“Music Takes Us Out of the Actual…

…and whispers to us dim secrets that startle our wonder as to who we are, and for what, whence, and whereto.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson Today I am greeted with the question…what moves you?  And I answer, inspiration.  Inspiration by way of the unthinkable, unforeseen and the  unspoken.  Yes!  Is it the forming of the word, [...]

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Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There

That Sylvia Boorstein was on to something when she wrote that book, the title of this post.  But after we just sit or  just walk, or just be… then what?  Do we then finally accept that we don’t have to try so hard, strive so much, or prove ourselves worthier than we already are?  If [...]

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To Every Season, Turn, Turn, Turn….

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance… and a time to every purpose under the heaven… As many of you know, this time of year stirs up an array of emotions that take us through valleys of excitement and motivation to alleys of anxiety [...]

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“Where is the Delusion when Truth is Known…

Where is the disease when the mind is clear? Where is death when the breath is controlled? Therefore, surrender to yoga.” -T. Krishnamacharya One perk to visiting my hometown aside from my awesome family, is the opportunity to take classes with master yoga teachers like this one, Leslie Kaminoff founder of the Breathing Project. For [...]

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“We Shall Not Cease from Exploration…

…And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time”. I’ve been approaching my practice these past few months in a very experimental way.  In some ways just to see how it changes or doesn’t change me-body, mind, life.  Although I always have [...]

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Zen Master Roshi says,

Peace is not a matter of discussion, shut up, and like the Buddha, sit down under the old tree”. I have been reluctant to discussing the evolutionary stages of my practice in these last few months, since I left Boston in June.  Come to think of it, I lean towards keeping silent around my experience [...]

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“Yet knowing how way leads on….

…. to way, I doubted if I should every come back two roads diverged in a wood, and I– I took the road less traveled by, And that has made all the difference“ I know what you’re thinking…finally, she started her blog! Better late than never.  I guess when you take the road less traveled [...]

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