Tag: interfaith

• January 13, 2023

  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…
• January 12, 2023

  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…
• December 25, 2022

  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…