Examples of an Imperfect woman

  • Loving What Is…

    We would rather be ruined than changed;We would rather die in our dreadThan climb the cross of the momentAnd let our illusions die.~W.H. Auden   What is so unreal is that we believe we can stop change that it is… Continue reading

  • Take Care Of You!

    “If you had to take care of yourself, as you take care of others, what would you do for yourself?”  This question was asked on Oprah’s Soul Series on Sirius Radio as she spoke with Geneen Roth.   The woman… Continue reading

  • Serves Me!

    In Waking, by Matthew Sanford, he writes again about his experience with yoga.   “Maha mudra is a strange pose.  In yogic lore, if a yogi practices it enough, he or she can eat anything, even something poisonous. Regardless, it… Continue reading

  • As I Yoga Along

    “A monk sits cross-legged in the middle of the road, meditating on existence.  A powerful insight consumes him: He and the Universe are One.  He intuits further that the Universe, being One, would never harm him itself.  And as long… Continue reading

  • Affirmed by His Experiences

    Maha Mudra, a chapter from Waking by Matthew Sanford.   “When I return home from the hospital, everything seems the same – my blue velvet chair, the sounds of my fridge, the creaking of my wood floors.  Everything except for… Continue reading

  • Both and And…

    ‎"To stay with that shakiness—to stay with a broken heart, with a rumbling stomach, with the feeling of hopelessness and wanting to get revenge—that is the path of true awakening. Sticking with that uncertainty, getting the knack of relaxing in… Continue reading

  • All or None Religion.

    My mothering skills have huge pockets of All or Nothing options, accented with control and responsibility that is overly dramatic and leaves me with little options to manuver through issues that I find are out of my control.    While… Continue reading

  • My Rights Move Me.

    From the book, “Healing the Child Within, by Charles Whitfield. Personal Bill of Rights is compilation of rights that several groups have created.   BILL OF RIGHTS   1.     I have numerous choices in my life beyond mere survival.… Continue reading

  • Follow an Impulse Fearlessly.

    “Every day we slaughter our finest impulses.  That is why we get heartache when we read those lines written by the hand of a master and recognizes them as our own, as the tender shoots, which we stifled because we… Continue reading

  • My Lady’s Holiday…

    My friend and I spent the past few days on the shores of Lake Superior at a little beach house my In-Laws own.    Transported away from being a responsible mom and wife, allowing us to just be ourselves with… Continue reading