Stability is the ability to remain still or in control despite contervailing forces. But in reality, nothing is ever perfectly still or in control…
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This is Part 3 to a series where I am exploring the relationships between language, culture, and individual identity. In Particular, I am pondering how the inherent violence contained in many of the words of our language is shaping how we interact with the world, and I am considering how to find another way…
Today I would like to explore how to take a deeper look inside our own programming in order to change the course of our individual lives…
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This is Part 2 to a series where I am exploring the relationships between language, culture, and individual identity. In Particular, I am pondering how the inherent violence contained in many of the words of our language is shaping how we interact with the world, and I am considering how to find another way…
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“I am NOT a warrior.” What does that mean? Why does it matter? And if I’m not that, then what do I consider myself to be? The words we use reflect our values which guide our intentions and priorities.
In the course of the next couple posts, I’d like to address why language matters for defining the direction of our lives and how we may take the seemingly smallest steps within ourselves to better our health and wellbeing as well as redirect the path our culture is currently taking.
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Is exercise a box to check off on your to-do list?
The coolest potential with exercise, I think, is if we use it to become aware of how to move more of our bodies all of the time. What would it look like if we took what we learn on the mat and carried it with us into our lives?
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Every adventure needs a moment when you start to think - “Maybe I should go back... Oh no, maybe I made the wrong choice.”
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A larger part of my message is to figure out how movement is part of the daily habits, activities, and events that make up the majority of our lives.
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…I thought, “I bet there’s more of that underneath the ground. I bet this whole thing is connected.”…
I’m refining my thoughts about the process I went through creating The Crystal Throne as an example of the general process for manifesting our visions in life…
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Maybe the contemplation of these things can help us develop a better relationship, a healthier alignment, where moving and walking our bodies can help heal our culture as well…
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How you do one thing is how you do everything…
Our habits and patterns tend to follow us everywhere….
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“Geography as a shaping force…” The landscape and environment in which we live shape how we think about and relate to the world. They also shape our bodies by asserting forces that affect how we move through the world. Think of the differences between New York City and a farm for example (I’m hosting movement events in b
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Back in the morning of a cold, but sunny day in January, I got a crazy idea. I’d seen people do this on the internet (which is a trusted source for wise and safe counsel) and thought, “That looks like fun, I’m sure I can do that.”Sometimes you get an urge to do something followed by a voice in your head that says “Am I going to regret this?”
I’m wondering if there’s a better way to know the answer to that question that’s not totally reliant on hindsight… Let’s continue…
I think we all know the feeling: We intend to do something, but we just can’t seem to make ourselves do it.
Many of us already know what it is we want to do, but why is it so hard to actually get started?
Here’s a few steps I’ve picked up along the way…
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It’s interesting, when motivation is high, external obstacles can be dealt with. The weather’s bad, the schedule is delayed, the money’s gone, your collaborators drop out, and yet, somehow you’re not deterred and you find a way. But when your motivation is low, the slightest annoyance can be enough to stop you in your tracks…
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Sometimes it's cold and raining and it's so easy to give in to the inertia justifying "the conditions aren't right. Not today. I'll do it later." But most often, if I show up anyway, I find that even the cold and rain and ice are magical experiences.
It's not the external conditions that matter (most often) but the internal experience that guides the outcome…
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“It’s not what you do but why you do it.”
I believe understanding that statement can help put you into flow and alignment with the life you desire as well.
Do we pay more attention to images of struggle and pain than of ease and enjoyment?
Are struggle and pain actually more valuable than playfulness and joy?
I propose we acknowledge another way….
I’m a little embarrassed to say this… but I pushed too far… Twice.
I gave myself frostbite. A mild case. You may call it “frost nip”. I don’t even think I knew I did it at the time, but a week or two later, the skin peeled off a few of my toes…
How did this happen?
What are the limits?
What I know for sure…
and the process for action that I’m currently developing…
So much in our culture preys on the idea that our bodies and nature are wrong - that they are something to be overcome and conquered. I pray we overcome those teachings and learn to listen to ourselves and nature once again….
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