The big reveal of day five is – I don't have to do this anymore. I suddenly realized my silence is different than Anne's silence in her book. Her silence was just that – silence – no talking for a whole day. My silence never involved not talking. My silence involved trying to make my . . . → Read More: 15 Minutes – Day 5 – We’re Done Here!
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Today, for my 15 minutes of silence, I didn’t have to venture into “the silent room” because I dragged my favorite rocking chair into the TV room to watch two hours of American Idol last night. Now, just muting the TV wasn’t going to work. I had to actually shut it off. Shutting off the . . . → Read More: 15 Minutes – Day 4 15 minutes can be either a very short amount of time or a very, very long amount of time. It all depends on what you're trying to do in it. If you only have 15 minutes before your hair appointment and want to stop and pick up your prescription at the pharmacy, 15 minutes isn't . . . → Read More: 15 Minutes The new season of American Idol is once again upon us. Idol time, for my sister and I, was “mommy & me” time with our mom. She was pretty much house bound for the last few years of her life and TV and her children and grandchildren’s visits were her main connections to the outside . . . → Read More: Idol Time….Mommy & Me Mortified is the only word to describe looking back at yourself after doing something so humiliating and out of character, that you can’t believe it was actually you that did it. Watching the news one morning I saw the video of the lady texting while walking in a mall and falling into the fountain. Then . . . → Read More: Mortified! This morning, putting on my makeup, I noticed I was standing with all my weight on my right leg, knee totally locked. Yesterday in the grocery store I was standing in line with perfect posture and looked down to see my “feet together, toes and heels touching. At the table I found myself sitting with . . . → Read More: Lock Your Knees- 16 Weeks Later.. In this time of all the heads of state giving the state of their unions, it’s time for me to reflect on the state of the union of my mind, body, and spirit. January 2011 – Time to go back to last year’s list of resolutions and tell myself how I did. My first . . . → Read More: The State of Me Pranayama breathing (which means standing deep breathing) is how we begin each yoga class. Interlace your ten fingers and glue them to your throat. Now inhale through your nose while bringing your elbows up beside your ears, to a count of six. Next exhale through your mouth while lowering your elbows and using your interlaced . . . → Read More: Life & Breath I once wrote about Julie Chen on The Talk impressing me by the things she shares about her marriage. Then, yesterday, watching an episode I DVR’d, she knocks one out of the ballpark again. The question she threw out to the other four hosts was: What would you say is the one thing that . . . → Read More: Julie Chen Rules Again! “Sometimes we have a period that looks like a setback, but in reality that time is like a place of preparation.” (Listening Beneath the Noise, Anne LeClaire) Yesterday I was having a conversation with my friend before yoga class. We were saying that you’d think after practicing for 16 weeks regularly now, we’d be physical . . . → Read More: Setbacks – Not What You Think |
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