Changing Plans

Changing Plans

Last week I’d intended this week’s post to be about what I call “The Productivity Trap”. Sunday I spend time writing a draft, a little revising, then finalize on Monday and publish. Only here it is, Monday night, no post ready. If I was still...
Growing into Wisdom

Growing into Wisdom

For nearly 20 years I cultivated a career in technology. I became a specialist in maintaining systems used to produce complicated reports, like financial statements, from large data warehouses. I was very good, I earned a six figure income, had fantastic healthcare...
S1L5

S1L5

The cryptic title to my post refers to the location of a ruptured disc in my spine; at the sacrum and the fifth lumbar vertebra. At the beginning of 2000 I was diagnosed with Degenerative Disc DiseaseĀ (DDD), a common diagnosis for the breakdown and thinning of the...
Floating in Compassion

Floating in Compassion

Last week was very busy. I substituted for two yoga classes and I had a client session. My spouse has been on another business trip, which means I’m solely seeing to the needs of our two dogs and two cats. I made time to help friends who are experiencing a...
Along the Way

Along the Way

This past week I asked each of my classes to consider the following question: How much more love would you have if you gave up the habit of negative self-judgement? It got several nervous laughs in response to it, but I asked people to really give it some thought....