L’INFINITO Giacomo Leopardi
"Always dear to me was this solitary hill
and this hedge, which, for its part,
excludes most of the horizon.
But sitting and gazing at such
endless spaces that stretch with their
profound and serene silences,
my wandering thoughts
nearly…
Just walking, for the sake of walking
Do you like walking? Just walking around, without any particular purpose?
Since I’ve settled in the retreat center here in Thailand, in between my teaching sessions, I’m re-discovering the joy of walking. Just walking. Not even noticing…
Pablo Neruda’s Ode to Silence
Keeping Quiet
Pablo Neruda’s Ode to Silence Now we will count to twelve
and we will all keep still. For once on the face of the earth,
let’s not speak in any language;
let’s stop for one second,
and not move our arms so much. It…
The Quest for Mindfulness – MEETING YOUR EDGE
What does it mean to meet your edge? How do you know when you have met your edge? When you finally meet your edge, what do you do?
I will take you on a small detour and return to these questions, with answers that have surfaced recently…
The Quest for Mindfulness: The Art of Being Mindful Seaweed
I forgot to wear my contacts to class. What does that mean? It means that I can either rock my giant Woody Allen-esque glasses and enjoy them slipping off my face every time I’m in downward facing dog or I accept that its blind yoga for today.…
The Quest for Mindfulness: FEELING UNCOMFORTABLE
Like any quest I am in search of something. At times the thing I seek is clear, but most times it is nebulous. The thing I search for ‘the present moment’ is an elusive creature. I see it hiding in shadows, but most times I feel like…
Inspirations
W.A. Mozart
John Cage
Adrienne Rich
Coco Chanel
MOMA
Berlin Philharmonic
silk Japanese kimonos
Jim Jarmush
David Bowie
BAUHAUS
Marina Abramovic
Jackson Pollock
Jagoda Buic
Marcel Proust
kindness
dancing
nature
silence
The Quest for Mindfulness – Upside down and inside out
I love being upside down. I love love love it. Ask anyone who knows me well enough, I love doing things backwards and inverted - why? I have no clue, I just think its fun - perhaps I was a bat in previous life as I like Ask anyone who knows…
The quest for mindfulness – The Journey Begins!
One of the most challenging things, I imagine I am not alone in this, is being mindful and present. Being in the now has been my Everest of sorts for as long as I can remember. My mind is like a version of mental ping-pong - ping past-pong…
Pre Yoga Pick-me-ups – Healthy snacks before yoga
by Zen Yogini Kyra While it's not usually advisable to be in a state of digestion while practicing yoga, if we are distracted by our stomach growling it can take away from our ability to focus and enjoy the practice. Personally, if it's…
Community Corner – Avochoco!
By Zen Yogini Kyra As odd as it sounds, avocado chocolate mousse - or avochoco as I've lovingly nicknamed it - is glorious! And super healthy. Interesting tidbit: the botanical name for the cacao tree is theobroma cacao – which means “food…
How to Develop Home Yoga Practice
“Let your practice flow like a small stream, day to day, rather than like a big waterfall, which flows occasionally.”
Do you want to start developing a home yoga practice, but you’re not sure how? The beauty of yoga is that it…