by Samantha on November 24, 2008
Crazy families notwithstanding, all of us sit to feast with a few odd-balls at Thanksgiving. Perhaps those around the table reflect back some aspect of self, warts, beauty, and mania. They may simply be metaphors or symbols for lives inside that cannot find expression within, except through another. When the obsessive auntie, or pedantic brother [...]
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choices,
crazy families,
dis-owned parts,
feasting odd balls,
Pose of repose,
Thanksgiving
by Samantha on November 19, 2008
Before we can embody any quality, we must experience and understand its opposite. Before selflessness is selfishness. Before mastery is apprenticeship. Before divine union, we dance with the devil, and until we do that dance we have nothing with which to honor ‘divine union.’ We can’t become ‘it’ until we ain’t it. Part of ‘it’ [...]
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Bakasana,
Crane Pose,
devil's dance,
divine unions,
fall,
Kapha Dosha,
photo-Bakasana Sam,
Pluto,
Scorpio,
suffering a POV,
turning inward
by Samantha on November 14, 2008
by Samantha on November 4, 2008
Exquisite webs are woven of intangibles, extruded from an inner force that is binding, tough, and relentless. Like love, they catch the light. Early mornings, with dew glazing their skeins, take our breath away, often when we least expect it. Webs…they come in every size, and shape, hidden away in the oddest places. Opening our [...]
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Charlotte's Web,
detox,
friendship,
photo-JudyDog,
regeneration,
Scorpio,
tensile strength,
Vata & Kapha,
Wilbur