Posted in choices, decision-making, dreams, history, television on April 30, 2010 | 6 Comments »
“All quests worth undertaking … require audacity. And willpower. (Of course.) And persistence. (Of course.) But frankly, a persistent misreading of the odds.” ~ Tom Peters The History Channel is running a series called America: The Story of Us. In each episode, the series talks about a specific chapter of American History. VSL highlighted it [...]
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Posted in nature, yoga on April 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
“Real beauty isn’t about symmetry or weight or makeup; it’s about looking life right in the face and seeing all its magnificence reflected in your own.” ~ Valerie Monroe The beauty industry is a funny one. We spend gobs of money on creams, gels, cleansers, toners, and coloring to cover, extract, fill-in, pluck, nip, and [...]
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Posted in learning, yoga on April 28, 2010 | 5 Comments »
“Some people say, ‘I’m really inflexible so I don’t do yoga.’ That’s like saying, ‘I’m really hungry so I don’t eat.’ Silly.” ~ Will, my yoga teacher Will told us this quote as we were talking about the importance of a regular practice, whatever it is we’re practicing. Regularity breeds mastery. To shy away from [...]
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Posted in family, story, yoga on April 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »
When I was a kid, I loved story time. My mom would make up little characters and stories for my brother, sister, and I to hear before bedtime. One particular string of stories involved little fictional characters called the hoochie goochies who would run around in the forest and have all kinds of adventures. She’s [...]
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Posted in business, happiness, media, school on April 26, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Inspired by the videos “Where the Hell is Matt”, a Darden student, David Shepro, made his own version, C’ville style. I went to business school at Darden so this video has very special meaning for me, but it’s got so much joy that it would bring a smile to anyone’s face, Darden grad or not. [...]
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Posted in commitment, meditation, yoga on April 25, 2010 | 10 Comments »
“I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.” ~ Martin Luther I have so many ideas for blog posts from this weekend of yoga teacher training. Most of our work this weekend was about Eastern philosophy. Some of it I agree with. Some of it I don’t [...]
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Posted in home, religion, yoga on April 24, 2010 | 4 Comments »
After a few months of thinking about creating an altar, I finally made one. It’s simple: no extra furniture required, a colorful cloth dish towel, 2 tea lights and holders, 2 small Chinese Buddha statues, a Nataraj statue, a Ganesha statue, some sage leaves, incense matches, a tiny bowl ceramic bowl from Japan that my [...]
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Posted in adventure, business, entrepreneurship, fear, feelings, yoga on April 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
“F.E.A.R. – false evidence appearing real.” ~ Tracy, my yoga teacher Whenever I have class with my yoga teacher, Tracy, I keep my pen close by. She always has pearls of wisdom that she carefully places before us as an offering, wisdom that has been passed down to her from her own practice and meditation [...]
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Posted in environment, yoga on April 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
“I’ve never seen an ugly tree.” Tracy, my yoga teacher We had another divine Thursday evening with our yoga teacher, Tracy, and for an added bonus Jeffrey was there as our yoga model. To see them team-teach was a treat. Tonight we focused on balancing poses, and Vrksasana (tree pose) is one of my favorites. [...]
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Posted in children, education on April 21, 2010 | 3 Comments »
“Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they’re looking for ideas.” ~ Paula Poundstone “When we approach children with the awareness that they are our teachers, we become more present ourselves.” ~ DailyOM “Everyone needs a 14-year old,” my friend, Brian, said to me tonight at [...]
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