Once again my husband, Nelson, and I had a profound car talk moment over the weekend. We were talking about our experiences with body and breath work, and with yoga teachers specifically. Nelson said, “Some teachers lead you through the poses one after the other in succession. Other teachers lead you into the poses, ask […]
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Are you willing?
There’s a dude named Jonathan Fields who is one of my heroes. He started a series of video interviews called Good Life Project. If you haven’t heard of Jonathan or seen any of the Good Life Project interviews, you are truly missing out. Recently, Jonathan posted a question with so much insight that it made […]
Information without action
I don’t talk about this part of my life much, but it’s hugely important to my well-being and physical health. For almost five years, I’ve been seeing a chiropractor who practices a very different methodology called “Network Spinal Analysis” (NSA). It’s more of a form of energy and breath work than the standard pop and […]
The tangled web that’s weaved…
My hubby Nelson shared an insight he had over the weekend while he was out shooting photographs on the Blue Ridge Parkway. His class was focused on sunrises, sunsets, and macro photography of flowers. And I guess while he was shooting, something about the flowers reminded him of a spider web. This thinking of about […]
Soothing your “Inner Lizard” (hat tip to Martha Beck)
I was driving in to the city recently and listening to Steering By Starlight a book on tape when the narrator (author Martha Beck) said something so meaningful to me that I had to pull over and write it down. She was talking about her “Inner Lizard” – also known as our reptile or fear […]
Your secret life
Last night, I watched a pretty great film called The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. The lead actor and director is Ben Stiller. I’m normally not a fan of his movies, but this one blew my socks off! The premise of the movie is about Walter: steady, average, boring Walter who manages the negatives (photography negatives) […]