by Havi Brooks | Jul 16, 2010 | updates & announcements
Because it’s Friday AGAIN. And because traditions are important. In which I cover the good stuff and the hard stuff in my week, trying for the non-preachy, non-annoying side of self-reflection. And you get to join in if you feel like it. I know I ask this every...
by Havi Brooks | Jul 15, 2010 | stucknesses & stuckification
I wrote yesterday about how hugely important it is when we exit the middle. The short version: Beginners don’t need to be given challenges because everything is challenging. In an advanced practice, you find challenges, because you have a conscious, intentional...
by Havi Brooks | Jul 13, 2010 | stucknesses & stuckification
When I was a yoga teacher in Tel Aviv, there was a class I liked to attend that was just incredibly slow. The simplest, most basic poses. Transitioning in and out of them at an extraordinarily slow, almost ritualistic pace. It was, technically speaking, what you could...
by Havi Brooks | Jul 12, 2010 | my personal practice
I talk to my monsters. Kind of a lot. Last week I talked to the one who doesn’t want me to go on Skabbatical. This time: an especially bizarre conversation with the most giant monster of all: Book Monster. Usually I get a Negotiator to show up. But the only one...
by Havi Brooks | Jul 11, 2010 | stuff I think about
When you’re close to someone, you learn all sorts of things about subjects you might not normally be interested in. My gentleman friend is hugely knowledgeable about yoga because of me. Thanks to me, he knows how to make really good hummus. Shares my strong...
