October 2nd.
Lymph nodes for spiritual bacteria. Dialogue with the body (video link to blindfolded yoga with Marco Rojas). Notes from Protests and Revolutions: the phenomena needed for a revolutionary movement.
The windows in the bedroom had to be closed last night. The room was chilled from the October breeze, a carrier with a post-card from the future: winter is around the corner.
I wish I didn’t write as slowly as I do. I wish I didn’t see putting words on paper as setting lights on a stage (and on worse days delivering thought babies!). I wish I wrote as fast on Sunday mornings and when I attempt fiction as when I am writing an ... read more »
Tagged choices, life, marco rojas, nyc, politics, words, yoga
Long before the yoga studio where I have to be a member in order to attend Marco Rojas’s classes hopped on board with “blindfolded yoga” as the newest yoga trend, Marco used to teach yoga with eyes closed. He began this because one particular time during class he had a sight-impaired student. Marco decided that we should all experience the poses with our eyes closed.
The first time I experienced yoga with my eyes closed, I cheated. I didn’t trust myself. What if I was on someone else’s mat? What if I fell? What if I was doing everything wrong? Out of respect for Marco I stopped peeking and shut my eyes for good, and because ... read more »
Tagged life, marco rojas, nyc, relating, yoga
May 1st.
“Our job as creatives is to give poeple what they didn’t even know they wanted.” ~ Tyler Weaver; “rocking a doll is not a spoken truth, it just is…” ~ from a reader; you will never have some answers; “Language alone protects us from the scariness of things with no names.” ~ Toni Morrison
If you would like to know what Still Sundays is about, please take a quick gander here and just read the third paragraph. Thanks.
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Hello, May. Will you be full of maybes?
Maybe.
Whether or not spring is here in a manner we desire—less rain and more sun or less breeze and ... read more »
Tagged art, choices, life, marco rojas, toni morrison, wanderlust, words
One thing you learn if you have a consistent yoga practice is how often your body and emotions shift in a given twenty-four hours.
Saturday, Sunday and Monday when I attended Marco Rojas’ yoga classes I was ecstatic to discover my synchronized breathing with the yoga postures. I welcomed a new strength in my flexibility which felt beyond ‘natural’: it was grounded, not merely stretchy.
Tuesday there is no yoga class.
Wednesday around 2:oo p.m. I began sensing this tightness shoot up and around like a grapevine hugging my legs. My adductor group of muscles around the hips coiled into an unexpected stiffness within a span of an hour. Around 3:oo p.m. I contained ... read more »
Tagged choices, life, marco rojas, questions, robert thurman, yoga
March 13th.
“Who Owns Kafka?” Neither artists nor their supporters can circumvent certain questions. Courage requires much more than strength.
If you would like to know what Still Sundays is about, please take a quick gander here and just read the third paragraph. Thanks.
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Time changed today. In this part of the hemisphere we have ‘sprung forward’, adjusted our clocks “one hour ahead.” We have “lost” an hour to stretch the day longer. What does it matter? Nights are always long. I have never felt the gain or loss of this time adjustment.
Reports estimate that the 8.9-magnitude quake in Japan on Friday shifted the planet on its ... read more »
Tagged art, choices, kafka, life, marco rojas, questions, twitter, yoga
