Yoga Makes You Well
May you be filled with loving kindness, may you be well,
May you be filled with loving kindness, may you be well,
may you be peaceful and at ease, may you be happy.
may you be peaceful and at ease, may you be happy.
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New Year's Resolutions
Posted on July 30, 2014 at 12:37 AM |
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Since I am so practical, I like making things solid. I have been in the habit of making New Year's Resolutions each year for a few years and putting them up on the wall to see them and read them and keep them in my mind. This helps because when I see them, then I think of them when I get opportunities. If my resolution is to learn a computer program and then I see a training for that program offered on a big discount, well, then I buy that training. Last year I decided to do a little more formal study of trees to learn about them and be more ecologically literate. I also wanted to meet people who volunteer. Trees Atlanta is a community program here in the city that plants lots of trees all over the place to try to keep the air quality breathable and the erosion at a minimum. They offered a program to study trees for a couple of months on Saturdays and then do some volunteer hours and become a "Certified Tree Keeper" and get my Tree Keeper's hat. I took the classes. Then I asked how to volunteer "in a leadership role", as they specified. They did not have a clear way to do that. Which meant that the leadership service hours were never going to be gotten and that I would not be able to complete my training (I hear Yoda telling Luke, "You must complete your training!"). I felt bereft. I had no idea how to become a certified tree keeper. Which meant that I would not get my hat. I don't ever wear hats. It is funny how much I wanted that hat. I had no idea how to get it. No clear path. If I even could figure out how to volunteer in a leadership role (some vague leadership role), I work most times they plant with volunteers. I found myself at a loss. So it was time to make New Year's Resolutions and I decided that I would make getting my Tree Keeper's hat one of the resolutions on my list. I typed up two pages of these resolutions. Very practical things. Cook for myself at least once a week. Attend yoga class at least twice a week. Get my Tree Keeper's hat. After four months, I still had no idea how to get my Tree Keeper's hat. I would read that resolution and think, "but how?" But then, in the fifth month of the year, I got an email. Trees Atlanta had a project they needed lots of data collectors to do. It would be more training hours and it would be lots of field work. And it would bring me my Tree Keeper's hat. I got my hat today. I am a certified tree keeper. Check. |
Mission Statements
Posted on July 23, 2014 at 10:55 PM |
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One thing I love about yoga and meditation is how wonderful their traditions are around learning to be intentional in life. I have learned so much in these past four and a half years since I started making yoga and meditation big parts of my life. I think it is good to have a mission statement. It makes the journey easier to navigate. It is so easy to lose our way on earth. We all make missteps. We all take wrong turns. But when there is a mission statement, it is easy to refer to it and ask, "Is this furthering my mission?" My mission as a yogi is to become balanced. I believe in finding the middle path. I am a person who can enjoy extremes. I like adventure and excitement. But a life of thrill seeking leads to over worked adrenal glands and an agitated mind. Adrenals make cortisol which makes belly fat (not to mention disease). And of course, thrill seeking leads to big highs and big lows that are both dangerous. The middle path, on the other hand, is not very exciting. It is often humdrum. Plodding. Unlikely to get anyone too excited. "Living the dream", as I like to say, is all about going to work, doing yoga, studying yoga, volunteering, getting to know my family and friends, learning about trees, saving for retirement, taking good care of my teeth, improving my relationships and building my compassion. This is something I am discovering for myself at a late date in my life: intentional living is sexy. What I once thought was "cool" and what I really think is cool now are such different things. Slow and steady wins the race. |
Starting a Peace
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:54 AM |
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Building community builds you
Posted on May 4, 2013 at 12:32 PM |
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