Archive > August 2009

The Knowing

Reading at Waimea practice -  08/22/09
The memory lies in us of how it could be in a loving
relationship with one another, how it could be holy, filled with gentleness, kissed by heaven.
And that love could be extended to everyone.

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Celebration of Life

On Sunday August 16 I had the honor of speaking at a celebration of life for a dear friend, a yogini who  had recently passed from the earth plane to continue her journey after a  2 year long experience with cancer.

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Baddha Konasana-Bound Angle and Savasana-Corpse Pose

Reading at Waimea 08/18/09
Baddha Konasana
If you could call it perfection
what would it look like?
How would you know it,
feel it,
be it?

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Real Men Do Yoga—

Thanks to Kekaha Barb for finding this article/video on the yoga outreach – check it out!
Real Men Do Yoga—
Jai HO!!

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Inspiration

Reading at Bodhi Tree(08/12/09) Anara Spa and Koloa Hong Wan JI (08/13/09)
Inspiration is disturbing. She does not believe in guarantees or insurance or strict schedules. She is not interested in how well you write your grant proposal or what you do for a living or why you are too busy to see her. She will [...]

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The Only Child

Reading from Anara Spa and Koloa practice 08/13/09
As your fortune comes to carry you down the line
And you watch
as the changes unfold
And you sort among the stories you’ve been told
If some pieces of the picture are hard to find
And the answers to your questions are hard to hold

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Stories and Feathers

At one time
Stories
The clinging
Painful, defining
So real,

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The Taste of Truth

Reading at Bodhi Tree 08/05/09
For the moment/ I’ve stopped struggling.
The undertow tugs at my clothes/ and the
current takes me where it will. Surrender
sounds like defeat/ but this tastes like
victory/ the sweet release into something
open/ empty/ yet complete.

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On Reason and Passion

Reading at Waimea practice 08/04/09

“Speak to us of Reason and Passion.”
And he answered saying:
Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield, upon which your reason and your judgment wage war against passion and your appetite.

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