Unadorned and Joyous and Patient and Radiant and Luminous
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“Life is this simple. We are living in a world that is absolutely transparent and the divine is shining through us all the time. This is not just a nice story or fable. This is true.” ...
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Left Turn
Women Speaking
—freedom, equality, fraternity, (sorority!), rights, bodily integrity, progress, reform and internationalism—
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Kitchen Story
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Holidays. Mothers. Gadgets. Good Will!
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Catherine and George
Women Speaking
"Only love is real. " I am reminded daily!
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I Can't Do This!
Women Speaking
Sandra reminds us of the gift of awareness and presence that enables us to, in a seemingly mysterious way, find skillful ways to manage when we are “being squeezed” and there is nowhere else to go. Here’s another one…
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Joan's Story
Women Speaking
is an Alexander Technique teacher in New York. See also Jessica Wolf's The Technique, gently and inclusively taught, offers a way through even the most difficult situations. Hence this story at this time.
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The Beginning of Understanding
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Sandra speaks of Grandpa Zent's wisdom and kind guidance: "When you get lost (which you will), follow the brook home": Yes. When I get lost in confusion, my teachers similarly tell me: "pause, relax, and follow the breath home." “Confusion, I was taught, is the beginning of understanding, the first stage of letting go of the neuronal gossip that used to keep you chained to very specific ideas about who you are and what you’re capable of.” Mingyur Rinpoche
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Grandpa Zent
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After listening to Sharon's most recent posting, I find myself here. Family. Generational trauma. Root beer under the sofa. and Yes ~ ~ ~ delight.
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Nothing Special; Just Delight
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Sandra speaks of differences and of cultivating the capacity to approach what is other with curiosity and love and acceptance. It reminds me of a lesson I learned … “Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough.” George Washington Carver
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A Woman Speaks
Women Speaking
A WOMAN SPEAKS Dear Friends, I've been letting your question percolate for two weeks. My experience living in a family of men is that what you mention rings true. I have no- ticed, and continue to notice, that when I am with my husband and my sons they tend to listen to each other more than they listen to me. Sometimes this happens as a simple omission: we are walking on a trail, or through a city, all talking together, and suddenly they are in step ahead of me, three abreast, talking to each oth- er. This dynamic, a mild sense of alienation, began with the boys' puberty, and I have...
info_outline “Life is this simple. We are living in a world that is absolutely transparent and the divine is shining through us all the time. This is not just a nice story or fable. This is true.” Thomas Merton
"We are together, each with our own integrity," Sandra says, "…the left turn can be a gentle thing…..please be kind…."