This morning, in the first moment of awareness of being conscious, the first thought or emotion that enters my head is a crushing weight of depression. This is the first act of awareness as soon as I wake, after I leave the blissful state of sleep where we are innocently free of all the heaviness of the world. It is an interesting transition for me. During periods when I deal with feelings of depression, I notice that when I first become conscious in the morning, there is that heaviness, that dread. Lately though, I have noticed that... I have some capacity to ... get on with life, as the case may be. As I lay there in the morning, aware of my depression, I start to think about what I am
I just used some tuna belly (toro) sashimi left over from lunch at a restaurant and laid it over a bed of lettuce, with cucumber, tomato, fresh avocado, slivered onion, also good with a few strips of dried nori. You could just stop by a Japanese restaurant (I like Eden on Lansdowne downtown) and pick up some take out sashimi of your choice. Make the dressing and pour it over the salad. Dressing: 1/2 of a fresh lemon 1 Tbsp soy sauce (or Braggs to be more healthy) dash of wasabi (optional) 1/2 teaspoon of rice vinegar 1/2 teaspoon of roasted toasted sesame oil two drops of maple syrup toasted sesame seeds to garnish
One of the things I love about being a teacher of yoga is that it regularly forces me to examine my own life and how I am living it. This is due primarily through the class themes that we have. Most of us know that yoga is not just a physical exercise practice. In the truest sense of the word yoga, the physical postures actually make up such a small part of the whole of what yoga is. Yoga in its biggest form is an avenue for self discovery on all levels, a means to heal ourselves, put ourselves back together, make ourselves more whole and ultimately, give us an experience of not feeling separate from not only the rest of humanity, but all of creation as a whole. Wow, pretty heady stuff, bu
