"Thank You", by Ross Gay
Thanks to Toni Goodman, the Poetry Circle fairy, for this beautiful poem: Thank You Ross Gay If you find yourself half naked and barefoot...
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susanalabordeblaj
- Sep 25, 2019
- 2 min
Moving to the Bay Area!
Dear ones, There is no moment in life where things are not changing, maybe there is sometimes the illusion that things are steady and...
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susanalabordeblaj
- Aug 19, 2019
- 1 min
Poem "A Ritual to Read to Each Other" by William Stafford
A Ritual to Read to Each Other If you don't know the kind of person I am and I don't know the kind of person you are a pattern that...
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susanalabordeblaj
- Aug 10, 2019
- 3 min
Acts of Kindness
What Can I Do? I am fortunate enough to have a roof over my head, food to eat, even drinkable water from the tap, which is really a...
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susanalabordeblaj
- Aug 9, 2019
- 1 min
"The Moment", Poem by Marie Howe
A dear student who shares her wisdom with the sangha* shared this with us: The Moment by Marie Howe Oh, the coming-out-of-nowhere moment...
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susanalabordeblaj
- Jul 15, 2019
- 2 min
Perfection or Acceptance
On Christmas Day, one of my son’s friends gave me two beautiful candles, nontoxic coconut wax, with a very delicate, almost imperceptible...
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susanalabordeblaj
- Jun 25, 2019
- 3 min
Facing Change
With a shift in my work, everything needs to adjust: facing change. It has been about four years since one of my mentors suggested that...
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susanalabordeblaj
- Jun 16, 2019
- 2 min
For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet, by Joy Harjo
A dear friend recently shared this poem with me, I just keep reading it over and over: "Put down that bag of potato chips, that white...
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susanalabordeblaj
- May 14, 2019
- 1 min
"Just Thinking", by William Stafford
Got up on a cool morning. Leaned out a window. No cloud, no wind. Air that flowers held For awhile. Some dove somewhere. Been on...
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susanalabordeblaj
- May 13, 2019
- 1 min
"On Marriage", by Kahlil Gibran
You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore. You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days. ...
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susanalabordeblaj
- May 13, 2019
- 1 min
"Unbroken", by Rashani Rea
There is a brokenness out of which comes the unbroken, a shatteredness out of which blooms the unshatterable. There is a sorrow beyond...
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susanalabordeblaj
- May 7, 2019
- 2 min
"Being Human", by Naima Pettiman
I wonder if the sun debates dawn some mornings not wanting to rise out of bed from under that down-feather horizon if the sky grows tired...
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susanalabordeblaj
- Mar 21, 2019
- 1 min
"I Worried", by Mary Oliver
I worried a lot. Will the garden grow, will the rivers flow in the right direction, will the earth turn as it was taught, and if not how...
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susanalabordeblaj
- Mar 21, 2019
- 2 min
"Root to Crown", by Susana Laborde-Blaj
“You can’t give what you don’t have”, I hear my teacher saying. He also reminds us constantly about our personal practice. About 26 years...
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susanalabordeblaj
- Feb 20, 2019
- 2 min
"Today's Prayer", by Susana Laborde-Blaj
Yes, I have to confess the hardest thing about the Mexico Viniyoga retreats that I lead is to come back, which speaks about my wish of...
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susanalabordeblaj
- Feb 14, 2019
- 1 min
"Of Love", by Mary Oliver
I have been in love more times than one, thank the Lord. Sometimes it was lasting whether active or not. Sometimes it was all but...
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susanalabordeblaj
- Jan 21, 2019
- 2 min
"To Begin With The Sweet Grass", by Mary Oliver
Will the hungry ox stand in the field and not eat of the sweet grass? Will the owl bite off its own wings? Will the lark forget to lift...
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susanalabordeblaj
- Dec 31, 2018
- 1 min
"Year's End", by Ted Kooser
Now the seasons are closing their files on each of us, the heavy drawers full of certificates rolling back into the tree trunks, a few...
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susanalabordeblaj
- Dec 10, 2018
- 1 min
"You and Art", by William Stafford
Your exact errors make a music that nobody hears. Your straying feet find the great dance, walking alone. And you live on a world where...
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susanalabordeblaj
- Dec 3, 2018
- 1 min
"Quo Vadis", by William Stafford
Sometimes I choose a cloud and let it cross the sky floating me away. Or a bird unravels its song and carries me as it flies deeper and...
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