Ti’s Blog
I Am…Perfect
I Am…Perfect 9/5-26/23 What follows is the fruit of my meditation retreat at the beginning of September. (And includes a line thanks to Iryna who included it in her comments to me when I asked her if the sharing of all this was “over-the- top.”) I am complete...
Grace, Part 2: Giving Ourself Our Own Grace
September 3-5, 2023 “God is always showering grace upon us. But to avail ourselves of it and let it benefit us, we need atma-kripa, our own grace. …Divine grace is ever-flowing our way. To receive it, we must first open the closed doors of our heart. Hence, more than...
Yoga Alliance (Mistakenly) Thinks You Can Learn to Teach Yoga All-Online!
What follows is an open letter (email) to Yoga Alliance (YA) in regard to their recent change in policy to allow all-online yoga teacher teacher “trainings” permanently. Yoga Alliance is a "registering body" that "oversees" yoga in the world. They do not "certify,"...
Grace, Part 1: Opening to Grace
June 20-24 , 2023 What is Grace and why would we need it? Here’s the what, see below for the why. My Webster’s New World College Dictionary has a very long entry on grace. It includes—most importantly for us as spiritual practitioners—these theological definitions: a)...
Finding the “Optimal” Place in the Pose (Part 1: The Breath)
In beginning to search for some possible “optimal” place in any pose, we can start by looking at the breath.
Lazy?
Over years, I found it very helpful to be able to see laziness in myself clearly and to actually claim it as part of the whole picture of me, though it was uncomfortable. It felt like an important part of my healing.