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Healing with Ashtanga: Modulating stress on autopilot
This time of year brings up stress. It’s not always in real time, but rather in remembering…
Not just in the mind, but in the nervous system and in the tissues. As the mornings are darker, the unconscious becomes brighter, and all that is held inside me comes alive in a new way. This shows up as inklings of thought that generate more depth, or sometimes a standstill—a pause too long—that highlights a blockage.
How to identify and get past the stagnant feeling where words or feelings are numbed? Move my body! My Ashtanga yoga practice has been my savior through the years.
Left Brain wrote this | Right Brain approved it
In 2012 I wrote about my yoga brain. Fourteen years later I’ve realized I don’t have just one brain state. I have a whole house of them. There’s a yoga brain and a hiking brain. There’s a writing brain, a romance brain and a networking brain that counts the seconds until it can go home. There’s even a kitty brain. Each room has its own mix of analysis and flow, and I’ve found that the best moments happen in the doorways between them. Wander through with me.
(Fair warning: my left brain drew the floor plan, so everything is labeled)
I love my Full-spectrum Infrared Sauna
The benefits include increased metabolism, aid in recovery from muscle aches and pains, immune support as the heat accelerates the immune response, detoxification as blood circulation increases and works together with the stimulated sweat glands, reduction in cellulite, ease in joint pain and stiffness, stress reduction and skin improvements. ⠀
Feeling broken: Do you ever wonder how you'll make it through the day?
Feeling broken? Too much chaos? Too many obligations that stifle who you are? Do you ever wonder how you'll make it through the day?
Don't pass by me: Who goes slowly goes healthy
There is a fine balance between shyness and true expression. As if in a bit of a conundrum, I go back and forth between befriending stillness and the gems inside me that open only when the darkness underneath is stirred to view what's lurking beneath.
Are you always too busy: Do you care about your freedom?
It seems to be the new cool to say you're busy, swamped or otherwise not available for free time. Why is that?
It's cool to control your freedom
Early morning yoga keeps me more present in life
It's difficult not to write after this morning's 6:00 a.m. class at Yoga Tree Corte Madera.
Early morning yoga in Marin
Why your blog still matters
Your blog is your place for thinking, and then typing what you think. It's your news source and outlet for relaying whatever you've got to say, and putting it out there. Even if no one reads it—let's hope that's not the case—your blog is a collection of all of your thoughts, organized chronologically and categorically.
One glass of wine: Wine enthusiast, wine industry expertise
The thoughts that come to me when I am into you.
Behind the eyes of a writer™: A series, part three
As the wind blows, I know why I’m a writer. Because life is in balance; like a seesaw, it tips. I see through a lens that looks for what’s interspersed as opposites—each sting has a petal. I can hear what you see when I am grateful to be alive.
Healthy eyesight: Luteins, red wine and computers
I went to the optometrist today for my first time in all my years—having 20/20 vision all my life—because I noticed that in the last year or so, I am no longer able to read the fine print on my iPhone. For that matter, I cannot focus on anything anymore that is within a one-foot distance from my eyes. This is new for me.
Learning how to live like a cat
I have wondered lately if it would be possible to live the life of one of my two indoor cats, and if I were to accomplish this endeavor, how relaxed life would be. As I rush around through my days full of schedules and kids, I often remind myself of the solace I will feel when I finally get to relax on the floor
Letting go of worries, enjoying your summer days, living your yoga
It's summertime... But just because the beach and sunshine beckon you to follow a free-spirited attitude, you can actually allow yourself to relive your yoga.
Are you able to think outside the box?
It's easy to have a grand plan for everything you do in life, along with trying to plot and control the outcome. Although it's important to advocate for yourself and your own destiny, sometimes it's better to let life just happen.
Synchronicity in your work and life
Carl G. Jung defines synchronicity as the conceptual relationship of minds, intricately structured in their own logical way which gives rise to that which is not causal in nature.
The best morning routine: How it can set the stage for your ideal day
But you do wonder how you will get it all done, not necessarily on time but at all! And, if possible, you wonder how to remain sane in the process.
What does your miscellaneous kitchen drawer say about you?
Most people have a drawer in their kitchen that can be categorized as a miscellaneous utensil drawer. Almost everyone has their silverware organized in a divider. But what about the rest? What does your miscellaneous drawer say about you?
Do you wear a mask to be a mystery?
With Halloween around the corner, I am reminded of masks. I'm not thinking of costumes though, but of the idea underneath. It is during these masquerade parties that we can play with the idea of hiding our identity and being another side of our psyche.