“Time is not free—that’s why it’s so precious and worth fighting for…I’ve heard it said that every day you need half an hour of quiet time for yourself, or your Self, unless you’re incredibly busy and stressed, in which case you need an hour.” ~ Anne Lamott My friend, Kristin, who pens the fantastic blog [...]
Archive for January, 2012
Leap: Anne Lamott’s Advice on Writing, Life, and Time
Posted in creativity, time, writing on January 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Leap: ISHTA Yoga Will Be My 2012 Yoga Home
Posted in healthcare, meditation, teaching, yoga on January 19, 2012 | 2 Comments »
After months of deliberation, I finally chose to take the next step in my wellness career and pursue my next level of yoga teacher training. It’s been almost 2 years since I finished my 200-hour training at Sonic Yoga. I got an excellent base from Sonic and I treasure my teachers and friends from the [...]
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Leap: My Dog as My Teacher and Healer
Posted in animals, dogs, learning, meditation, teaching, yoga on January 18, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Buddhists believe that when the student is ready, the teacher will appear. Native Americans believe that when a soul comes into our lives it is because it has something to teach us and when we lose someone close to us it is a signal we learned all we could from them. I believe in both [...]
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Leap: Grow Creativity and Decrease Anxiety Through Solitude in the Dark
Posted in calm, creativity on January 17, 2012 | 3 Comments »
“You cannot be lonely if you like the person you‘re alone with.“ ~ Wayne Dyer On the heels of my post about the value of quiet time alone, I read two articles in the Times – one of the age of anxiety and one of the danger of the new groupthink a.k.a collaboration. Both articles, [...]
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Leap: Make Sure Time Is On Your Side
Posted in business, entrepreneurship, time on January 16, 2012 | 4 Comments »
“Guard your own spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson via ZenMoments “Be ruthless with your time.” ~ Pam Slim New projects take a tremendous amount of time to incubate, plan, and implement. To make the most of the opportunity, time alone creating and time collaborating with kindred spirits is critical. [...]
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Leap: Success Defined by Ricky Gervais, Bob Dylan, and Emily Dickinson
Posted in art, creativity, dreams, success on January 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“A Man can consider himself a success if he wakes up in the morning, goes to bed at night, and in-between did exactly what he wanted.” ~ Bob Dylan “Forever is composed of nows.” ~ Emily Dickinson Why do we delay? We wait for more money, more time, more experience, for permission from others. Maybe [...]
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Leap: My Conversation Along the Path with the Moon
Posted in dreams, faith, fate, nature, opportunity on January 14, 2012 | 5 Comments »
“Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting — over and over announcing your place in the family of things.” ~ Mary Oliver via DailyGood There is a world beyond what we can see, hear, and touch. Every once [...]
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Leap: Our Goals Should Be Impossible
Posted in dreams, goals, healthcare, yoga on January 13, 2012 | 2 Comments »
“To make your goals effective, you have to fail at them 50% of the time, or they didn’t stretch you far enough.” ~ Chip Wilson, Founder of Lululemon Athletica Some people think my goal of wanting to dramatically improve the entire healthcare system in the United States through Compass Yoga is just crazy. Sometimes they [...]
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Leap: Finding Meaning in Experiences That Are Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Posted in art, career, movie, New York City, work on January 12, 2012 | 3 Comments »
“And if that’s all you learned from 9/11, if that’s all you remembered, that: My God, you could extinguish life so suddenly, so unexpectedly, and it could happen to me, and therefore I should think harder about the way I spend my life instead of just wasting it. Now, it’s not going to teach you [...]
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Leap: New Free Yoga Class from Compass Yoga Starts Tomorrow
Posted in yoga on January 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This year, Compass Yoga will be expanding programming to more locations to serve more people. The board and I are in the midst of a strategic planning process and we can’t wait to share the direction with you! In the mean time, come practice with us at our newest class: Location: Muhlenberg Branch of the [...]
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