Tag Archives: abstinence
Connectivity
I’m back into a stretch of abstinence from flour, sugar, and quantities of food and leaning into a vegan life. It feels wonderful. The food fog is lifted. Work is getting done. I’m happy and peaceful. It all began during a recent 12-step study group meeting. I had been struggling for and against abstinence […]
My brain on metaphor
Yoga Teacher Angela Farmer Last week I was at the gym, looking in the mirror, standing on one leg with Carrie, my trainer/physical therapist, behind me, lightly holding onto my hips. As I fell out of the pose it struck me that this was a metaphor for something. I couldn’t say what that “something” […]
Quiet Time
Quiet Time is my key to a sane and useful life. I’ve known this for many years, but didn’t get a daily individual practice going until recently. In 1991, I sat in meditation for the first time. Strangely, tears welled up and coursed down my face as I sat in a group of experienced meditators at […]
Practice
The miracles of daily practice are starting to present themselves! What fun! I put exactly the right amount of food on the scale almost every time. The food leftover from one meal is just the right amount for the next meal. I keep running into the right people at the right time. And some […]