Monthly Archives: September 2010
on infomania
“Instead of blaming our discomfort on outer circumstances or on our own weakness, we can choose to stay present and awake to our experience, not rejecting it, not grasping it, not buying the stories that we relentlessly tell ourselves. This is priceless advice that addresses the true cause of suffering – yours, mine, and that [...]
my yoga school dropout story
“Serve. Love. Give. Purify. Meditate. Realize.” ~Swami Sivananda Ten years ago, I was a devoted yogini, a confused college student and a privileged American consumer. Yoga had been my salvation (on and off) since middle school. My parents had given me the book, Power Yoga, by Beryl Bender Birch the Christmas before. Sun salutations really threw me for a loop at [...]
practice makes progress
“It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.” -BKS Iyengar I would doubtless be irrevocably frazzled or dead by now had I not discovered yoga. Luckily, for over a decade, yoga has become my way of life. Sure, I still falter on the path. A lot. Yet, the essential [...]
death by dr. pepper
He was Christian; I was a budding Buddhist. Because of him, I had reopened the file on Jesus. I reconnected with my Catholic roots in a roundabout attempt to sink my hooks into him. I boiled my spiritual belief system down to these eight bite-sized points: awareness (all we have is now) compassion (all we [...]
what would mary do?
Back then, I believed that all the energy manifest in the world was Divine in nature. A genderless, inhuman, unfathomable God created our Universe and human consciousness. Sure, Jesus Christ is the Son of God, or an incarnation of God in human flesh. Many worship and serve him. That’s great, more power to them. Some [...]
Yoga Workshops @ Earth Lodge
Yoga & Mindfulness Workshops @ Earth Lodge Saturday, Nov. 13 | 2 pm Sunday, Nov. 14 | 8:30 am Q150 per workshop For all levels | tel. 5703 3989 Check back soon for information on retreats and workshops at Earth Lodge in February and April 2011! Namaste.
how getting fired from google drastically improved my life.
It had reached a point where I had no choice but to leave. There I sat on the comfortable faded red Ikea couch in my spacious corner office with two walls of windows. I had grown up in this town. I had worked at this ad agency since I was nineteen. Four long years. I [...]
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star students need a helping hand.
For the past twenty years, the school where I work has awarded scholarships to high school students from area public schools. These kids apply and are selected because of their high academic achievements, despite a dismal education system in Guatemala. Each year, around two hundred students submit applications and essays. Fifty are interviewed. Twenty five [...]
land of eternal contradiction
“If you assume that there’s no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope. If you assume that there is an instinct for human freedom, there are opportunities to change things, there’s a chance you may contribute to making a better world. That’s your choice.” ~Noam Chomsky ζ Before moving here, I was totally [...]
The eight dazzling truths of yoga schmoga.
My friend Lynn spent 17 years living in Nepal and Zimbabwe with her husband, studying Buddhism, teaching yoga and soaking up diverse cultures. When we met in 2009, I asked her that most common of questions, “What kind of yoga do you teach?” She leaned in and confided, “You may not have heard of it. [...]
divided we fall
“Hate no one; hate their vice, not themselves.” ~JGC Brainard September 11, 2001, I woke up to my clock radio at 8:08 a.m. Half asleep, I heard something about a plane crashing into a building. I mindlessly turned the radio off. I rolled over and fell back into the dream state. As I slept, people were [...]
Flowing with Divine Energy: a guide to your 7 chakras. (eBooklet)
{Read it on Elephant Journal} “Chakra” translates to “wheel” in Sanskrit. There are seven main chakras at points along the spine and hundreds of others throughout the body. When the chakras are balanced and in alignment, energy is flowing, and you are healthy. If your chakras are blocked due to mental, emotional or spiritual disease, [...]
