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Mindful Tip: AIR

Humans have a wonderful capacity to think.  Despite the obvious needs and applications of an intellectual and contemplative presence in the building of culture and industry, the mind can get very carried away with its often incessant and inconvenient ruminations and certainly with the added weight of chaotic emotions as a result of trying times. With all the current external pressures, stressors and uncertainties it is essential to get a hold of how we engage in our own thinking and…

Mindful Mantis:  Meditation for Activism

Recently while sitting on my porch I became overwhelmed with a cluster of weeds and grasses that were overtaking an area they were not “supposed” to be.  I took the impulsive initiative to start pulling. I carelessly ripped out chucks and roots of climbers that were taking nutrients from my other intentionally placed plants.  In one erratic sweeping gesture I unknowingly pulled out a sweet Globe Mallow I had been trying for years to get to take off.  She just…

Find Me In The Flowers

An early morning brings both bright spring sun and a yard cast of thousands.  Softly cooing doves and mocking birds dipping in bird baths like a winged baptism, buzzing bees gather at the womb of purple sage, barking dogs rolling around in freshly cut grass exposing their chubby bells to the open sky, lizards peeking their leathery bobble head out from the shade of old bark trees  scoping out droplet of water for first drink.  The roses are tender, fragrant,…

The Practice of Yoga Begins Now

If you have ever practiced with me, you know that I almost always end class with Pattabhi Jois’s words, “the practice of yoga begins now”.  This is the firm reminder that the practice is not solely Asana, but rather the body, the mat and the teachings create rich metaphor and healing expression; an atmosphere of inner awareness promoting refined, cohesive and healthy outer living. I have recently had many students comment how the gravity of this statement has made a deeper…