“Regrouping, then setting an intention and deciding to follow one particular direction, will open up opportunities that otherwise would not have been available.” Nicholai Bachman, the Path of the Yoga Sutras
The balance
The student of yoga who learns to balance himself internally at every level, physical, emotional, mental, frees himself from this hellish to-ing and fro-ing and lives in harmony with the natural world. Because he is stable, he can adapt to outside changes. The flexibility we gain in asana is the living symbol of the suppleness […]
In stillness
In stillness true power requires no exertion, no effort. Simply practice yoga. Then awareness will case to waver, untouched by the swirling winds of thought, worry, and desire. — The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, 3.10 from Yoga, Power, and Spirit: Patanjali the Shaman by Alberto Villoldo
Letting Go Part II: the bus stop
Two weeks into kindergarten, and my boy got ON the bus this morning! He’s been taking the bus home since day one. Saying bye to his teacher and greeting Mama at the driveway worked just fine. The kind heart of the sixth grader next door, the one willing to sit with the scared kindergartener, was […]
Letting go Part I: The Mama room
Tomorrow morning, we’ll go to kindergarten orientation. I remind myself, we’ve been here before. Here’s my reflection from three years ago. Here I sit in the Mama room, watching the antics of 9 toddlers and 3 teachers through the two way mirror. Toddler TV, some Mom has dubbed it. My son started pre-preschool last […]
