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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,…
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…
There is a significant rise in the understanding and exposure to Post Traumatic Stress (PTS). Note, I do not refer to PTS as a disorder (PTSD). Some more progressive Somatic clinicians feel that PTS is a biological and evolutionary response to a traumatic event. It is not a disorder but rather a naturally systemic and primal response to threat. The concept of ‘trauma’ is becoming a more common sensitivity to psycho-social conversations. As a person who has dedicated most of her life, education and career…
I am one of those who loves the tradition of a fresh tree for the holiday season. Growing up in Montana as nature and land lovers and typical hunter-gatherer people, the quest for a family tree, and its resources, was respectable and serious. The cold winters were placid and the deep, isolating freeze often left us indoors at the edge, and mercy, of the wood-burning oven where we were curiously engrossed and hushed by the blaze of fire. A fascinating juxtaposition between the wild dance of…
