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Coming Together: The Meaning of Satsang
“We obviously cannot confront this tangled world alone…. It takes no great insight to realize that we have no choice but to think together, ponder together, in groups and communities. The question is how to do this. How to come together and think and hear each other in order to touch, or be touched by […]
A Visit With Ram Dass
I don’t normally repost from the blog I share with David, The Slender Thread, but wanted to share this with everyone. A Visit with Ram Dass Posted on October 6, 2012 on The Slender Thread “I Am Loving Awareness” Laura and David with Ram Dass, at his home on Maui Last Saturday, we had the opportunity to […]
Yoga for Dummies
Avidya: Knowing That You Don’t Know Who makes these changes? I shoot an arrow right. It lands left. I ride after a deer and find myself chased by a hog. I plot to get what I want and end up in prison. I dig pits to trap others and fall in. I should be suspicious […]
Creativity and Yoga | The Slender Thread
Reposted from The Slender Thread Creativity and Yoga | The Slender Thread. Laura and I are currently planning our Creativity and Yoga workshops for later this month atHui No‘eau Visual Arts Center on Maui. And we are asking the question: what serves what? Are we using yoga to stimulate creativity, or are we using creativity to […]
Yoga Sadhana – A Balancing Act Between Action, Observation and Surrender
Politics has been on everyone’s mind as the elections near. In such a heated climate, religion, philosophy and spirituality are often used as one of the driving forces behind political culture wars. The secular public naturally begins to get a sour taste of religion when religious groups come forward in defense or opposition of particular […]
Yoga and Perception: The Shifting Sands of Self
Where we let go of what we are, we become what we might be. ~ Lao Tzu For the past several satsangs and blog posts I’ve attempted to relate yoga and the yoga sutras to daily life – our trials, tribulations, and, on occasion, relationships – however, as we progress through the contemplative discipline of yoga, we see that yoga aims to […]
Self and Other
Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity. - Pema Chödrön I love facebook—it’s a good reflection of what’s in the […]
Obstacles on the Path
The most beautiful people are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross In discussion with many people […]
Yoga and Right Mindfulness
I didn’t start practicing yoga in India, nor did I begin my studies under the tutelage of any great renunciate. I initiated my practice in much the same way most modern people do—I went to my neighborhood yoga studio and began practicing with a genuine teacher who had dedicated the last several years to intense […]
Yoga and Body Image
Ever since puberty, I can’t remember a time when my appearance wasn’t on my mind. Being a teenager was all about feeling too fat, too pale, too short, or just plain not pretty enough. By the time I was 16 I realized that if I simply didn’t eat much, I’d stay thin enough to feel […]
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