of the Garden (Out of Doors and Inside)
ripe cayenne, unripe cayenne, arugula, black cherokee tomato, kale, red leaf lettuce, snow pea shoots, grape tomatoes, spinach, leaf lettuce, carrots, more snow peas, licorice mint, marigold, romaine lettuce, turnip, beets, green garlic, rose, orchids, night-blooming cereus, various tropical plants, spider plants, oregano, rosemary, lemon grass, lemon verbena