Leaving Brooklyn. - mailchi.mp/5dabbb94ab64/leav… About two months ago, my family and I drove her car out of Brooklyn, trailed by 26 foot moving truck which was packed to the gills with our belongings. We moved upriver, where the houses are aging, and the yard is wild.
"The river itself sets the tone: utterly relaxed, completely at ease, it fulfills its mighty purpose without aim or effort." Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire
I aspire to have the same intelligence as a river.… instagram.com/p/Bz8s5zbBV14/…
"I have exchanged a great and unbounded world for a small, comparatively meager one." Edward Abbey from Desert Solitaire.
He wrote this about turning on his flashlight during a walk at night through the desert. He… instagram.com/p/BzoZkwJlWiC/…
Occasionally, even the most earnest of Buddhist meditation or Alexander Technique teachers will reach a point in preparing for their upcoming workshop where thinking is no longer productive and they must submit to… instagram.com/p/BzBrrdaFdSW/…
I must be tripping because my story on microdosing psychedelics just came out alongside great writers and teachers like @ethannichtern, hello_specialkate, and @Enahm_hof in the second issue of @humanshiftpaper! Big… instagram.com/p/ByqX1u3lIY9/…
Today @prospect_park splash pad, I overheard a mother say to her child a plea that captures the challenge of parenthood. "I just don't want to get splashed!"
We are tired of being uncomfortable, and it seems like… instagram.com/p/Bygtk3Ol56Y/…
Morning on the Hudson River at #holycrossmonastery. The bells for morning service range at 6:50 am as they they have for over a hundred years. It's easy to be carried in this atmosphere of quiet, contemplation, and… instagram.com/p/ByKyJ1elEHb/…
"Stress Fracture." Good title for a novel about divorce, annoying diagnosis for your foot. Thinking my #alexandertechnique thoughts of whole torso and spine lengthening as I slowly proceed down the sidewalk. I let the boot be low and I stay high.
A quick reminder that I will be at Integral Yoga Institute tonight from 7:00 - 9:00pm Join me to discuss Kindness As Insight: An Embodiment Practice for Feeling Stuck buff.ly/2HMAeN6