Category Archives: yoga

Uprooting illusions

Posted on April 18, 2013 by

In the flow of life that is Facebook, a quotation recently caught my eye.  It might have been this one:  ‘Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.’ – … Continue reading →

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The tip of the iceberg, the roots of the tree….

Posted on March 15, 2013 by

Listening to some incredible tales the other day – so incredible they could have been material for a seventh novel in Susan Howatch’s Starbridge series about the Church of England in the 20th century – I was reminded of that … Continue reading →

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Who am I?

Posted on February 24, 2013 by

Last year on my birthday one of my oldest, long-lost friends sent me an e-mail out of the blue.  It was affirming to be back in contact and illuminating – if a little uncomfortable – to re-establish how and why we’d … Continue reading →

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I can see clearly now

Sometimes you need to go far away to see clearly, and sometimes you need to come way up close and be overwhelmed by what it is you’re looking at before you can actually see it as it is – without … Continue reading →

Aside | Posted on January 25, 2013 by | 8 Comments

One that stays, one that goes

Posted on December 29, 2012 by

“The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you Don’t go back to sleep! You must ask for what you really want. Don’t go back to sleep! People are going back and forth across the doorsill where the two worlds … Continue reading →

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Dear World,

Posted on November 24, 2012 by

Dear World, Just a few words from me.  I’ve been busy and I haven’t felt like writing.  I’ve got a name for it – ‘noble tiredness’*** – though I stubbornly refused to acknowledge it.  No apology or explanation, but I’d like to … Continue reading →

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Virtual adolescent on summer break

Posted on October 5, 2012 by

– For Fran who is as fascinated as I am by this subject, and anyone else who sees a reflection here.  Perhaps surprisingly to myself anyway, I wrote most of this several weeks ago, and the messages/learning keep coming. About … Continue reading →

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In the shadow of a moment

Posted on August 24, 2012 by

– For Madhu and Viv Sometimes, in a life, there may be a single moment out of time, when a connection occurs that is breathtaking.  It leaves you speechless and you feel your will bows to something greater than itself. … Continue reading →

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A birthday gift: a lesson in karma

Posted on August 9, 2012 by

I had the most unexpected and wonderful birthday gift arrive late on the evening of my birthday.  It was almost over, strictly speaking.  I am not a huge birthday person, I think it’s in my genes from my father.  Anyway, I … Continue reading →

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Coming or going?

Posted on July 29, 2012 by

When you are going somewhere you love and you know it’s the last time, you look at it differently, with great care and attention.  You want to take it all in.  You want to imprint it on your mind’s eye so you … Continue reading →

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