Category: yoga
After Durga Embodiment ~ American Sentence Day 42 of 108
How I feel after Rachel Heart's yogini circle. Photo: Holly Troy
Embodying Shakti: aha Exchange with Rachel Heart
. . . there is Goddess Lakshmi who is just the essence of shree, of sweetness, of playfulness, and love in her essence. Oftentimes Lakshmi is honored as that energy of abundance, but I feel like on a much deeper level when we experience abundance as gratitude and compassion, that's when you really feel it's almost like a nectar - if you can picture nectar flowing through your whole body, it's nourishing, warm, energy of Lakshmi . . . " - Rachel Heart
Rising from Ash ~ Day 41 of 108
surprise of tension breaking photo: Holly Troy
Writing for Fun, Writing for Life
Time and again, I have seen how writing can be incredibly empowering. This winter, writing became one of the ways in which I was able to show care and love for my partner while he was going through the ordeal of open-heart surgery. One of the most comforting decisions we made was to write about his healing process on Caring Bridge. The writing was a lifeline for us — sharing broke up the isolation, exhaustion and anxiety that serious illness generates. photo: Holly Troy
Grace and Gratitude
One of my earliest yoga teachers - Sharon Gannon - performing a dance (in the video below) at Jivamukti Yoga School on 9th Street and 2nd Avenue. She writes: "Here I am performing the asana dance "Lily" at the Jivamukti Yoga school at 2nd Ave and 9th street--We would put on a party with a ...
Yoga and Bicycles Will Save the World – Redux
I found out who created the graphic below! Her name is Rebecca Wilson - she is a graphic designer and has a groovy website/online shop called Yoga Will Save the World featuring limited edition clothing and calendars and other items for the yoga and bicycle lover in your life. So glad she reached out! I love ...
A little help from my friends and Ram Dass
It was the summer when I was 18 that I moved to San Francisco on a whim. I had spent almost a year living on the streets in New York City and found that there was no going home after that. (I tried for a few months - and was painfully reminded of why I left). I wanted ...
Taking Time and Navigating the Mundane
I haven't written in a while - but this is a start. As fall was settling in, and since my sister's death, I've retreated. This has been an assessment period. My energy has been low - and I've been looking at where I need to cut back and stop leaking energy. I know I have ...
Have some heart!
We are moving on to the heart chakra in this session of Writing the Energetic Body. I've been really busy this last week - healing from a cycling accident and having changes come up at work. Getting to the heart, for me, is perfect timing right now. The little video is a good reminder to ...
Getting deep into Autumn – reset button
Amazing eclipse energy! This class is an intention, and today, while visiting a friend in Sedona, I will further my intention ritual. Pumpkin carving with friends will become a ritual. I viewed the sun and moon through two different telescopes during the eclipse. In the first the sun looked white and the moon dark grey. Along the edge of the moon I could see ripples in the surface. Craters! And I could see sun spots. What are sun spots? The surface of the sun is like fire, but there are spots there. The second telescope had a different light spectrum, and the sun was red while the moon was black. On the edges of the sun I could see solar flares! They looked like swirling red smoke. The moon set off my moon 6 days early. OK. Maybe I am on track now with the new moon. The energy around the eclipse felt compressed, like the light. I’ve been needing a lot of rest – yet when I am resting I feel restless. My dreams that night warned me not to get caught in webs of despair, I need to be careful who I let into my life. Some people cast far-reaching spells. I know who I need to let go of. Karmic, lifetimes. The contracts are null and void.
