Retreat to Ojai, September 2017
Friday, Sept 15th – Sunday 17th, 2017 Restore, Renew, Relax, Flow, Play and Swim with Claire at this beautiful Ojai estate. Ojai means ‘nest’, in Native American language, and this is the feeling you have, nesting just east of Santa Barbara through the hills on this sacred land. To retreat is to claim one’s own life…
Dharma Drops Ep. 5 Sutra 1:33
Sutra 1:33. How does one keep clarity in the mind when it appears others want to harm? To keep a peaceful mind, practice friendliness towards those who are happy, compassion towards the unhappy, joy towards the virtuous, and disinterest toward the non-virtuous. Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: iTunes | Android |…
Ego is the Enemy
This new year I’ve been listening to Ryan Holiday’s book Ego is the Enemy. Ryan is a student of stoicism and wrote another great book The Obstacle is the Way. In the ‘Ego is the Enemy’ Ryan speaks of purpose above passion, this really struck a chord with me and seems incredibly timely. Passion is important…
Planting Seeds of Interest for the New Year
Happy New Year! I hope the year-end brought peace and ease and January is finding you energized. My year ended with big, beautiful change; a new home in a new neighborhood! My family and I are settling in and finding out that big change can wake us from worn-out ways of thinking and invite some re-invention. While I’m not saying…
This is How Love Wins
Stories of love vs. stories of fear and hatred. These days the headlines are filled mostly with the stuff of nightmares, stories that tell you the villains have taken over the world stage. But it’s simply not true. Love and compassion are still the lead players, and they’re better actors. Actually they’re so good that…
I Will Leave Myself Alone
As a yoga teacher students come, students go. People move away, get new jobs change their schedules, find new teachers. But it’s always disheartening when someone tells you that they dropped their yoga because they were having a rough time of it. In a community where the adages of ‘Find your bliss’ and ‘You are…