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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what me worry?

Posted by on Feb 21, 2011 in Uncategorized, yoga of relationship ~ others | 0 comments I’m not one to worry much about what other people think.  Nonetheless, a week or so ago I found myself feeling unsettled.  At first I could not figure out what had me feeling unsettled.  After a little intrapsychic digging around, I found the culprit.  I felt off kilter because of a mistake I made and I didn’t know the direct impact my mistake had on someone I care about, a...
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yoga of relationship

Posted by on Nov 4, 2010 in relationship to life, relationships | 6 comments Our lives take place in the context of relationships.  We have relationships with ourselves, with others, with life, with nature, with our work..the list goes on and on.  Relationships can be like a yoga mat that is slung over your shoulders in every moment of life.  It’s so ever-present, you might not even be aware of the presence and impact of your relationships on your overall...
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sacred threads ~ coats of many colors

Posted by on Sep 21, 2010 in relationship to life, relationships, sacred threads | 8 comments I’ve been re-reading a translation of the Shiva Sutras, an text from the tradition of Kashmir Shaivism.  One of the sutras reads, “Nothing exists that is not Shiva.”  Shiva, of course, is another name for all-pervasive consciousness, God, the Great Mystery, Allah, Shiva, The God of 10,000 Names.  This teaching is echoed in Psalm 139 in the Holy Bible, “Whither shall I go...
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becoming a life artist

Posted by on Aug 31, 2010 in cultivating peace, mindfulness, sacred threads | 9 comments Thich Nhat Hanh a contemporary Buddhist monk, writes with great elegance of the joy to be found in bringing our awareness to the present moment.  He encourages us to be so completely immersed in the task at hand that it becomes to us the most important thing in our life. In The Miracle of Mindfulness, he writes, “While washing the dishes, you might be thinking about the tea afterwards, and so...
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