Metaphor Mouse goes on Skabbatical!

by | Jul 4, 2010 | my personal practice

Background: the metaphor technique is something I’ve adapted from Suzette Haden Elgin’s teachings. It’s an amazing tool for destuckifying. It’s also how I discovered that I work on a pirate ship and defeated the hackers. And cured my fear of...

Bits and pieces of information.

by | Jun 23, 2010 | my personal practice

So last week at Camp Biggification (which was amazing, by the way), I inflicted some serious Shiva Nata on everyone. Epiphanies were had. Worlds were shaken. The usual. And we took a lot of notes. Here are some of my scribbled notes (the ones I’ve been able to...

Epiphanies without a filter.

by | Jun 9, 2010 | my personal practice

My favorite thing about Shiva Nata is not even the ridiculously clear information it gives about everything in my life. It’s not even the permission to be terrible at something (you have to be terrible at it because being terrible at it is the way you get the...

Old Turkish Lady yoga. Interior design.

by | Jun 8, 2010 | my personal practice

Whenever I mention that there will be optional Old Turkish Lady yoga at one of my events, people invariably want to know what the hell. The funniest, most delightful variation on that question came from a lovely reader who identified herself as someone who was an old...
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