Depending on how we hold it, the word ‘practice’ can be imbued with much. Often it is with a feeling of “in order to…” What would it be to join this impulse of “to do something about it” with an expansively still heart?…
Continue reading →I am not what many would consider a "good" dancer, as my wife and daughter will readily attest. Yet there's something about dancing that has always called to me. Whether it was making music videos with my brothers as a child or finding myself drawn to…
Continue reading →Previously I wrote about the Being+Doing Dilemma. We feel as though we need to do and want to be. This is a closer look at how these two seemingly opposing forces can be reconciled. The expansive news: what allows for the alleviation of the tension can be brought to…
Continue reading →Contradictions, the way that we can be one way and then another way that are seemingly opposite to each other – all within the span of a single day or hour. My first example,…
Continue reading →Hello dear reader, A few words on the last two posts of poetry. A sentiment you have likely read before: we are inundated with information, ideas, and the like; evermore so with the advent of AI writing aids. I welcome all of it—and invite you to as well. The…
Continue reading →For the first 20+ years of my life, I approached my body the way one might approach a machine that needed optimization. I worked on it—lifting weights to build muscle, running to improve cardiovascular fitness, adjusting my diet to achieve certain outcomes. This mechanical approach served me well for…
Continue reading →What is it to relax into the seeming paradox of our need to participate and the insufficiency of our participation.…
Continue reading →Explore the Being+Doing dilemma and discover how to balance your inner self with external expectations. Embrace a journey of self-awareness and authenticity.…
Continue reading →... his team felt like they were giving carefully chosen gifts that were politely acknowledged but never unwrapped. The breakthrough came when we realized:…
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