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Completely Quiet
Texas patch-nosed Snake sunning itself in my garden. So lovely. Virāma A very refined state in which the mind is completely quiet. Doesn’t everything about that sound awesome? “Very refined.”...
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Birdsong
Click image to visit website. Feeding time……detail – Purple Martin by Nigel Shaw This morning, I finished a call on the computer and I could feel the sun shining on me through the window so I...
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Sometimes there’s no big lesson to be learned.
This week, I was out back digging a hole for the next compost dump. I love dirt and on this day I didn’t even mind the time and effort it took to dig out and separate the stones. A variety of...
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Yoga can help you weather life’s changes with steadiness and calm
Adorable Small Texas frog (My mom thinks it’s a toad…) Austin, Texas is quite possibly the nicest place on the planet this week. The temperature is perfect. The mosquitoes haven’t yet hatched and there...
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Mind-altering… yoga?
Enjoy your journey. I’ll have mine right here, thank you. Recently, one of my friends participated in an ayahuasca ceremony. We went to dinner the other day and I got to hear all about it. The...
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To be in the center and see all around
I’ve lived in Texas for most of my life and though it is in south and part of the Bible belt, it still isn’t the deep south. Texas doesn’t have an excess of old establishment buildings or the...
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Stepping out of the routine
These days, I really like having a routine. I can see and appreciate how a regular bedtime, mealtimes and a predictable schedule is good for me and my family. For the last few years, I’ve been...
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Nature continues to amaze me
Today, my husband, Dave, dug out this old rotted stump from the corner of the back yard. When he finally unearthed it, the thing came out of the ground like a four-foot, twelve-limbed dendrite...
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Earth Day WEEK
In the past, I haven’t been one to read into things. Something weird might happen, and I’d be more likely to shrug it off than take it in. With my practice of yoga, this isn’t so much the case. I...
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The Hedge with a Window and a Door
Ham House. Formal Gardens. London, England When you choose to think about something, just one thing and nothing else, and your mind cooperates and is able to stay with the subject of your choosing,...
View ArticleWhat my camping trip taught me about yoga…
Last weekend, I packed up the kids and the car and went out of town for a camping weekend. When the girls and I found the campsite, it was already amazing. Jenn and her girls had gotten there in the...
View ArticleA Quiet mind may be the ticket to a fulfilling life
This morning I had a yoga class to teach. I’ve been teaching at this place for four years now so I’ve got a well-worn path from my house’s garage to the studio. I left on time, drove over, and parked...
View ArticleFive essential elements needed to make something wonderful manifest in your life
There’s a creation story that comes from the Samkhya philosophy – one that describes how the material elements came to be. This story informs both Yoga and Āyurveda. The simple version goes something...
View ArticleWhat my camping trip taught me about yoga…
Last weekend, I packed up the kids and the car and went out of town for a camping weekend. When the girls and I found the campsite, it was already amazing. Jenn and her girls had gotten there in the...
View ArticleA Quiet mind may be the ticket to a fulfilling life
This morning I had a yoga class to teach. I’ve been teaching at this place for four years now so I’ve got a well-worn path from my house’s garage to the studio. I left on time, drove over, and parked...
View ArticleFive essential elements needed to make something wonderful manifest in your life
There’s a creation story that comes from the Samkhya philosophy – one that describes how the material elements came to be. This story informs both Yoga and Āyurveda. The simple version goes something...
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