by Samantha on July 30, 2008
When earth takes a human voice it flows through the flowers of my garden. Each morning they open to bless our time together and later, they offer balm to the closing of the day. In our cycles together a potent relationship of student and teacher grows. These are a few of the lessons I have [...]
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harvest dreams,
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paradox,
patience,
planning,
seeds,
teacher
by Samantha on July 24, 2008
As an adult, every Practice I have chosen, or that has chosen me, has been working to bring balance to the chaotic, adventurous, off-kilter drama of an extreme childhood. Somehow I had never noticed the subconscious efforts to re-align until this moment. Some of my choices to become more adult were not random, others– very [...]
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choas,
creative life,
drama,
photo-holding on,
Saturn,
sustaining quiet
by Samantha on July 23, 2008
1. If asking, “What can I do better?” Think first about, “Who can I become?” We hear & see the same old information differently when our ears and eyes receive with a different vibration. Changing perception just enough to create shifts in old patterns allows for new territory. 2. When I was first contemplating marriage, [...]
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Chiron,
marriage at 51%,
photo,
power of now,
re-inventing,
ready or not,
twisting prayer,
willing,
wounded healer
by Samantha on July 18, 2008
Today’s perfect beauty offers itself as a poem. It touches me in ways I cannot describe, just as the qualities of good poetry defy description or understanding. Great poems touch and remain within as a confluence of feelings; a ‘Splendor In The Grass’ moment of pure intoxication that alters consciousness. Whether the poem holds extraordinary [...]
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Firefly Pose,
Gaia,
mystic places,
pitta diet,
summer,
Tittibhasana,
transformation
by Samantha on July 15, 2008
Solstice has always seemed a night for the soul. Perhaps it is only the onomatopoeia, or imitative, echoic principle at play? With the greater and greater need to simply ‘stand still’ as the earth spins along at it’s magnificent speed, Solstice is a soul-moment when we nurture and connect to earth and one another in [...]
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Samadhi Tribe,
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Solstice,
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by Samantha on July 15, 2008
Summer has barely arrived and already I’m grasping. My eyes cannot take in the rise and fall of life. Blooms fill, fade, and drop away before I’ve had my fix. How to hold the beauty burgeoning from the earth before it surrenders to mulch? Just yesterday colors and scents blazed glory, the owl called twice, [...]
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appreciation,
bliss,
chest,
cycles,
Gaia,
juicy living,
luxuriant,
savoring,
summer,
thyroids,
Uttana Padasana
by Samantha on July 9, 2008
The Artisan’s Rose “Hephaestus, fashion me as a summer’s rose That fears not winter. Guild my thorns fine as Aladdin’s scimitar, Matching the inner lip of the Crescent Moon. Curve my petals not as an artist creates dreams, Rather as You, my artisan, Soft-hammers gold into rabbit bites of love. Mold me from the white [...]
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by Samantha on July 1, 2008
This the story of a man named Jeff and his bird, Freedom. Ten years ago, a badly maimed baby eagle came to Jeff. She could not stand or fly. Both wings were broken, and even after surgery her left wing didn’t operate or open fully. Despite her emaciation and injuries, Jeff made the choice to [...]
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Eka Pada Galavasana,
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life & death,
man & beast