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The Work You Choose
...or...The Value of Suffering
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Find your Practice
Over 100 practices of varying lengths, rooted in the Awakening Yoga system.
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The Night Before
Or, “The flip-side of fear”
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Does the Caterpillar Know?
Here we go again: Another idea, dropped in the midst of a fairly challenging interval during a Peloton ride, that stuck with me for what has now been…
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When Did You Become a...
Luckily, my kids are young enough not to be asked often, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” When, inevitably, they are, I hope they’ll look at…
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The Night You Were Born
I was so impatient.
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Misreading Poetry
Things have been quiet in this particular corner of Substack land, but it’s been noisy in my brain.
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Waves
Remember your physics class? Somewhere along the way, there was probably some discussion of, and formulae for calculating, waves—specifically their…
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Was Heisenberg a Yogi?
(No, probably not. But he had something to say about uncertainty.)
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Are You Ready?
As I write, I’m just under two weeks away from welcoming a new human child into our home and family.
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Regression
People want progress.
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Advice from a Therapist
“Emotions are not moods.” I really loved this one.
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What I Like About You
I’ve been thinking about what to write here for weeks.
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Life Goes On, And You're Still Wonderful.
One of the best things a teacher can say in response to a student question is, “I don’t know.” Why?
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Subtle Mind
Subtle Mind
Seeking subtlety in breath, thought, & movement…and, maybe, words. Thoughts on learning via the intersection of everyday life and contemplative practice.

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