Learning to take up space, authentically!
I’m learning how powerful forgiveness is. There are many types of forgiveness, but today I’m focusing on forgiveness of self. Forgiveness carves out a very special space in our lives, since it never leaves us where we started. It changes us. It empowers us. It allows us to breathe just a little bit deeper. WeContinue Reading “The Space of Forgiveness”
I was up early with the puppy. He was restless in his cage, so I grumpily peeled myself away from my warm husband and warm bed, put my socks and shoes on, and zipped up my puffy jacket, all the way up to my ears. I was cold. In the dark, I fumbled for Wiggin’sContinue Reading “The Transforming Power of Space”
I had another post ready to go. But that one can wait. Harvey and Irma and 9/11 are too raw, still. They have shifted my space for the moment, and looking around at my world, my space feels very sacred. In moments like these, when the fragility of life moves in, space resonates with aContinue Reading “Sacred Spaces”
Irma is the God of War, and she is coming. Roaring into space and time…devastating and crackling with destructive energy, she is here. Looking at pictures of her from space, I am in awe of the scope of her being. Never bigger, she is the one to contend with, now… The magnitude of her spaceContinue Reading “The Preciousness of Space”
Hurricane Harvey, your images are haunting, as you stretch yourself…all fight and fury. Over and over again, you are reluctant to recede, reluctant to yield. In your wake, I am reminded of the preciousness of space, of its intimacy, of its fragility. Is it something that we take for granted? Do we believe it willContinue Reading “Roaring into the Space of Others”
We don’t wander anymore. We don’t let our mind slip lazily into unstructured thought. I believe it’s a lost art; a thing that began a slow death once smart phones came roaring in. Where have all the daydreams gone? Instead of meandering and wandering through fields of grass, we keep our eyes glued to theContinue Reading “Wandering”
Sometimes I feel small. Sometimes I act small. So I learn to breathe deeply, with wonder…filling my lungs. Expanding. Expansion. Stretching up to the sky, I feel the authenticity returning. No, I think that maybe it never left. Always here. But waiting for me to remember…
I am learning, slowly about space. So when I was taking a shower recently, I noticed, I mean, really noticed, the drops of water on the wall of the shower stall. It was startling, really. How many times had I looked at that wall and simply glazed over it before thinking about something else. NotContinue Reading “The Wide Open Spaces of the Mundane”
I’ve been thinking about this idea, the idea of taking up space for such a long time. I believe as women, we are taught to take up as little space as possible: cross your legs, raise your hand, don’t speak out of turn, etc., etc. But when I found yoga, I found another way toContinue Reading “Taking Up Space: The Beginning”