Reading Time: 2minutesMany 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
Reading Time: 8minutes“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
Reading Time: 3minutesI would like to continue the notion from the previous post of “life has its own restraints.” As previously stated, when people are oppressed and denied freedom of will, then, for peace of mind, one attempts to sort out purusha … Read More »Where does the mind go when there is no more air left to breathe?
Reading Time: 3minutesIt was not until I turned fifty did I begin to embrace my being African American in a white world.I have often wondered about the ability to survive tragic suffering such as slavery.Where can the mind go under such circumstances … Read More »Life has its own restraints
Reading Time: 2minutesMy life is built from African languages and dances long since forgotten —–Disrupted by greed and slave ships. My life is built on beatings, screams in the dark, and lynchings still —–echoed in police shootings, overzealous incarcerations, and —–babies without … Read More »Ancestral Healing – by Dr. M*
Reading Time: 2minutesWe 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