A month of meaning

Meaning what, exactly I love having a word to accompany each month, or really, to accompany me each month as I passage through, focal point and talisman, this month though has feeling especially Baader-Meinhof-esque, that is, the phenomenon of frequency illusion, aka...

A surprise chickening

A chicken of Do you remember when we used to chicken (as a verb) on Fridays? A shared ritual in the form of PAUSING TO REFLECT, then checking in here to share what was observed. The check-in-ing sounds like chickening, the words get tangled up, as sometimes happens to...

Acknowledgment & Legitimacy

This post is part of a Self Fluency basics series. I love basics. Returning to basics is how we exit the middle — the advanced practice is *always* found in the beginning practice; back to the foundations, back to receptivity, curiosity and wonder. In both yoga...

Wishing for Refuge / A Refuge for Wishing

Paths I am driving across North America because a bridge told me to (more on that later) and I am walking labyrinths in each place I pass through, it is absolutely remarkable how many labyrinths hide in plain sight, you might be in Cody, Wyoming, land of big sky and...
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