The history of my life is recorded not only in my brain but in my body. Reflecting on the increasing amount of body-awareness I’m developing from yoga along with the increasing understanding of my emotional past, I’ve realized that the semi-permanent tension in my upper back and neck (that affects things as far away as […]
For a little while now, I’ve had the ability to see when I’m not acting according to my principles. When I can feel anger welling up within me, I can also stand apart and watch myself respond to that answer - as if witness mind has detached from day-to-day existence. Unfortunately, I don’t yet possess […]
As it happened, my friend and I went to New York for Thanksgiving. On our way back, we stopped in Manhattan so she could take a yoga class in the East Village. I wandered around Lower Manhattan for a while before finally settling in on a park bench just shy of 8th and Ave. A […]
Buddhism seems to indicate denial of the body, of physical existence, when it denies the existence of an ego. ‘I’ (heh) don’t believe this is the case. Our presence within this world is inseparable from the physical body; indeed, one question aspirants have asked for thousands of years is ‘where do I abode?’
The Buddha […]
J. wanted reassurance about our equality after I spent some time listening to her, sharing compassion with her, and being present during a time of intense and overwhelming sadness and loneliness. Buddhism gifted me with a well of stability and love and patience to share with the people I care about. So when I told […]