Luminous Lotus~

The Starfish Story Original Story by: Loren Eisley One day a man was walking along the beach when he noticed a boy picking something up and gently throwing it into the ocean.   Approaching the boy, he asked, “What are you doing?” The youth replied, “Throwing starfish back into the ocean.    The surf is up and the tide is going out.    If I don’t throw them back, they’ll die.” “Son,” the man said, “don’t you realize there are miles and miles of beach and hundreds of starfish?    You can’t make a  difference!” After listening politely, the boy bent down, picked up another starfish, and threw it back into the surf.    Then, smiling at the  man, he said…” I made a difference for that one.” **************************************************** My sister shared this story with me last night.  I loved it.  I hope the rest of you do too. Do What You Can, Marcia

In my perusing of the web for inspiration for life and classes and such,  I came across this piece by Denise Benitez,   a long-time teacher and Co-Chair of the Anusara Certification committee.  I think it is beautifully written and is obviously written from a place of deep knowledge and experience. After reading this,  I am reminded why I always feel like a beginner.  The path and practice is vast and deep, profound and sweet, magical and mysterious in more ways than I can comprehend.  I follow the flow of the river and continue to get to know myself and learn to embrace the beauty of this world on a daily basis. I am only scratching the surface.  I love that.  I love that there is more for me to learn and understand and incorporate.  Life and Yoga are both Great Adventures.  You never know what is waiting for you on your mat or what treasures you will discover in the sweet space of your heart.  Explore and Enjoy it all! *****...

I am sitting here this morning slowly waking up and hanging out with my boy.  I have been browsing the web, reading some blogs, simply enjoying what other people desire to offer or share about their life through writing.  I feel inspired and appreciative about my own life and what I have been blessed with so far.   I was reading about Jenna's journey and the creation of her little yoga studio, JalaBlu.  It got me thinking about my own little studio,  Luminous Lotus, and how that all came to be.  It is an amazing thing to have that flash of insight turn into a vision, a dream that you make real in the world.  It is a single spark that sets things on fire and makes your heart beat faster with the joy of knowing what is next.   I will say that I have been blessed with really good intuition that I have learned to trust and follow.  I think the beauty of inner knowing is that you always get lead to the most amazing things, places, peop...

Here are some pictures from our trip to Italy.  Enjoy!

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Where to begin?  Well, my family and I were going to spend the weekend in Flagstaff but our plans have changed.  Jason was going to do a mountain bike race called the Barn Burner but a fire broke out near the event site and the smoke is too much so it was canceled.  We could still go up North to see our friends, but Jason still has some obligations to a couple of his athletes who have decided to come down to Tucson.  We have a couple other reasons for our decision but that doesn't really matter. Admittedly, I am little bummed about not going as I was looking forward to getting out of town for a break from the heat and a visit with some friends.  I suppose an actual trip to visit with friends in Flag is in order. There is talk about us still going camping for a night but nothing is in motion as of yet.  So for now it looks like there will be a fair amount of time spent in the pool this weekend.  I am still taking Sunday off from teaching to sp...

It's late. I should be in bed but am feeling the need for some solitude. It took a long time to get Liam to sleep tonight, so I got out of his room around 9:45. I feel drained. I love to hang out with my monkey reading him books and cuddling, but I also need time for myself to just do whatever it is I fancy doing. Anyway, I am tired and want to sleep but don't feel ready to crawl into bed just yet. I have a lot on my mind these days and it feels like I am in some sort of time warp. For example, I was out of town just over 2 weeks ago and it feels like much longer, like it has been years not weeks. I am not sure why that is or how that is, it just is. On my mind are thoughts about my family, the direction I am going in my life, teaching and practice and whatever else it is that will bring more joy and balance into my life. I have these moments where I am so clear on what I want and what I am focused on and then my clarity turns to confusion. Some days I wak...

"Every day may not be good, but there's something good in every day." ~Author Unknown It feels like it's been a while since my last post so this will be more about getting back in touch and sharing what I've been up to for the last couple of weeks, which isn't all that much. Lately, life has been full of the everyday stuff like: catching up on laundry, cleaning the house, getting back into our regular routine at work and home, and tending to all the other things that need tending to. So really the last couple of weeks have been about readjusting and realigning on all levels. My husband refers to this idea as getting back to ground zero. Traveling abroad was both strange and wonderful. To me it felt sort of like I flew through some portal and ended up in some strange new land. Really, the return home sapped me energetically, so I felt pretty wiped out and a bit out of sorts by the time we made it back. The week following our return was busy so time to rest...