Nothing gets me more in the flow than live music. Right? Haven’t we all experienced the incredible and connecting power of music? Nate and I have decided to go see Sigur Ros at Les Schwab in a few weeks. Nate … Continue reading
Admittedly, I’m not the best listener. I want to be, but I’m still too into being heard, on my evolutionary journey. Speaking my truth, speaking from the heart, speaking authentically – these are all concepts I have been working on … Continue reading
I seek what I am, to be what I am. I have a habit of thinking of “body,” on the one hand, and of “spirit or energy” on the other. But nothing exists separately. There is a unity of life. … Continue reading
I must begin with a statement: I love practicing yoga with men, teaching men, and learning from men, but … there is a special energy to a women only yoga practice. As I mature as a person and get to … Continue reading
…from Wild Human, adapted from Nature and the Human Soul by Bill Plotkin, phd Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here, And you must treat it as a powerful stranger, Must … Continue reading
… in happiness, must frequently change, Confucius said. My husband Nate Bettger shared this on his blog recently and it really got me thinking about change. I like happiness and I am comfortable with change. In fact, change is something … Continue reading
I’m not really a writer. What I am is one who is interested in things; one way I deepen what I am interested in is to write about it. If I had a video camera, I would film it, but … Continue reading
According to Wikipedia, Wabi-sabi is an aesthetic centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. It is beauty that is imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. Asymmetry, asperity (roughness, irregularity), simplicity, economy, austerity, modesty, intimacy and appreciation of the ingenuous integrity of … Continue reading
