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Leap: Easter Memories Around My Grandmother’s Dinner Table

Posted in creativity, Easter, family, food on April 8, 2012 | 5 Comments »

When I was little, Easter was my favorite holiday. When I think of the happiest days of my childhood, they all revolve around that Easter dinner table at my grandmother’s house. I wish I had told my grandmother how much those days meant to me then and now I wish I had the chance to [...]

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Leap: Time to Reflect – Spring, Easter, Passover

Posted in creativity on April 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Often when we’re racing toward a goal, we have our vision focused straight-ahead. Holidays give us time to pause and look back. Even if we don’t celebrate them, much of the world around us goes still, looks inward, and finds rejuvenation in the process. And we can join them in that effort. Though I’m at [...]

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Winner of a Copy of Lessons from the Monk I Married

Posted in creativity on April 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Thanks to everyone who entered my second contest that I’ve run on this blog. I put all the names into a spreadsheet and had a web-based random number generator select a winner. Congratulations to MJ, a long time reader, supporter, and generous soul who continuously sends through interesting links to add to my ever-growing reading [...]

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Congrats to Trish Scott, winner of 12 free weeks of the digital version of The New York Times

Posted in creativity on April 2, 2012 | 2 Comments »

Thanks to everyone who entered the contest to win 12 free weeks to the digital version of The New York Times! Trish Scott, a long time reader and supporter of Christa in New York, was chosen at random as the winner. Congrats, Trish!

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Leap: A Few Words to the Wise on Perfection from Author Anna Quindlen

Posted in choices, creativity on April 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

“Imperfect is perfect.” ~ Wendy Newton, Senior Teacher at ISHTA Yoga I spent most of my younger days striving for perfection. I wanted to be the perfect daughter, girlfriend, friend, student, writer, and athlete. But here’s the rub of trying to be a perfectionist – no matter how close we get to perfect, it’s never [...]

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Leap: Creativity Lessons from The Adventures of Tintin and The Hunger Games

Posted in art, creativity on March 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

We could learn a lot about finding our life’s purpose from a boy detective and a woman who refused to let someone else define her. These are the palpable lessons of Tintin and Katniss, the protegonists at the centers of the book The Adventures of Tintin and The Hunger Games, respectively. What’s perhaps more subtle [...]

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Leap: The Hands are the Vehicle of the Heart

Posted in creativity, yoga on March 25, 2012 | 4 Comments »

This is the first full weekend of my advanced yoga teacher training at ISHTA. The days are long but invigorating. My eyes are already opening to new ways of seeing and my heart is already opening to a new way of being. As we were learning about the 7 segments of the body that correspond [...]

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Leap: We the Artists, the Pathmakers

Posted in art, creativity on March 21, 2012 | 3 Comments »

“The artist is not a special kind of person; rather each person is a special kind of artist.” ~ Ananda Coomaraswamy It’s what we’re all looking for – a way to find our art, our own unique expression of who we are, where we belong, and why. I believe we are born with our art [...]

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Leap: One Picture a Day

Posted in creativity, goals, learning on March 19, 2012 | 2 Comments »

For Christmas, my family gave me cash and Amazon gift certificates so that I could put that money toward getting a new digital camera. My old one started to develop its quirks and had been put to goo use for many years. Because I know India will be filled with gorgeous photo opportunities, I wanted [...]

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Leap: Stop Buying Ice and Start Living

Posted in adventure, change, choices, commitment, courage, creativity, passion on March 18, 2012 | 2 Comments »

I recently had a small group of people over to my house. As I was drafting up my grocery / to-do list, I wrote down “buy ice.” And then I started laughing. I have a freezer. I have ice cube trays. Did I really need to buy ice? No – I had everything I needed. [...]

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