Nowhere. Now Here. Here Now.

    Presence, or the |Art of Being-Here-Now|{for me} is an ongoing practice. …For, as I experience it, [presence is a practice] indeed. And it is one that I simultaneously crave and resist. Because to live in the present moment is to both *feel and experience* ABSOUTELY EVERYTHING that is to be registered on a […]

Magic Words

I once attended a wedding where the pastor ‘s homily revolved around four short phrases of three simple words that loved ones should say to each other every day. The first phrase he told us to say to one another is, “I love you”. For many of us, it seems, this phrase comes with relative […]

Touchy Feely

I was once referred to as “thin-skinned”. And ironically (or perhaps not), this statement threw me off-guard as I found myself asking, “Really? Am I thin-skinned?” I have always considered the opposite to be true. Curious of the actual definition, I looked it up and read that “thin skinned” is an adjective used to describe someone […]

Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t

Have you ever been subject to unkind words, insensitive comments, or criticism? Have you ever felt that something you did or said was misunderstood, misconstrued, or picked apart by others? Have you ever invested your time and energies into something meaningful to you, something that you cared about dearly, only to learn that your efforts […]

Hurt People Hurt People

If you have ever been a part of a relationship, I am willing to bet that you have also found yourself amidst an internal struggle that is, at least in part, due to something that has happened within that relationship. Something that was confusing, hurtful, or upsetting. Something that was difficult to let go of, […]

Resistance Makes the Heart Grow Stronger

  Fun fact: I almost never remember my dreams. However, when I do, I am usually in flight. Ever since I was quite young, in fact, my preferred mode of transportation while dreaming has been flying. I had not thought much about this dream-theme of mine until I studied dream analysis in college and learned […]

Serenity Prayer

Most of us are familair with the following prayer: “Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference.” …Through experience, I have learned that it is not always easy to accept the things in our lives that are […]

I Am My Own Problem

A few years ago, while still in yoga training, my son found me buried under a pile of books, pouring over my notes and typing away on my computer. “What are you doing?” he asked. “Homework,” I told him. “Homework!?” he asked. “Now what for?” “Yoga training,” I told him. He watched me for a […]

Laugh and the World Laughs With You

Most of us are well-acquainted with the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. And of course, this is an excellent rule to follow, as it offers us sound advice as we navigate our way through life. But how many of us are familiar with Rule Number Six? If […]

Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda

As the old adage goes, “You can’t make a square peg fit in a round hole.”  Most of us know exactly what this saying means:  You cannot force something (or most often, someone) to be something that it is not.  We cannot make a square peg  fit any better into a round hole by thinking […]