SUP Yoga: Breath, Balance, Fear
warrior one on the shore. cheating? maybe. To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself. ~ Kierkegaard Stepping onto a stand up paddleboard (SUP) didn’t change me, and...
View ArticleDaring Greatly- a pledge to live wholeheartedly
taking the wholehearted pledge My Friday morning yoga book club is currently participating in Brené Brown’s Daring Greatly online read along and we are so freaking on fire and inspired by it. Just...
View Articlereality bites. confessions of an imperfect yogi
holy crap. I suck. Last night my sweet, patient, loving partner said these words to me: “If only people knew you weren’t the person you portray on your blog”. Ouch. I’m not? Apparently, the person I am...
View Articletake off the mask, you beautiful mess.
The Moment ~Margaret Atwood The moment when, after many years of hard work and a long voyage you stand in the centre of your room, house, half-acre, square mile, island, country, knowing at last how...
View ArticleVoting as Duty (and another practice in living your yoga)
You may be pretty or plain, heavy or thin, gay or straight, poor or rich. But nobody has more votes than you. All human beings are more equal to each other than they are unequal. And voting is the...
View Articlemusings about life…from a boat
hope floats…and the mind wanders In the warmer month of September, my salty wannabe partner and I bought a sailboat. This wasn’t quite a whim as much as it was a compromise: a boat could be cheaper...
View Articlechoose love
Context I was sitting in a coffee shop with a fellow yogi sipping chai and discussing my latest interpersonal frustration. I was feeling discouraged and lost, and I was looking for some honest advice...
View Articlein memoriam
In one of the stars, I shall be living. In one of them, I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing when you look at the sky at night. Antoine de Saint-Exupery The Little...
View Articlehow changing my mind opened my heart.
One month ago, I told most of my friends, colleagues and close relatives (and anyone interested in listening) that I was not at all interested in getting another dog. Not even close to interested. Our...
View Articlegood old summer days (when thongs were footwear)
These long summer days have made me wistful for the days when my beauty routine consisted of stealing into my sister’s jar of Noxema and then rolling on enough cherry flavored Lip Smackers to coat the...
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