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The Relationship with our Nervous System – the path to freedom

The Relationship with our Nervous System – the path to freedom

Posted on March 20, 2023March 20, 2023 by Tammy

Reading Time: 4 minutes“I experienced the great disequilibrium of those months as violent changes imposed upon me from the outside, against my will.” – Ulrich Baer describing the months after Sept. 11, 2001 as a New Yorker Consider the Nervous system.  It is … Read More »The Relationship with our Nervous System – the path to freedom

Categories: Uncategorized

How Broken you must be to not see my Humanity

Posted on January 17, 2022January 17, 2022 by Tammy

Reading Time: 3 minutesOne writer who speaks right to my heart is James Baldwin.  As white cis-gendered heterosexual woman, some might assume that relating to his work would be a challenge since he wrote passionately about his lived experiences as a Black man … Read More »How Broken you must be to not see my Humanity

Categories: Identity, Oneness

Joy & Happiness

Posted on January 7, 2022 by Tammy

Reading Time: 2 minutes“Joy is unspeakably more than Happiness. Happiness washes over us; it is granted by the fates. Joy, on the other hand, blossoms from within. Joy is simply a good season of the heart; Joy is the most extraordinary gift we have … Read More »Joy & Happiness

Categories: Meditation, Mind, Oneness

Yoga in the service of life and death

Posted on January 7, 2022 by Tammy

Reading Time: 4 minutesEllen Fein is dying while very much being alive, and her voice is so important to share.  She is a devoted student of Yoga, and has used some of her time on this Earth to support others as they walk … Read More »Yoga in the service of life and death

Categories: Death, Oneness

Restlessness and Revelation

Posted on January 7, 2022January 7, 2022 by Tammy

Reading Time: 4 minutesNavtej Johar, an amazing dancer, poet, Yoga teacher, once reflected on the inherent conflict between experience and expression – a conflict that is worthy of contemplation during times of global crises like 2020 and 2021. What you experience is completely … Read More »Restlessness and Revelation

Categories: Identity, Meditation, Mind, Oneness

“We are One” ≠ “I am Special”

Posted on January 7, 2022 by Tammy

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe foundational teaching of many spiritual/religious traditions begin with some version of “We are One.”  This leads believers to the notion that compassion arises out of a deep awareness of our fundamental connection with other beings.  However, a problematic misinterpretation … Read More »“We are One” ≠ “I am Special”

Categories: Identity, Mind, Oneness

Mind Like Footprints in the Sand

Posted on January 7, 2022 by Tammy

Reading Time: 2 minutesMany Yoga techniques are about placing the Mind, whether we are using the body to hold the attention or some inner image or sensation.  Place your attention “Here”, place it “There”…. Hold it “Here”, hold it “There.” – the practice, … Read More »Mind Like Footprints in the Sand

Categories: Black Lives Matter is Mantra, Identity, Mind

The Problem with Identity

Posted on January 7, 2022July 24, 2024 by Tammy

Reading Time: 8 minutes“I stand before my highest mountain, and before my longest journey, and ,therefore, must I descend deeper than I have ever before descended.” (Nietzsche) “The crucial element I wish to consider here is that element of a life which we … Read More »The Problem with Identity

Categories: Black Lives Matter is Mantra, Identity

“Black Lives Matter” is Mantra

Posted on January 7, 2022January 7, 2022 by Tammy

Reading Time: 2 minutesWe can only begin to deeply practice Yoga if we have the capacity to feel safe, even if for a moment.  The historical impact of white supremacy has traumatized millions of people, denying them safety in many ways, and in … Read More »“Black Lives Matter” is Mantra

Categories: Black Lives Matter is Mantra

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