Yoga Retreat at Sou’Wester LodgeMarch 1st-3rd, 2013An intimate retreat in a magical place working with the practice of yoga, mantra, meditation, and creative writing throughout the weekend. The lodge has four independent suites. Each suite has a private bathroom and kitchen. Yoga will take pla...

Press To Play�Guru Brahma Guru VishnuGuru Devo MahesvaraGuru sakshat parambrahmaTasmai shri guruve namahaTo the teacher who is creatorTo the teacher who is preserverTo the teacher who is destroyerTo the teacher who is close byTo the ever pervasive oneI offer all my efforts to that teacher

Press To PlayGuru Brahma Guru VishnuGuru Devo MahesvaraGuru sakshat parambrahmaTasmai shri guruve namahaTo the teacher who is creatorTo the teacher who is preserverTo the teacher who is destroyerTo the teacher who is close byTo the ever pervasive oneI offer all my efforts to that teacher

Here’s some camera phone video of one of my children’s workshops.

  I am aching for You.Wondering so what it is to be You.You fascinate me.You are imaginary, unreal, mystical, and a fool.You give me nothing and so much.The attraction is so strongI want to open my mouth and swallow you…an almost greedy sensation.You heat my coils and inspire me to action.This quality you evoke is painful…..all thingsbeautiful are.That dissonant note of longing,the friction of the vibration,the manifesting force of fireborn from that which is the Source of All.Birth is Creation,Sound is Touch.The Experience is Divinity.

Desire-interaction-motivation-action-Let go.“A perfect thought is one devoid of selfish motive.”~Sharon GannonA tremendous amount of research points to the fact that we are born with a selfish brain and that, when given a choice, we have a biological tendency to act in selfish serving ways, especially if no one is watching.”How God Can Change Your Brain.~Andrew Newberg, M.D. and  Robert Waldmen>These two quotes seemingly oppose one another, but looking a bit more closely they  actually guide each other from two different directions towards a center which is this moment.The perspective from science is that we are selfish by nature, but this book explains that through the practices of...