Ancient system to count breaths, by Susana Laborde-Blaj
Two ways to focus our attention, which the ancient yogis had been doing for many years, are the attention to breath, and purposeful...
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susanalabordeblaj
- Sep 6, 2020
- 1 min
"I am a fish, you are the moon", by Jalaluddin Rumi
Moments when I get caught in a disturbing thought, or emotion, I try (not always succeed, alas) to come back to Simplicity, to Nature, to...
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susanalabordeblaj
- Aug 23, 2020
- 3 min
Hope, by Susana Laborde-Blaj
There is a rock formation at the Bean Hollow Beach that has some holes where I can place my whole body in a fetal position. In Half Moon...
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susanalabordeblaj
- Aug 9, 2020
- 1 min
"Sweet Darkness", by David Whyte
Every week I choose a poem to read to my students, sometimes the poems seem to call my attention, like a magnet. I had planned to share...
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susanalabordeblaj
- Aug 9, 2020
- 1 min
Poem "Ancient Language", by Hannah Stephenson
Always wonderful to read more poems that talk about breath! Here is this one: Ancient Language by Hannah Stephenson If you stand at the...
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susanalabordeblaj
- Aug 3, 2020
- 1 min
One Heart, by Li-Young Lee
Look at the birds. Even flying is born out of nothing. The first sky is inside you, open at either end of day. The work of wings was...
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susanalabordeblaj
- Jul 27, 2020
- 1 min
Optimism, by Jane Hirshfield
I hope you will enjoy this poem, shared with me by my friend Toni Goodman. Optimism Jane Hirshfield More and more I have come to admire...
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susanalabordeblaj
- Jun 8, 2020
- 2 min
"A reflection from Gary on the current times", by Gary Kraftsow
There is much to say about the current times, and not being able to find the right words myself, I share here my teacher's. A reflection...
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susanalabordeblaj
- May 26, 2020
- 1 min
"Song of the Builders" (again), by Mary Oliver
Looking for a poem to read this week in class, and inspired by Jack Kornfield and a story that he told in a video I recently watched...
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susanalabordeblaj
- May 19, 2020
- 1 min
"Hope" is the thing with feathers - (314), by Emily Dickinson
We had a memorable visit by a wren yesterday. Such an incredible, little, powerful, determined bird, I admired what seemed to be very...
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susanalabordeblaj
- May 19, 2020
- 5 min
Anger Management
“Ni tanto que queme al santo Ni tanto que no lo alumbre” - Refrán popular In catholic churches, one will see some images and statues of...
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susanalabordeblaj
- Apr 21, 2020
- 1 min
"Invitation", by Mary Oliver
Oh do you have time to linger for just a little while out of your busy and very important day for the goldfinches that have gathered in a...
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susanalabordeblaj
- Apr 19, 2020
- 1 min
"Today", by Mary Oliver
Today Mary Oliver 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...
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susanalabordeblaj
- Apr 10, 2020
- 1 min
"Praying", by Mary Oliver
It came as a gift today, I read it before, but hearing it today from a friend, and in the current world circumstances, opened my ears in...
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susanalabordeblaj
- Mar 31, 2020
- 1 min
"For Loneliness", by John O'Donohue
I bumped into this poem, by John O'Donohue, from his book "To Bless the Space Between Us" For Loneliness When the light lessens, Causing...
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susanalabordeblaj
- Mar 19, 2020
- 1 min
"Now is the Time", by Hafiz
I created a little Sanctuary in a part of the house I didn't usually visit. I can have tea here, and watch the trees and also birds,...
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susanalabordeblaj
- Feb 13, 2020
- 3 min
To Care
I have a friend who owns 4 crows. This doesn’t mean that she has them in a cage, or that they live in her house. She has a special...
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susanalabordeblaj
- Feb 3, 2020
- 1 min
"Long Afternoon at the Edge of Sister Pond", by Mary Oliver
I spent some time taking photos of our friend the hummingbird, the one that we often see near the terrace. Watching his behavior is...
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susanalabordeblaj
- Jan 27, 2020
- 1 min
"Goldfinches" by Mary Oliver
It has been a while that I want to add this poem to my Blog, only I had never taken a photo of a goldfinch. Yesterday one stayed long...
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susanalabordeblaj
- Jan 13, 2020
- 1 min
"To Learn From Animal Being", by John O'Donohue
I recently read a phrase by Pierre Alais, yoga teacher, and student of Shivananda & T.K.V. Desikachar, a phrase that stayed with me:...
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