Remember telling me about things that happen to your body past 40? Nobody warns you was what you said? I was ambivalent to be initiated, but somehow ever since our conversation, I’ve felt more prepared for the moment I find my first grey pubic hair, and when that day comes, I’ll think of you, my friend.
G-sparkle-dog! That’s your gangster name. You can name me. Then we need a name for our gang. And of course, we’ll need a handshake, and either satin or leather jackets embroidered with our name and logo too. So, we also need a logo. And a mascot. Okay?
Dear Kate, Remember when we first met? On retreat in France with our fabulous writing teacher — in silence and surrounded by things simmering in that silence? You wore cowboy boots and marveled at the rain — because Arizona hardly sees any.
Het voelde als een bevrijding. Ineens werd het doel van mijn leven zichtbaar: om kittig en stijlvol oud te worden, alles lekker laten hangen en met bevriende stellen de avonden lachend door te brengen achter een cosmopolitan in de entertainmentbar in dit hotel in Torremolinos. Want waarom ook eigenlijk niet?
Grateful to be part of The House of Yoga, where I will be writing a monthly essay on two of my favorite things: poetry and dharma. The first in a series is Mary Oliver's 'in blackwater woods' and the Four Noble Truths.
Very excited to present my new writing project called Life as Asana. Me and my fabulous friend Kate correspond and talk about life as if it were a yoga pose. Requiring flexibility and strength, discipline and surrender, regular check-ins with reality , humor and kindness. Feel free to follow our word ping-pong! www.LifeAsAsana.comVery excited to [...]
The first in a series of essay I'll be writing for The House of Yoga on the poetry and Buddhism. Kicking off with Mary Oliver's 'in blackwater woods' and the Four Noble Truths.
We are born alone and die alone. We need to understand aloneness. We aren’t even two minutes into our weekend program. I instantly fall for this woman-teacher looking like a combination of Martha Stewart and Shunryu Suzuki Roshi.
For Happinez Magazine I interviewed teacher and friend Jill Satterfield. We talked about her remarkable journey towards healing, and integration of yoga and meditation.
For Happinez Magazine I got to write a portrait of the remarkable teacher roshi Joan Halifax
