Archive for the ‘Practices’ Category
Saturday, January 16th, 2010
Speaking of bears, I'd like to invite you to a yoga class I am teaching on Tuesday, January 19. It's free for members of the Society for Technical Communication. If you're not a member, it's $15 to pre-register online, or $20 at the door.
One of the poses I'll be teaching is ...
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Sunday, August 30th, 2009
As I mentioned previously, I just returned from the Diamond Approach 10-day summer retreat in California, and I’d like to share some of the learnings from that, because they tie in with the summer part of the wheel. Summer is the time of childhood innocence. In fact, Bill Plotkin writes ...
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Saturday, August 8th, 2009
plate
no plate
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Monday, July 20th, 2009
chocolate
tea
phone service
no chocolate
no tea
no phone service
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Friday, May 15th, 2009
As I continue to tell you the story of the sacred time in the sweat lodge, I am troubled by a recurring theme that has arisen over the years, about cultural appropriation, or misappropriation. I just came across this article from 1993 in the New York Times, Spiritual Seekers Borrow ...
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Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Exciting news... My ten answers to the famous Inside the Actors Studio questions have been posted, with a twist... inside the yoga studio.
Warning, these responses are not for the faint of heart! Or men named Dick. But they have been approved by the YogaBC moderator!
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Thursday, February 19th, 2009
I taught walking meditation to my two classes at the youth correctional institute on Monday night. The first class consisted of three young men. A male guard was in the room, the library, for the first part of the class, working on the computer. So I introduced the meditation, and ...
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Sunday, February 15th, 2009
Well, how did it go? What did you notice as you did the walking meditation I described yesterday?
I did it in my apartment, and found that in five minutes I just made it from one end of my apartment to the other, and back. I have a small apartment! So ...
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Saturday, February 14th, 2009
You've probably heard that walking is good for you. It's one of the most highly-recommended forms of exercise. It's gentle on the body, and good for the psyche. The physical activity can get the juices flowing and even create a little endorphin high. Going for a walk is good for ...
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Saturday, August 16th, 2008
Exploration of wildness
A lot has changed in my life since I started to explore what it means to be a wild woman. My work life usually involves cerebral pursuits, such as accounting and writing computer software manuals. The exploration of wildness brought my body, heart, and spirit into my work ...
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