victory

Yesterday was pretty silly. It began with tea, yoga and a hike and quickly slid into lawn games with steel and rain.  From croquet in the park to trivial pursuit, and I even convinced a jigsaw puzzle into the mix. Then we went skiing behind steels apartment.  Ahhhhh the productive summer of unemployment! xo

living ferociously

Finding refreshment in the unpredictability of things. I've tossed planning and predicting to the wind and am spending time preparing instead. For what though? xo  

like a rolling stone

onwards across rainforest sea trenches

xo

victrola

compromise of rooibos

and so I studied the sea, held on to my rock

Have you ever met someone Truly Powerful?  

Consider me awestruck, mistrustful and already wildly expanded.

xo

dear mornings

Thank you for sunlight through my bedroom window and the promise of things to come. xo

the body: a vessel of transformation

I've been reading a book about Tibetan healing, where art, spirituality, medicine and intuition are all used to promote the healing process.  The training to become a Tibetan doctor begins with 14 years of preliminary education and an additional 5-12 years of rigorous studies, including 2 years dedicated to the artwork alone!  Tibetan medicine regards the body as the source of all learning and healing, and diseases as valuable opportunities to gain insight.  As the Buddha declared, "Our body is precious.  It is a vehicle of awakening."

To mark the end date of my cleanse, I celebrated my own healing with sun, colored pencils, friends in capes, en vogue and this refreshingly delicious cocktail: cheap beer and kombucha.  Cheers to summer! xo