Sitting just to sit (An ode to mornings, part 2)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Buko2FFn4OH/ This morning I got to sit. My teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh, talks about the pleasure and joy of sitting just to sit. And I don’t think I fully understood this until I became a mother. Or maybe I just appreciate it now on a whole new...
No Mud, No Daffodil: An Ode To Mornings, Part 1
I have always been a morning person, and I miss my mornings. Oh, the days when I was single and living alone with my dog, and I’d wake with the sun and meditate for a half hour, then walk the dog as the world woke...
I heart books (books I love)
A few of my favorite books and authors - just seeing this stack makes my heart smile! “A book is a heart that only beats in the chest of another.” - Rebecca Solnit, The Faraway Nearby Books are one of my favorite parts of life, my most...
Inspiration: A running list
One of my favorite roles is that of curator. Here are words and people that keep me inspired on a daily basis (a non-exhaustive list I will continue to update). I highly recommend going to the sources and reading them more fully! On Love "My work is...
From Yoga Mat to Peace Studies Classroom
What does it mean to take yoga “off the mat”? For me, it means taking the lessons we learn on our mats — cultivating balance, equanimity, nonviolence and compassion, for instance — and bringing them into our daily lives, allowing them to guide the way we take action in...
Healing Ourselves, Healing Our World
To heal the world, says Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, we need to begin by healing ourselves. He teaches that our greatest hope for addressing issues like climate change is in falling in love with the earth, and in realizing that we and Earth are one....
Starting with the Classroom: Fostering A Democratic Society
Most people, regardless of where they fall on the political spectrum, would agree that democracy is in crisis. If we are to save what is left of our democratic ideals, it will be through the active participation of a committed citizenry. Current failures in our democracy...