showing up as your REAL self

Posted by on May 2, 2011 in cultivating peace, relationship to life, relationship to self, relationships, this i believe, Uncategorized | 11 comments Twenty years ago this year, I moved from Salt Lake City, Utah to east Tennessee.  For me, it was a bit of a challenging move.  For all its conservativeness, the culture of Salt Lake was balanced by an open-minded contingency of people.  There were lots of yoga studios, drumming circles, alternative approaches to mental and spiritual well-being.  I fit in. I had a thriving practice and active...
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living your REAL life

Posted by on Apr 24, 2011 in relationship to life, this i believe, yoga of relationship ~ life | 2 comments Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about how much trouble we get into with our own hearts as we get all wrapped up with ideas about how our life should be rather than how it really is and who we should be rather than being who we really are.  Hanging on tight to all this fear seems to create a kind of holo-self rather than REAL self.  Much like the velveteen rabbit, perhaps by the time...
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tips for disagreeing respectfully

Posted by on Mar 21, 2011 in cultivating peace, relationships, yoga of relationship ~ others | 0 comments These last couple of weeks, I’ve been hearing a theme in my work with people – “How do I disagree with my partner in a respectful way?”  A young couple I’m seeing in my practice have been going around with this one for a while.  I certainly remember being in the first years of my relationship with husband, David (going on thirty years now).  We sure have bumped up...
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resting

Posted by on Mar 7, 2011 in power of now, relationship to life, Uncategorized, yoga of relationship ~ life | 2 comments I’ve been taking a bit of a rest from my normal routines lately.  Sometimes resting looks like “not doing.”  For me lately, resting has looked like resting my routines.  When I do that, I find surprises in life that I hadn’t previously noticed. For instance, I like to walk in the field behind my house.  I have my routine of walking the field in big circles.  While...
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understanding anger

Posted by on Feb 28, 2011 in relationships, Uncategorized, yoga of relationship ~ others | 5 comments Anger generally has an outward directed energy.  Someone in your life does something that does not meet your expectations or standards and you get mad.  Or they don’t do something they said they would do and you get mad.  Or they fail you or someone you care about and you get mad. Often this “mad” is also accompanied by a kind of righteous indignation.  It’s that...
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