Art and Culture | Asana, Pranayama, and Yoga Practice | Community and Family | Dance/Contact Improvisation | Food for the Body | Meditation | Photos | Poetry
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Caught in the Trees?
Classical yoga philosophies (as opposed to tantra) teach us that our mind/body are not real; what is real is “God,” and when we truly know this, we will experience freedom. I personally don’t ascribe to teachings that hold a concept real, but ourselves unreal. I do think, though, that the practice that comes from this…
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Signs Around Town
This was left behind in an assembly room that is used by many unrelated groups. Who wrote it is unknown. A possible answer, besides “what do you mean by spirit and soul?” would be “maybe not at all.”
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Chanting the Names/Listening to the Silence
Krishna Das reminding his listeners the reasons he practices and offers kirtan scrolled across my Facebook feed last week with this quote: “My path is to be in the living Presence; We have to find a way inside us, we have to find a way to open our hearts, to quiet our minds, to let…
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Signs Around Town (Excerpt)
To the extent that anything is, so too you . . .
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Saraswati Namaha (for Navaratri)
I brought this simple murti the first night after my arrival in India in December 2011. I made the mala she is wearing some time later. Fostering creativity and wisdom as she does, she sits over my desk for inspiration.