Resistance Is FutileFor as long as I can remember, I have had an undercurrent of pain that flows wide and deep through my life. Sometimes it flows swift and hard, other times it softly meanders – but it is always there. I have hated it, loved it, sat in it,...
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Tag Archives: Body Rolling
Happy, Healthy Body
Happy, Healthy BodyIn a recent Yamuna® newsletter, the founder of Body Rolling spoke of an interview where she was asked how she defines a beautiful body. She gave a dynamic and thoughtful response. I found her words inspiring and important and want to share them with you . . ...
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Resilience
ResilienceA last minute change in plans, a canceled meeting, a postponed phone call, a friend that doesn’t show up or shows up without notice, a class gets canceled, a deadline is changed, you show up for a meeting to find that it started an hour ago, the weather is uncooperative,...
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Steady On
Steady OnBeing a two-legged human being is quite the balancing act. There have been many hikes on uneven terrain where I wished for four legs instead of two! Not that I don’t enjoy being upright, having arms and hands with opposable thumbs (miracle!) – I do! But two legs come...
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Rest (by David Whyte)
RestRest is the conversation between what we love to do and how we love to be. Rest is the essence of giving and receiving. Rest is an act of remembering, imaginatively and intellectually but also physiologically and physically. To rest is to give up on the already exhausted will as...
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