I was in college studying philosophy and comparative religion when I had this revelation about myths and folklore and stories of all sorts. We are always every character. I don’t remember which brilliant professor planted this seed for me but I think about it all the time. I mean this idea sort of changes how […]
Last Sunday I had just returned home from my annual winter Restorative Yoga retreat and I was dragging my feet about unloading all of the things from the car. I happened upon a book about geckos that my kids had left out. Just to be clear, I don’t care at all about geckos but some […]
I once worked in an office job where part of the decor were so-called inspirational posters. You know the ones, right? They have these cheesy photos overlaid with glib sentiments like: “There is no I in team.” “Whatever the problem, be part of the solution.” “Continuous effort is the key to unlocking potential.” But there […]
Today, I Rest I don’t need fancy moves today. I don’t want handstands or crow poses, hollow body holds or revolved triangles. I don’t want breath of fire, or skull shining breath, or breath retentions. I don’t begrudge the repetitions. I don’t hate on the powering through. I don’t look down on the empowered muscled […]
Seems a likely time to talk about monsters on the day after Halloween but it was actually something else that inspired this month’s musings. One of my family’s favorite board games is called Castle Panic. Do you know it? All of the players work together to save the castle from invading monsters. It’s a combination […]
This past weekend, I had the great privilege of spending a few hours learning from a brilliant teacher named Sam Rice. Her workshop was called “Harbor of the Heart” and at the beginning, she offered this as the definition of the word harbor: a place of security and comfort a part of a body of […]
Many years ago, I heard this piece on NPR about how multitasking is a delusion. We think we are doing more than thing at once but what’s actually happening is that our brain is moving from one single thing to another single think at such an unbelievable pace that it makes us think we are […]
The Swamis once gave me an assignment: Make a list of all of the times you wish you made a different choice. Sounds easy, right? At first it was. I just started making a (very long) list of all of the times I screwed up and wished I had done things differently. Then I started […]
Will and I were in the car a few days ago, about to merge onto 495 when the traffic in front of us came to a dead stop on the ramp. As we were paused, Will looked over and noticed the yield sign. “Mom, does that mean stop?” When I explained that it means the […]
Jillian Pransky shares this story in her brilliant book Deep Listening. It’s been on my mind a lot lately. A Buddhist community in France was visited by a reporter who was on assignment to write a story about the comings and goings of the group. When he arrived, he was invited to take the daily […]