Tuesday, May 16, 2006
The Seeds are Planted
Hello family, friends and acquaintances of Trinity Yoga. This is either an early or a very late newsletter if it were following the usual protocol and arriving sometime at the beginning of the month.
It just so happens that the fullness of spring had all of us at Trinity doing overtime and then some, and rather than wait I felt the need to get this late newsletter out to you all. I hope you enjoy the musing and news as you watch your gardens grow.
Some of us were back in Toronto in early May, at the Toronto Yoga Show. It was an industrious and prolific time, planting seeds of possibility, growth and inspiration to new friends. The show felt different this year, for various reasons. This time, Trinity as an entity felt much more stable and grounded and clear of purpose.
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Welcoming 2006
I had the pleasure and the honor of sharing this recent New Year’s Eve with my mother Ruth, my best friend Frank and our new little dog, Moby. This particular day is an interesting passage for humanity, marking the end and the beginning of a year in time, uniting us all as a collective consciousness. I felt that collective energy build right up to the hour, from observing the line-ups at the liquor stores to the unconditioned response of Moby as he picked up on the cheering and fireworks outside of my city apartment – barking and running to and fro.
Curiously, I think many believe that what we think say and do to one another is not intricately woven into the fabric of the collective; equally amiss and diminishing is the notion that what we think say and do in our own small heads to ourselves, does not affect the whole and the whole of our being. I shudder to think of what that may implicate on New Year’s day as millions wake up in a half-conscious stupor. I’d rather, however, optimistically reach to the possible potential that our unified consciousness may hold for us as a globe – to evolve beyond personal and mass destruction and violence to healing, health and unity.
With my three special guests present to share in the welcoming of a new year, I was gifted with their three very unique personalities to enrich my personal experience. My mother, whom was at the end of a cross country trek visiting all of her daughters, exemplified courage, devotion and unconditional love. Against all odds of a recent heart condition and the loss of her life partner, this 81 year old woman put her fear and self-pity aside and brought love, grace and presence into each home visited and those therein.
Friday, November 25, 2005
Peace, Love, Joy and Illusion?
We are now most of us, fully surrounded by the winter season of darker days and cooler temperatures. Perhaps in your own lives you notice the angst and resistance at meeting this symbolic and actual darkness for all of the aspects it brings up personally and collectively.
I know for myself the Christmas season always brings up mixed feelings. I find myself grappling with the gentle quiet example of nature to move inward to stillness, with the cultures urgent ploys in the other direction.
Thursday, June 02, 2005
in Motion
Hello friends, family and community. I would like to take this opportunity to bring you all up-to-date on where I’ve been, what I’ve been doing and to apologize for not communicating for so long. The last time I wrote a weblog was back in January just before the anniversary date of my injury. After that date I had a lot of trepidation around the event and wasn’t sure how to write about it, nor in some ways what to do with the feelings. Granted, I’ve had a lot of time since then, to inform and maintain lines of communication, however life is full for me and my focus and available time has changed.
I remember at some point awhile back expressing to all of you that I believe there are no accidents and that for some divine reason and purpose I’ve been put into this situation. As difficult as it is, I still hold that perception, and am finding more and more enacting examples of this truth as I go. I have found myself to be very busy with a number of personal projects, as well as some which relate to persons with spinal cord injury. I have become involved in many significant movements relating to this realm, at this time.
Monday, December 20, 2004
The gift of receiving
Lying in my bed last week in the wee hours of the morning, I was inspired and moved as I am often, by the gifts of overflowing love and kindness that has come my/our way through the incident of a seeming tragedy. The rare quiet that surrounded the apartment paled against my minds activity as my consciousness danced with streams of thoughts and feelings in relation to what has happened to me, how it has changed me and subsequently those connected to me. How I feel due to all of this and what if any, conclusions I might draw.
In these timeless moments I will curiously observe as my intellect and intuition begin to merge, and a tapestry of insight and understanding takes form. For all of us, I think there is a desire to make sense of our lives, to comprehend the struggles, to make peace with our demons and to find a place, which has meaning, resolve and validation. I’m sure many of you can relate to similar moments I describe above: walks in nature, yoga practice, meditation or savasna, helping another etc. as special opportunities, where prayer, quiet and receptivity allow for the wisdom and insights of the Divine to flow in. What came to me in this particular instance was the profundity of receptivity and how receptivity relates so intimately with love, acceptance and the ability to be in the moment.
