Filed under All, Movement, Videos
You may have already seen this delightful YouTube video — a three-year old boy “conducting” a recording of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony. He’s so alive and joyful. Fully present. His whole self connected to the music.
Mar 29
Filed under All, Circus Arts, Reflections, Yoga
I have long felt afraid when kicking up into a handstand. I’m not sure why because I actually like being upside down and I’m fine once I’m up. It’s the getting there that makes me nervous.
When I trained with Jay Jones, one of my Yoga mentors, she spotted me one day practicing handstands against a wall. After a few minutes, I stepped back, looked at the wall, and said, “Why does this scare me?” Jay very sensibly replied, continue reading »
Mar 22
Filed under All, Health, Reflections
I raise crops: pots of rosemary, parsley and cilantro. I tend livestock: kefir, kombucha, the microorganisms currently fermenting a pot of beets.
I know — nothing to impress a real farmer. But in addition to the usual benefits — providing quality, fresh ingredients — farming in my kitchen puts me in touch with the reality that I eat living beings. continue reading »
Mar 08
Filed under All, Circus Arts, Reflections
I had never tried to juggle before Jaimen introduced it at a Spacial Dynamics training. For sure I’m no reincarnated circus prodigy slipping into my old skills with ease. Jaimen led us through activities that gave me a clearer idea of the rhythm and pattern of a basic three-ball cascade, but I went home no more able to juggle than levitate. continue reading »
Feb 22
Taking care of yourself at a chemical level means setting your cells up for success. Here are some practical tips for nutrition, probiotics, metabolism, cleansing and weight loss: continue reading »
Feb 08
So, let’s say one reason you’re reading this blog is that you are interested in practical and effective things you can do for your health. Perhaps you are proactive: taking steps in advance to reduce your risk of illness and injury. Perhaps something has already happened and you’d like tips for recovery. Or maybe you’d really like to experience full and radiant vitality.
Where do you start? What do you do? Here’s how it makes sense to me.
To support good health, you need to be in right relationship in three main areas of your life: continue reading »
Feb 08
Filed under All, Reflections, Yoga
I once watched a woman damage her car.
It was in a parking lot that alternated pull-through rows and rows with a thin strip of landscaping down the middle. The landscaping is not much more than two feet wide with a cement curb on each side and about 18 inches of grass between the curbs. The woman had parked continue reading »
Jan 25
This is a beautiful book about water: its nature, how it moves, and its relationship with the forms of living creatures. The many gorgeous photos and clear illustrations make visible continue reading »
Jan 18
How do you define and measure health?
Body Mass Index? cholesterol level? blood pressure? exercise? diet? dress size? If your understanding of health starts and ends with items like these, you are not alone. Let’s call this arena physical fitness and say that it includes, but is not limited to: strength, flexibility, endurance, agility, etc. Let’s also admit that there’s something of a mania in some quarters for really controlling and perfecting the body; striving to look like the images we see in movies and magazines.
Let’s say that “health” is larger than physical fitness. continue reading »
Jan 11
Filed under All, Circus Arts, How To
Here are the steps my Dad went through when he made the rola bolas featured in my Rola Bola Christmas post. You will need:
Supplies: continue reading »
Dec 28
