Category: on life and yoga

On Re-Thinking

I’ve been working on a writing assignment that, on the surface, sounded fairly straight-forward. But by the time my terrified perfectionist and inner critic got done tag-teaming me, I started re-thinking this whole Writing As A Thing That I Do business. All the while, in a very significant part of my life right now I’m feeling like I’m being pushed...

The Year That Was 2016: Part Two (a.k.a. You Look Familiar; Have We Met Before?)

So, a while back, I published The Year That Was 2016: Part One. That would indicate that there would, at least, be a Part Two, right? So, a few weeks later, here we go. I’ve determined that 2016’s raison d’être was to help us figure out what we are made of. Because 2017 and beyond will demand that we have...

Mantra for a New Year

Faith is strengthened when I feed my fear to it so that Faith may transform fear into nourishment and energy for my journey. ????  ????????

A Short Pep-Talk When You’ve (I’ve) Had One of THOSE Weeks

There will be days–and weeks–that knock you to the ground and beat the shit out of you. That’s part of the deal of living life. And when you get to the end of one of those days, or weeks, you should celebrate the fact that you are batting 100%. Because you have survived EVERY GOTDAMB ONE of those awful-horrible-no-good-very-bad days....