I have a terrible time making decisions.

They wake me up at 2 a.m. and eat away at me for a couple of hours. I lie there and interrogate myself: “This way or that way? Don’t you know anything? Don’t you know what you want? You really should know what you want by this point in your life. WHAT DO YOU WANT?”

Eventually I get up out of bed and go surf the web, looking for advice and lusting after articles that promise, “Five easy ways to make a decision” and “Painless decision making... Read more...

I’d like to invite my nearly four decades old body out for some green juice. Or green tea. Or green vegetables. At any rate, something good and green. She deserves it after all the poison I’ve stuffed in her and the nonsense I’ve said about her through the years.

It’s amazing how much we put these little flesh-covered tanks through, isn’t it?

Thankfully, Father Time and Mother Nature eventually caught up with me, sat me down and spoke in a way that commanded my attention. I'm sure it... Read more...

I spent an afternoon in July with an iconic author - Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes.

The writer, widely known for her book, “Women Who Run With the Wolves,” came to the Business of Art Center in Manitou Springs about three or so weeks after the vicious Waldo Canyon Fire ended. She is a post-trauma specialist and certified psychoanalyst who wrote Post Trauma Recovery Protocol, now one of the top three protocols of its nature in the world.

She was a mesmerizing speaker. I found her to be... Read more...

I don’t know about you, but I’m a daydream believer.

I also read anything with the word creativity in it, especially if it’s about how to spark, harness or grow it.

In the September issue of Shambhala Sun was, lo and behold, a book review titled, “Tapping the Creative Mind.” The author, Christian McEwen, wrote a several page review about “Imagine: How Creativity Works” by Jonah Lehrer.

You best believe I’ll put this book on hold at the library.

In excellent news for daydreamers... Read more...

Do you remember being a child and erroneously interpreting adult speak?

 

I’m not sure if there’s some “official” term or word for it. If there is, let me know.

 

There are a couple turns of phrase I remember hearing and defining in my young, 10-year old or so mind. They’re funny to think about now, and I wish I could remember more.

 

For example, my mom always used to say certain decisions would be good “in the long run.” That sentence put the fear of God into me. I thought... Read more...

 

The studio I teach at, CorePower Yoga, is in the middle of a Yoga Challenge. Students are to complete 20 classes during 45 days, and along the way, they're entered to win drawings and prizes. One of those prizes was to be adjusted and assisted by an instructor all the way through a yoga class of his or her choice. This, my friends, is an amazing prize. This is a prize I want to win!

 

 

The managers at the studio asked for... Read more...