I was running late to class and hobbling still on my sore ankle. I’ll remember Mars turning retrograde at 4 degrees Aquarius (ruling zodiac sign of ankles) for a long time! As soon as I got to the top stair and turned the corner to the studio I saw it, a large white shopping bag with a big pink post-it…
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Many years ago I had the pleasure of working at the NJ Center for the Healing Arts. A wonderful group of various therapists, psycho-, massage-, art-, and other practitioners of the alternative/complementary arts/sciences all worked under one roof. The founder had a vision for how to treat mental illness in today’s society. She was a beacon of light to many…
….and I’m still experiencing the joy of learning with every new pattern that I put together. I’ve moved on now to what’s called stitching and weaving. This pattern I focused on stitching. I don’t have the energy right now to explain in words what that means artistically . . Suffice it to say that I fell in love with the…
It’s been a long time since I blogged or posted anything here. Sorry about that. The reason for my absence online was the unexpected discovery of a new hobby that completely captured my attention. I guess it was sometime in December when I stumbled onto a website which had a few free lessons on how to draw geometric patterns using…
“It’s impossible, ” said Pride. “It’s risky,” said Experience. “It’s Pointless,” said Reason. “Give it a try,” Whispered the Heart. ~Unknown
“…….(on)Writing: shitty first drafts. Butt in chair. Just do it. You own everything that happened to you. You are going to feel like hell if you never write the stuff that is tugging on the sleeves in your heart–your stories, visions, memories, songs: your truth, your version of things, in your voice. That is really all you have to offer…
May I devote my life to learning. May my highest self shine forth May I uplift my soul through meditation & prayer May I join with others to share love & truth. This Sunday we’ll be practicing Metta Meditation at The Sanctuary. Metta, or loving-kindness is one of the heavenly abodes according to Buddhist thought. It’s a particular state…
It’s my one ‘day-off’ from Seva and I’m sitting at the end of the dock on the Lake observing the wildlife. There’s about a dozen cranes meandering around the shore line, calmly strutting and passively standing around the shallow edge. Nearby, one fat, outrageously large goose is surveying the group. He reminds me of a sheepdog herding cattle. The cranes…
There are many ways to practice yoga. Seva, is one. In 1997 I became a volunteer at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health in Lenox, MA. I was offered room & board in return for my service. Mostly, I worked as a Faculty Assistant. Other times I was on the production team for the larger weekend conferences. Eventually, I…
My doodle-a-day practice is morphing. Is that a word? It’s been interesting to see patterns beginning to develop in these seemingly, unconscious, totally right-brain doodles. Mostly, I’ve observed a preference for circles, swirls, dots, and sinuous curves over lines, dashes, and ninety degree angles. That said triangles are a blast. No doubt my art, if I were to call it…