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He who would be constant

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He who would be constant

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... 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 I relish in and enjoy. I love change. Anyone who has been to my yoga class can attest to that. So, change. Nate and I are heading to Portland to live for a year. He to complete his residency as hospital chaplin and me to, well, I am not sure. I plan to take a fallow year, or a year of jubilee (Nate's phrase, but I think it's from the Bible) and let my yoga teaching fields rest and wait for the creativity to rise up and take me on the next journey. I want to live a life that is full of yoga. On the mat daily, but what I really want to do is experience the Yoga of Life. This has already begun, but I'm sensing that this website will change to accommodate that. I am open and I am excited!Image

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Wabi-Sabi

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Wabi-Sabi

prt_250x167_1316021181According 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 natural objects and processes. If an object or expression can bring about within us, a sense of serene melancholy and spiritual longing, then that object could be considered wabi-sabi. Wabi-sabi nurtures all that is authentic by acknowledging three simple truths:

Nothing lasts. Nothing is finished. Nothing is perfect.

...my thoughts to come.

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