Small Things That Really Aren't
Women Speaking
So often, what is truly meaningful is such a small thing, maybe something that words can’t even capture. Sandra speaks of a tender moment with an old woman in a foreign bath, Japanese signs that make no sense, a turtle shell, a splash in a puddle with a beloved father…it reminds me of my first visit to China.... “When the eyes and the ears are open, The Indian mystic Kabir says, “even the leaves on the trees teach like pages from the scriptures.” Kabir
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Momiji
Women Speaking
Another walk, another dawn opens a window from the Appalachian mountains to Japan, to Charleston, SC and back. For my Father on Fathers' Day and the anniversary of his death.
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Women Speaking Introduction
Women Speaking
Hi, I’m Sandra. I’ve been a mind-body professional since 1984 and am fortunate to know two other women of varying sensibilities and diverse ages who approach body, mind, self, community work in ways similar to, and more importantly different, from mine. Each woman speaks from her unique turn of the body, mind, self, community kaleidoscope. In our podcast we weave together three, and in time perhaps more, threads: a read aloud of women’s non-fiction, a series of dharma talks by an esteemed teacher, and a secret reveal — you could call it fiction, but to us it is more Real...
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Everything Is Illuminated
Women Speaking
When we encounter the difficult, we are invited to slow down, to pause - even with this - to bring a kind curiosity, an investigation of this difficulty as a doorway to some new growth, new understanding, new possibility, new light. "Embracing the Hurt, we learn to trust that there is something greater, something mysterious and full of grace." Thanissara
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Walking at Dawn
Women Speaking
WALKING AT DAWN Ten (天) means sky, and jin (神) means god or deity. Because of a sniffle. That might be the virus. Social distancing. Self-quarantine. Safer at home. The most populous county in the US, and tests in short supply. Fourteen days from two days ago in a tiny house with dog and husband, who from the living room sends his latest haiku: Sound of a wife under stay at home orders sharpening a knife This morning the dog and I are heading for the sky, toward pink clouds fluffed by the rising sun. City sunrise is tricky. We stick to the...
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Sacred Moments, Even Now
Women Speaking
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Bougainvillea
Women Speaking
A series of sketches titled Bougainvillea becomes a read-aloud for you from Women Speaking. The title sketch begins to flesh out the aim of the project: to portray 45 years of mind-body practice in short non-fiction sketches—while refraining from mentioning too much about mind-body practice.
info_outlineA series of sketches titled Bougainvillea becomes a read-aloud for you from Women Speaking.
The title sketch begins to flesh out the aim of the project: to portray 45 years of mind-body practice in short non-fiction sketches—while refraining from mentioning too much about mind-body practice.