Tag: dharma

• August 27, 2023

  No Sutras Here

  I’m typing this from a guest bedroom in Bangalore. I’ve been in India for just over a week now, but it feels oddly like a month. And while I’ve seen so many things it also feels like I’ve seen nothing. Many people I know are going on trips to India soon or are on them…
• March 11, 2023

  Bound By Love

  Welcome to Sutra A Day. I have been remiss. In the past couple of days, my brain has been completely full. There have been disappointments, there have been plans and possibilities, there have been injuries, there has been overwhelm.  So I’m going to skip my flowery intro. My finger hurts. I feel itchy in my…
• February 27, 2023

  The Child Mind

  Welcome to Sutra a Day. As I settle in to write this Monday, I recognize that I’m already thinking negative thoughts about some people, about work, about life. That there are a million things I want to do that I don’t know how to fit into my day, the day of the things I have…
• January 20, 2023

  Destination Elation

  In our final two weeks of yoga teacher training, we have to write a self-reflection. Here’s mine. As our yoga teacher training winds down, I recognize more starkly than when I started just how much I DON’T know. It reminds me of a long time ago when I studied martial arts. When I passed my…
• December 12, 2022

  Oh Purpose, My Purpose aka Dharma Dreams

  Last night, my eyes started to drizzle shut around 7:45 pm. This after a dispute with my partner – these have been happening frequently lately. Little spits and spats, over and done in 5 or 10 minutes, often of my own making. The exhaustion set in and I fell asleep feeling half empty, not half…