Category: Christianity
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The Ocean
Welcome to Sutra a Day. Sunday has arrived and with it the beauty of winter sun which is somehow sharper than that found in the heaviness of summer. Sometimes I go to church, sometimes I listen online, sometimes I go to yoga, but for me, this day is usually one of some sort of attempt…
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The Sound of Silence
Prior to the break between Christmas and New Year, we in Yoga Teacher Training were learning about the heart chakra, “anahata,” which relates to touch. Anahata, however, means “Unstruck Sound.” I was struggling to wrap my head around this concept of unstruck sound. What is unstruck sound but silence? Maybe Simon and Garfunkel’s Sound of…
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The Light, the Love
I sat in the Christ Presbyterian Church yesterday as the lights went dark and children dressed as shepherds, sheep, and angels squirmed in their seats. Prior to yoga teacher training, I started to go to this church, seeking. It has been a year of searching for deeper meanings and for the common threads in faiths and…