Monthly Archives: January 2012

What’s your joy song?

January 16, 2012
What’s your joy song?

You know, the one you play when you heart is so full it might just burst open with love. And light up the sky with the pink-yellow glow of the most stunning sunrise (or sunset) the world has ever known. Let’s even throw in the rare magical green flash of aloha. (I feel blessed...

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Grocery Store Goddess

January 14, 2012
Grocery Store Goddess

And in what ways are you a goddess? - Leonie Dawson (Prompt from Week 2: “Your Roots: Reconnecting with Your Core” of A Year With Myself.) Yearning to be a sexual goddess As I plus-sized academic seeking to discover my sexuality, I was inspired by the final story in Sheila Kelley’s book, The S...

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How to be a connoisseur of fear (and why you want to)

January 9, 2012
How to be a connoisseur of fear (and why you want to)

That moment when there is nothing to hang on to is the moment when we are most present, most alive, most vulnerable, most human. Let go of the monkey bars. Cross the threshold. Be a connoisseur of fear. - Patti Digh The quote is excerpted from Week 1 – “The Threshold: From Reflection to...

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Ten Highlights From My “Start Now” 30 Day Blog Challenge

January 6, 2012
Ten Highlights From My “Start Now” 30 Day Blog Challenge

1. I wrote 27 new posts during the 30 days. Since I missed three posts I’ll be featuring my two blog buddies on a date of their choosing. And something else worthwhile. How about you, readers? I hated missing January 1, but I came down with a cold on New Year’s Eve. I’m going to...

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The Power of Intent

January 4, 2012
The Power of Intent

I first learned about intention as a practice from a yoga teacher who led weekly lunchtime sessions when I worked at the California Department of Health in Richmond. At the start of each class she’d ask us to set an intention. At first it confused me, but I liked that it gave my busy...

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