What did the teacher just say?

I was teaching a yoga class the other day and started referring to things in “yogic terms,” which is to say, I was using yoga “terminology” and using Sanskrit words. Teaching is rather like having a long conversation with yourself, and you hope that somewhere...

The continuum of learning

One of my yoga teachers read a passage several years ago in class. He was talking about when a pitcher throws a ball, he doesn’t “think” about throwing the ball, he just throws it. You could use that metaphor for any professional athlete; the idea of Michael...

Put aside the labor and bring on the love

I’ve been a bad blogger. There is nothing that irritates me more than a blog without active content. Part of the hold up has been my sadness over the end of summer. I know; not another blog post about summer ending. But it’s true. I’ve had thoughts of back to...

What I know

There are lots of things that are uncertain these days. The economy is the biggest thing that comes to mind; for many, there is the loss of a job or the impending loss of a job; there are the fluctuations of the stock market, the daily, sometimes hourly, reports about...