Tag: Philosophy

  • A Wheel within a Wheel

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    From the beautiful little book A Wheel within a Wheel, by Frances Willard, which my fantastic athlete Julee gave me a few years ago, a lovely thought on learning and progress: Once, when I grew somewhat discouraged and said that I had made no progress for a day or two, my teacher told me that…

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  • Samskaras and Safari 4

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    In my classes this week, we’ve been discussing the concept of samskaras, our habitual actions, and experimenting first with becoming aware of them and second with the idea of moving out of them, to live more mindfully. (If you’d like to read more about samskaras, check out this lovely Yoga Journal piece by Bo Forbes.)…

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  • Overhead Is Served from Underground

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    A power company sign spotted on my run this morning: OVERHEAD IS SERVED FROM UNDERGROUND. This made a wonderful meditation. First, on the importance of a quick and efficient footstrike in running, and on the importance of a steady base in yoga poses. And broadly: how much of what we “think” with our brains comes…

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  • Enjoy the Process

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    Last night, over Champagne (don’t be alarmed by the picture, there were other people present to aid in consumption!), my business partner, Lies Sapp (at right), and I bought the Carrboro Yoga Company from my longtime friends, Rick and Donia Robinson (Donia’s at left, and will be familiar to my Kripalu students as my most…

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  • Delays and Detours

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    “Delays and detours to my limited vision are actually the perfect path unfolding to a higher eye.” —Julia Cameron I came across that epigraph earlier this week in a funny little book called Blessings, by Julia Cameron, author of The Artist’s Way. While I liked it enough to post it to my Twitter feed, little…

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