One of the most exhausting jobs I have had was as a chaplain at a hospital. I spent the day standing or sitting next to sick and tired patients lying in hospital beds & really tired of being tired loved ones, usually sitting on the other side of the bed. The air in hospitals is …
The Meditation Mantra of the Month is SANTOSHA, which means contentment/acceptance/fruit of practice. So, in one word, contentment = acceptance = fruit of practice. That’s a big word. I want that word. I want to just get a little whiff of what ever is that fruit of practice. Contentment? Do we get to be “content”now? …
Say these words when you lie down and when you rise up, when you go out and when you return. In times of mourning and in times of joy. Inscribe them on your doorposts, embroider them on your garments, tattoo them on your shoulders teach them to your children, your neighbors, your enemies, recite them …
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Being healthy involves an ability to continuously restore balance in response to its continual disruption. – Jon Kabat-Zinn, Full Catastrophe Living; Using the Wisdom of Your Body & Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness Next Monday I am starting a 4-week series on chronic pain. It will be a Chairish yoga practice (which …
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Healing is a transformation of view rather than a cure. It involves recognizing your intrinsic wholeness and simultaneously your connectedness to everything else. Above all it involves coming to feel at peace with yourself. – Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D Yesterday I participated in the memorial service of a much loved yoga student. I have participated in …
This Saturday will be the first Chairish Yoga Retreat! I could not be more excited. I love Chair yoga and from now on will only refer to it as “Chairish Yoga” (do I need to trademark this?!), because I do cherish it, and because we use the chair only as a way to support our …
