February 2012
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The Cave
The inside of my chest is blue, all around my heart. It moves in strands of hues, wrapping gently like hair under water. The sight reminds me of an icy cave that holds a secret power that could make all who touch it better than they are now.
Somewhere in my heart is a deep maroon, but it has a purple hint to it, like steak from the butcher. It looks like this because it is tender and delicate....
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Exchange
So, I’m exchanging this:
For this:
I cannot WAIT.
January 2012
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December 2011
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“Unbeliever” project.
“In every culture, the sky and the religious impulse are intertwined. I lie back...”
– Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot, 1994 (via app1ejuice)
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November 2011
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Song Concept: “Come Back to Me”
Come...
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“Fiction is one of the few experiences where loneliness can be both confronted...”
– David Foster Wallace (via ryantcarson)
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Lacking Mythology
In fifth grade, my teacher Mrs. Madden introduced our class to Greek and Roman mythology. I still remember my fascination with the story of Echo and Narcissus, the former a woman who fades till nothing is left but her voice and the latter who falls in love with himself. The stories were so important to me, but I don’t really know why. I’m sure it fed my pleasure for science fiction and...
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Root Lock and Jesus
During my yoga practice this evening, I engaged mulabandha (a.k.a. root lock, kegel exercise) to keep me focused on my breath and to help my hamstrings lengthen. My whole body was tight and restricted. In an adho mukha svanasana, I tensed up mentally which carried over to my physical body. I just felt really scared and started remembering stuff from my past that made me feel vulnerable. And out of...
October 2011
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Evening Practice
Are you okay?
I ask myself
My body and my breath move together
Sometimes they forget each other
But then they remember
To synchronize and soothe
My ever quaking mind
They are my medicine
My counselors
They know what’s best
Designed by my creator
To watch over me
I forgot that they are healers
My breath and my body
Designed by God to help me
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September 2011
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Shoobacca Give Away! →
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Review: Jeffrey Cohen of Jivamukti Yoga Charleston...
I sit in the back of the room in sukhasana, observing the other students and staff as they mill about before class. The walls are lavender and blank for the most part. The focal point in the room is a modest altar with pictures of various teachers and figures of deities. A coconut and a peach are offerings next to a stick of burning incense. I’m not quite sure who the instructor is, mostly because...
August 2011
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77 Surprising Health Benefits of Yoga →
July 2011
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June 2011
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