Two ways to focus our attention, which the ancient yogis had been doing for many years, are the attention to breath, and purposeful...

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...

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...

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...

Always wonderful to read more poems that talk about breath! Here is this one: Ancient Language by Hannah Stephenson If you stand at the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

We had a memorable visit by a wren yesterday. Such an incredible, little, powerful, determined bird, I admired what seemed to be very...

“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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

I spent some time taking photos of our friend the hummingbird, the one that we often see near the terrace. Watching his behavior is...

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...

I recently read a phrase by Pierre Alais, yoga teacher, and student of Shivananda & T.K.V. Desikachar, a phrase that stayed with me:...