spiritual freedom

Posted by on Jun 15, 2011 in cultivating peace, relationship to life, Uncategorized, yoga of relationship ~ life | 2 comments At dinner the other night with a group of friends, my friend Ginny shared pictures and stories from a trip she took to Bali.  For me, what was striking about the conversation was how she kept coming back to the word “freedom.”  Ginny also touched on something that I’ve been thinking about for a very long time now, that our freedom is also our responsibility.  She illustrated...
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beginner’s mind

Posted by on May 31, 2011 in relationship to self, yoga of relationship ~ life | 3 comments I’m a big believer in life long learning.  My mom was too.  One principle she had about learning was to occasionally be a beginner.  The way this took shape for me as a child was to take beginning dance classes. I danced from age 5 to about 26.  Throughout those years, I occasionally took beginner dance classes.  In the early years, my sense of pride was wounded when she would insist...
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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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