SEMI-DAILY
Musings
About yoga, life, and how hard it is to sit still.
The only way out is through
The way out of here, paraphrasing Rabbi Tarfon, says: the enormity of this work is not the point.
Listening is one thing …
This past Saturday, I did something I have never done before. I truly respected the boundaries of my body.
This is not insane
It is not insane to demand peace, to insist on our joint humanity, to posit the possibility of love.
In which I commit to routine
When do routines become a cop-out, a way to avoid engaging with life?
What’s with the online classes?
When I practice at home, yoga is literally part of my life, and not just something I do when I put on yoga pants and go to the studio.
Feelings, parenting, and treating me right
I needed to focus on treating another human being right, before I was able to extend that courtesy to myself.
That wall …
An odd to the walls within. that persist and surprise us, still. Even for the umpteenth time.
A love letter to silence
My morning meditation feels like a memory of spaciousness that can last all day.
On imposter syndrome and other false narratives
When I know something with my body, mind, and soul, my path of action is different, conscious, chosen with care.
The next hilltop over
It’s time to go to the next hilltop and see what you can see from there.
My manifesto
There are a million ways to write a manifesto. I want to write mine with my life.
In defense of limitations
Very few of us are so privileged that what we do is 100% determined by our own will and desires. And to be honest, those who are, appear to get it wrong most of the time.
Trusting love
Tomorrow is another day, for healing or for staying sick, but always for love.
Curiosity is the true grit
We tend to put limits on ourselves and each other out of fear of abandonment, or maybe just out of love.
Missing a friend
Missing a friend is just one tiny atom of the universe of love we need to survive.
This balance too is elusive
Balance was never meant to be permanent or still. Striving for balance is the human condition.
I choose joy
We always have choices, and when we ground them in values, the loss of what we don’t do is negligible.
Aging is a privilege
We say that death and taxes happen to everyone, but both are deeply determined by political decisions about how well, and how long, our particular social group deserves to live.