Tag: faith
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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…
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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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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…
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Waking Up
I’ve started this morning ritual. The alarm goes off and the inky blackness of the room swallows me. Bed is never more appealing that in that conscious state of not quite wake, when you can appreciate a good snuggle in the covers and a pillow on your cheek, the feeling of being held for a…
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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…
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A Seeker
Halloween was on a Sunday this year, 2022. Sunday is the traditional day of worship in the Christian tradition, anyhow. A lot of people are afraid of Christians. And why wouldn’t they be? Many of them are pretty scary people, what with the rules and the angry god and the exclusion and the hell and…
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