There are many different types of snow. As I write this, it is almost May in Laramie, Wyoming, and it is snowing. This particular kind of snow doesn't accumulate; it blows around in the awful howling wind and sweeps across asphalt like particles of sand. Perhaps due to the wind (blaming everything on the wind …
Month: April 2014
Yoga Teacher Training Musings
I've been thinking a lot about the concept of dharma recently, since it's been a major theme in some of the readings for my yoga teacher training, like the Bhagavad Gita. Dharma is similar to the western concept of "love what you do; do what you love," or the Christian concept of God's plan (Jeremiah …
Re: Why Writing about Bodies Is Vital
This post is in direct response to Leslie Jamison’s essay from The Atlantic, “‘We Sweat, Crave and Itch All Day’: Why Writing about Bodies Is Vital.” If you haven’t read it yet, I highly suggest you do. You can find it here. Many credible artists suffered from debilitating illness or chronic pain or injury: Frida …
