Disturbance
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. – William Shakespeare in Hamlet My teacher used to tell a story about living in a yurt with an outhouse. Each time he would go to the bathroom, upon opening the door, he would destroy the intricate spider web built by the…
A House Full of Women
Her name is Candace and she is pissed. Enraged, actually. She shares space with Wild-child Angela, Saintly Serena, and Mama. She doesn’t get much air time because the others have only disdain for her. But her presence marks nearly every moment. Candace has nothing but anger for the world and herself, directed at the men…
Body of Mine
I was a chubby child, an anorexic teenager, fitness-obsessed in my 20s, and Mama in my 30s. The yoga body with which I entered my 40s quickly expanded to accommodate the grief which would be my predominant emotion for many years. Now, I’m carried around in a body struggling to get back to the vision…
From a Teacher’s Heart
“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” – Audre Lorde It can be so easy to believe that it all depends upon the purity of the vessel holding the information. That passing through our inevitably…
Secondhand Enlightenment
My best friend started losing his hair. During the two decades we’ve known each other, his hair has been a constant source of concern for him, but recently the process accelerated. In response, he lopped it all off. The odd thing is that I’ve also noticed a shift in his personality to accompany his new…