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How to Help a Friend

May 16, 2010

This morning during yoga, I was fretting over a friend.  I am worried about her; I want to help her through a tough time.  Problem is, I don’t know how to help.  Instead of helping, I am spending energy fretting.  I want to fix it for her because I love her a lot.  How many [...]

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Empty Mind

May 12, 2010

I caught a glimpse of an idea for today’s post but weariness blurred it.   It’s the good kind of weariness.  The kind that leaves you sore and tired, but happy.  Do you know the feeling? My brain is rather empty…well, partially.  It’s nice because my mind is often overactive.  I practice meditation and yoga to [...]

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Can’t We All Just Get Along?

April 27, 2010

Yesterday I shared a story about a pigeon and a goat who have found a way to coexist.  I asked how we humans could stop the bickering and learn to connect.  Today, I’d like to share with you some of the ideas that have evolved for me.  Your ideas may be quite different, and I [...]

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Opening to the Energy

April 21, 2010
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The low-level anxiety that I’ve written about in the last couple of days has passed.  Something opened in me yesterday afternoon following a yoga therapy appointment.  Somehow I was able to let it go, perhaps because I recognized that much of what I took to be anxiety was simply a great deal of energy moving [...]

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Practice, Practice, Practice

April 20, 2010
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Yesterday, I described my insane brain.  That’s how I woke up, and it remained throughout the day, even though I tried repeatedly to take Marcie’s advice to breathe.  I experienced low-level anxiety for most of the day. It was interesting, though, and I’m not altogether bothered that I felt that way because it gave me [...]

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