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"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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Feb 19, 20192 min read


"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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Feb 14, 20191 min read


"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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Jan 20, 20192 min read


"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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Dec 30, 20181 min read


"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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Dec 10, 20181 min read


"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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Dec 2, 20181 min read


"Time", by Susana Laborde-Blaj
On time for my 7 am class at Imagine, I cross A Ave exactly at the same time that a man crosses it walking in the opposite direction. I...

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Dec 1, 20182 min read


"To let it go", by Susana Laborde-Blaj
I have been reflecting on the nature and purpose of attachment, and reminding myself of Mary Oliver’s words when she says: “To live in...

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Oct 18, 20182 min read


About Happiness, by Agnes Repplier
It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is impossible to find it elsewhere. #quotation #AgnesRepplier

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Sep 22, 20181 min read


"Being a Person", by William Stafford
Be a person here. Stand by the river, invoke the owls. Invoke winter, then spring. Let any season that wants to come here make its own...

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Sep 4, 20181 min read


"At Blackwater Pond", by Mary Oliver
At Blackwater Pond the tossed waters have settled after a night of rain. I dip my cupped hands. I drink a long time. It tastes like...

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Aug 28, 20181 min read


"Appreciation", by Susana Laborde-Blaj
Some time ago the bus I take got rerouted. It’s a long story and to make it short I will just say that I never really knew, for a few...

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Aug 28, 20181 min read


"Time for Serenity, Anyone?", by William Stafford
I like to live in the sound of water, in the feel of mountain air. A sharp reminder hits me: this world is still alive, it stretches out...

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Jul 23, 20181 min read


"My Species", by Jane Hirshfield
even a small purple artichoke boiled in its own bittered and darkening waters grows tender, grows tender and sweet patience, I...

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Jun 5, 20181 min read


"We shape the clay...", by Lao Tzu
We shape the clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want. #laotzu #quotation

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May 18, 20181 min read


"Poppies", by Mary Oliver
The poppies send up their orange flares; swaying in the wind, their congregations are a levitation of bright dust, of thin and lacy...

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Apr 23, 20181 min read


"Kindness & Changing Patterns", by Susana Laborde-Blaj
Entering the U.S.A. after our last trip to Mexico, I had a little nostalgia floating in my soul. I remembered the warmth and kindness of...

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Mar 27, 20182 min read


Rainer Maria Rilke: "I,1"
The hour is striking so close above me, so clear and sharp, that all my senses ring with it. I feel it now: there's a power in me to...

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Mar 24, 20181 min read


"Flat Tires", by Susana Laborde-Blaj
I overheard the driver was no longer going to do this route, so today was most likely the last day I exchanged a few words with this kind...

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Mar 2, 20183 min read


"Counteracting obstacles", by Susana Laborde-Blaj
For a 54 year old woman who grew up with the taste of corn, sunshine all year long and the dry soil of central and northern Mexico, it...

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Dec 2, 20172 min read
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