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Face and feel my fear….such simple, but powerful words. We all face fear in our lives at one time or another. Fear strikes in many ways. There’s fear of loss, fear of trusting, fear of being alone, fear of looking into our own two eyes,…and the list goes on. I always feared fear. I . . . → Read More: Simply..Face And Feel My Fear I once spent a whole afternoon chasing the wind. I was only ten at the time, but the movie of that afternoon stills plays clearly in my head. I was in my friend Nancy’s backyard and the wind was strong and gusty that day. Three buildings surrounded her small yard and the wind picked up . . . → Read More: Chasing the Wind “The tea ritual: such a precise ritual of the same gestures and the same tastes; accession to simple, authentic and refined sensations; a license given to all, at little cost, to become aristocrats of taste, because tea is the beverage of the wealthy and the poor; the tea ritual, therefore has the extraordinary virtue of . . . → Read More: The Ritual of Tea Do you ever wake up without any enthusiasm for the day ahead of you? You know, the kind of morning where getting dressed and out of the house is almost too much work? We all have those mornings – low energy, listless, not hopeful or excited about anything. These kinds of mornings used to . . . → Read More: Cloudy With A 50% Chance of Showers Over the weekend the wind caused a large tree in front of our kitchen window to split and be caught on the tree next to it. My brother-in-law came over and cut it down. When the tree was severed, part of it crashed down on the paved driveway making a loud cracking sound. I thought . . . → Read More: More Like Grass, Less Like Pavement I think trust is the most feared word in the English language. Remember the childhood game of falling backward and trusting someone to catch you? Who would you have trusted to do that? Your best friend or the school bully? Of course you’d trust your best friend. You knew your best friend by history and . . . → Read More: Step With Risk, And Land With Trust Moving forward in life and forging ahead on a positive path is difficult enough, but if we harbor anger, hold grudges, or allow ourselves to “what if” over events in the past, moving forward is almost impossible. Many times we blame obstacles in front of us for keeping us from reaching our goals, when we . . . → Read More: Don’t Trip Over The Things Behind You Everyday in yoga, when we do our 20 second savasanas, the teacher says, “Heels touch, toes fall open.” She consistently reminds us that our heels must touch. Then, when we are on our stomachs, she says, “Toes touch, heels fall open”. She was very specific about the heels or toes touching in all savasanas. When . . . → Read More: Heels Touch, Toes Fall…. There are a small group of people that you are bonded to, for one reason or another, for life. This you absolutely know and feel in your soul. No matter how bad it gets, you will always be together – no matter what. “No matter what” are three words that speak volumes. Those three . . . → Read More: As Iron Sharpens Iron, So A Friend Sharpens A Friend In yoga, so many poses involve forward and backward bends requiring us to place our head below our heart. One of the physical benefits of doing this for me has been the disappearance of sinus and allergy problems. Every time my head is inverted I actually feel the breaking up and draining of my sinuses. . . . → Read More: “Heading” For Humility |
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