Your Dog's Calendar

We have so much to learn from dogs!  
So grateful to be in their presence daily.

Deep Rest

So grateful to Vieques Island and all her bounties.  We rest deeply in her sweet arms.

Where do you rest most deeply? Share your photos.

Day 4: Trees

Practice Day 3: Become One With The Knot

My Teacher once said to me,
—become one with the knot itself,
Till it dissolves away.
—sweep the garden.
—any size.

—Gary Snyder

No Matter Where You Go...

There You Are. Have been practicing in these dark, short days of winter, to find beauty around me no matter how I'm feeling. Practicing being right where I am, despite yearning for the shores of PR where I recently visited, and left part of my heart and spirit. Here are the pics of the last few days, small beauties.

The Tower

On Christmas Eve day I sat on one of my favorite beaches in the world, in the early morning, sand wet from a recent light rain, sun strong and soft. Aquaman was surfing with P. and I decided to use my new tarot cards for the first time. I followed the "ancient ten card spread" illustrated in the book that came with the deck. The first two of the ten cards I picked blew the top of my thinking and the revelations that ensued were surprising and delightful - inspiring a new focus and new goals for me as I enter my year of confidence. The first card I picked, The Tower, is pretty intense. But in my opinion, the Tarot opens up new ways of thinking and looking at situations so that we can make better choices based on big thinking, not small thinking of fear and lack. There is no bad card to pick, even Death, or The Devil, as they all have their light and dark sides, the yin and yang - it's how open we are to looking and asking ourselves questions that will determine our paths and destinies, not the cards themselves. Thank you, Tower card, and 12/24 reading (my first ever) for shaking things up, opening my eyes and heart, and best of all, surprising me, with my own inner knowing and guidance. Grateful! Happy 3 Kings day!!

Let Go and Create!

I have decided to take the next six months to "put my house in order." In my mind, "house" can mean many things- one moment it could mean my physical space/stuff, the next moment -- my body, my mind, my spirit. Or even, gulp, my finances. I decided to do two things every day to advance this effort with ease and grace: 1. Let go of something that's weighting me down 2. Create something to build me up Today I went to a yoga class (let go) and applied for a credit card to help build my credit (build up). I am practicing keeping a mindset of ease and confidence, no matter what the activity or task, or what fears or discomfort bubble up, as they did today, in both returning to the mat, and taking an honest look at my finances. My 2019 words= CONFIDENCE