Surrender to the Flow

Just Because

One can never have too much Maggie...

And then she danced...

"The skin is an organ
of perception.  It does
not act.  It receives."

~B.K.S. Iyengar

So Foolish

Love's Fool

Love.
What is love?
What is love.
Love is a fading memory.
Love is piercingly present.
Love is full of charm.
Love is hideously in the way.
Explosion of love makes you feel ecstatic.
Explosion of love makes you feel suicidal.
Love brings goodliness and godliness.
Love brings celestial vision.
Love creates the unity of heaven and earth.
Love tears apart heaven and earth.
Is love sympathy.
Is love gentleness.
Is love possessiveness.
Is love sexuality.
Is love friendship.
Who knows?
Maybe the rock knows,
Sitting diligently on earth,
Not flinching from cold snowstorms or baking heat.
O rock,
How much I love you:
You are the only loveable one.
Would you let me grow a little flower of love on you?
If you don't mind,
Maybe I could grow a pine tree on you.
If you are so generous,
Maybe I could build a house on you.
If you are fantastically generous,
Maybe I could eat you up,
Or move you to my landscape garden.
It is nice to be friends with a rock!

~Chögyam Trungpa

Need I Say More?

FEARLESS

You say the hill's too steep to climb
Just climb it
You say you'd like to see me try
Climbing
You pick the place and I'll choose the time
And I'll climb
The hill in my own way
Just wait a while for the right day
And as I rise above the tree lines and the clouds
I look down
Hear the sound of the things you said today

Fearlessly, the idiot faced the crowd
Smiling
Merciless, the magistrate turns 'round
Frowning
And who's the fool who wears the crown?
And go down in your own way
And every day is the right day
And as you rise above the fear-lines in his brow
You look down
Hear the sound of the faces in the crowd

~Pink Flyod

Setting Intentions

Whether you practice yoga or not being a positive force in this world has to be created and maintained in the mind. Yoga practice is a vehicle, a space to allow us the time and freedom to express that intention. Making time to slow down the mind, clear the head and listen to your inner self will empower you to become full of light.

It is hard to hide and be in the dark when the light is shining on you.        

Set an intention today and the next day and next day and watch how all these positive intentions link up to fortify your existence in a warm, affirmative way.

~Stephanie "Totally Zen"

Speechless

This performance from the '07 Grammy's still leaves me speechless! 

Never too Late

One from the Vault

~untitled~

There's something comforting in
moving North...
Back to sanity and serenity
of the snow-capped peaks
and the mountains that grow
from the ocean side.
There's a peace in dreaming
and imagining the future -
about making life more
fruitful and abundant.

~Summer '98

Trying to Pick up the Pieces

So it's been awhile since I did a real update on here...so here goes...

Many of you already know that I am no longer married...I've been on my own for about 6 weeks now.  In this age of technology (blogs, Facebook, etc...) it presents a challenge when going through a situation like a divorce.  Our generation is so used to putting ourselves out there...it can become very difficult when the news going on in our lives is painful.  I love to write this blog and for the most part it really is for me...to go with the flow, to post my thoughts and document and share things that are meaningful to me.  I also do like to use this blog to update my friends & family on what's happening in my world.

Well my world has been turned upside down in the past month and a half.  I am certainly not going to go into details on here.  I have been communicating with people in my life about how I'm doing...but I have come to a point where I wanted to do an update on here.  I'm not usually much of a fan of "self-help" type books but I have started reading one that is really hitting home for me.  It's called "Rebuilding ~ When Your Relationship Ends" by Bruce Fisher.  I would recommend to anyone going through a divorce or break-up.  It's clear, concise and says the hard things that are sometimes more difficult to hear from the ones we love.  It's helping me realize that this is going to be a new journey (a very painful one) but that there can be light at the end of the tunnel, even if I'm in a tough place right now.

I started going to a new Yoga studio here in Portland that I'm really excited about.  I am going to start taking classes regularly there and also begin my Advanced Teacher Training.  It will probably take a few years to complete but I'm having very strong notions that I am heading in the right direction with this.  I believe that evolving through Yoga is going to help me heal as well and move forward with a new intention; one that is clear, simple, kind and humble.  I have a feeling I will me some nice, like-minded people through there too.

Summer is nearly here.  The Solstice is this coming weekend.  It is a bright time of life and longevity.  I want to celebrate it; to celebrate me.  I want to walk with my dog, bike, do Yoga, sit in the sun, read and be me again.  I can feel her starting to return...it goes in waves...it is making me re-think what it really means to surrender to this flow that is life...to learn how to take hold of the things we can control an to let go to those things that are out of our hands.

Ebb & Flow

"Every one of us
is called upon, probably many
times, to start a new life.
A frightening diagnosis, a
marriage, a move, loss of a job...
And onward full tilt we go,
pitched and wrecked and absurdly
resolute, driven in spite of
everything to make good on a
new shore.  To be hopeful, to
embrace one possibility after
another - that is surely the basic
instinct.... Crying out: High tide!
Time to move out into the
glorious debris.  Time to take
this life for what it is."

~Barbara Kingsolver
From High Tide In Tucson