I was, in the past, of the school that everything we experience is just a variation on a theme, and everything has more or less happened before. I was a "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it," sort of person; look at the past and learn from it. Shakespeare still resonates... Continue Reading →
Taking Your Own Advice
A woman I know had the courage to ask for advice from a yoga group I'm part of. She said she's been feeling out of sorts recently, repeatedly falling sick and not taking time for her own practice. I wrote back to her, knowing that the whole group would respond to such an appeal (we... Continue Reading →
Biting and Chewing
I didn't actually bite off more than I could chew, but I didn't say 'no, that's too much' either. Suffice to day, I didn't make it through my partner's project to climb the Piz Disgrazia from the Swiss side last weekend. It was going to be long. The "normal"-ish way to go in winter, from... Continue Reading →
Competition
I walked down a small mountain with a student last month. It was a school outing, and he wasn't able to stay for the whole hike because he taught a martial arts class to little kids in the afternoon. The mountain we were walking down was just big enough (bigger than a hill, smaller than... Continue Reading →
Moove your cow, and your mind will follow. 