Jun
24
Sometimes you hold on even when you should let go. I am ready to let go of the past year and offer space to the unfolding of the new year. In fact, I’m eager to release words such as unprecedented. But some things, I want to linger with a tad longer. I want to linger …
Jun
24
If you were like many of us, you welcomed 2020 into your life and lexicon with the attention to numbers. In January, so many interesting combinations lay in the 12 months ahead. Now other numbers garner attention and they are not numbers you may have ever thought to consider. As you and I continue to navigate the …
Jun
12
Pose a Day Brings you: Ardha Chandrasana ~ Half Moon Pose If you are building from yesterday’s pose of virabhadrasana II, it is a natural progression to go from warrior II to half moon. This pose will definitely work your balance, but to keep the alignment on solid ground, practice against a wall. Cues: With …
Jun
03
21-Day Yoga Challenge: Pose a Day Today’s Pose is: Vanarasana or Lunge Pose Vanarasana or lunge pose, like so many of our poses, can be performed in various ways. Hands can be on the floor or raised toward the ceiling and the back knee can be on the floor or lifted, pressing the heel back. Try this …
Jan
25
The Book of Ruth, a novel chosen by our book club, back in the time when Oprah still held sway over book picks, turns violent in the last chapter. Maybe my memory overplays the drama, but a tingle still ripples my nervous system as I recall the graphic details of demise. On the evening that …
Jan
01
Open the door to the new year and like a clean sheet of paper or a desk calendar with crisp corners, feel the slate of viable possibilities. This annual resurgence of potential offers encouragement and enthusiasm. What a gift to be offered: an invitation to renew.
Jun
24
What’s in a number? So much and simultaneously so little. When my girlfriend and I were eight, her mother told her that she could invite as many friends to her birthday party as she was old. We immediately thought ahead and realized that meant she could have 21 friends at her twenty-first birthday. We never …
Jun
06
Here in the states we have begun to experience the time of the year that follows winter: Road Work Season. This means detour signs will be aplenty and our regular routes may be upended. The common use of the detour sign inclines me to think: inconvenience. However, after a recent trip across the pond, I am …
Apr
06
Spring is the perfect time to be re-invigorated. Whether it is the offering of warm weather to get outside and move more or the sweetness of sitting on the front porch at first light to listen to the birds. At this time of year, those birds sound like old classmates who have come together for a …
Jun
23
Forty-nine on the periodic table is the chemical element indium, a soft metal that is malleable and easily fusible. While opinions may differ on how malleable I am, I can be flexible and open to others and to new experiences. In the year ahead indium seems like a good touch stone – or metal base …
