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Black Widow Wisdom

It has been nearly a year since I have posted a blog, and according the marketing world I might as well just shoot myself in the foot.  Clearly, consistency here is not a strong point.  Trust me, I have been meaning to write. I have novels cataloging in my library mind, I am just a mad scientist studying the raw details of my life in a way that often prohibits me form refining the intense content of experience and filtering…

Slowly Surfacing

My last full asana practice was in July.  After 4 surgeries on the chest, back, and armpit and 6 months of intense cancer treatment I can barely hold myself up in down dog, plank is a shaky quake, my hips are like wishbones waiting to split, and my toes might as well be in Long Island. It will be months before I am ‘back’…. And really, what does that matter….I am alive, and I have my breath. My body has…

Revisit: Feed the Buddha, Love the Bees

This is a post that I wrote a while ago,  however,  I invite you to take the time to revisit it,  as the messages it holds are ones that have been speaking to me much again these days. I feel that often we read something or study something and digest it too quickly,  only to move on to the next new thing,  so take this in again slowly and apply it to where you are at right now in your…

Crisis & Challenge as Opportunity

“The right way to wholeness is made up of fateful detours and wrong turnings.” C.G. Jung It seems that the cosmos are aligning in a manner that is creating what could be perceived as a serious unfortunate events.  For the last few weeks I have heard from all sorts of friends,  family,  and students a steady discussion regarding the turmoil occurring in their lives.  Random acts of weirdness,  unexpected deaths,  health diagnosis,  and accidents. I find it interesting that in…