Category: Seasonal Wisdom
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Presence and Preparation
I have the itch. The longing to be in the mountains at Kanuga, embraced by Rhododendron and hugged by my family. What a gift to have such love in my life. The eight or so weeks before Kanuga are a season of preparation. I change the wallpaper on my phone to pictures from that holy…
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Blooming
“I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I’ve never let it stop me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.” ~ Georgia O’Keefe When I look at the women I admire, they have all taken risks. There’s Lila, my first yoga teacher and mentor, who closed her studio, moved to…
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Dancing in the Dark
Last week the Facebook algorithm asked me if I cared to remember this post from four years ago. Due to waking up too early in the morning I’ve started doing my practice in the dark, next to my bed. If you’ve never done yoga in the dark, try it! There’s something so peaceful, so restorative…
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Silence
Today Today I’m flying low and I’m not saying a word. I’m letting all the voodoos of ambition sleep. The world goes on as it must, the bees in the garden rumbling a little, the fish leaping, the gnats getting eaten. And so forth. But I’m taking the day off. Quiet as a feather. I…
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Surprise
In my outdoor storage closet sit six containers of Christmas decorations: a tall tree, a set of Alpine trees, a set of wreathes, a box of ornaments, a box of miscellaneous décor, and a box containing my Christmas village. For the most part, everything gets used. I’ve donated or gotten rid of the excess. The…
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Fill Your Hands with Mud
I’m feeling ambivalent about the holidays this year. Until a few months ago I thought ambivalent meant not caring. But then, while watching the Daniel Tiger episode “Daniel’s Day of Many Feelings,” I learned that to be ambivalent is to have mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about someone or something. In stressful years past, by…
Melinda Emily Thomas 