My personal story of health is long and complex. I’ve learned a few things about what the body is capable of with focus and training through focus and training. That story will need to be organized.
I wrote these during my attempts to organize around health and well-being before I was adequately aware of the depths of disparities around race and class. I always knew it, but before working on issues of health in Detroit I was, like most, clueless. Now I’m attempting to perpetually learn.
Moving Meditation Workshop: Soul in the Machine
Moving Meditation Workshop: Soul in the Machine This was created in 2011 and was supposed to be included in a workshop at the AMC that year, but time was challenged and we only discussed it briefly. 23. A series of guided journeys that explore the relationship between humans and “smart” technology/media. Based on B. Fuller’s …
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“Real Men” Don’t Do Yoga
A version of this was published and syndicated nationally through Natural Awakenings. There is a huge difference between the text below, which includes a critique of masculinity and what was published. Like most things here I would write it differently today, but feel there is some merit given the ongoing need to grow self awareness …
Invoking Ahimsa Within The Core
November 26, 2008 A·him·sa(in the Hindu, Buddhist, and Jainist tradition) respect for all living things and avoidance of violence toward others. Meditating On Ahimsa As Angela and I were preparing an Ahimsa focused workshop, I found myself meditating on an aspect of teaching that I once struggled with a great deal. In the West we …
Activating Ahimsa
Meditating On Ahimsa As A and I were preparing an Ahimsa focused workshop, I found myself meditating on an aspect of teaching that I once struggled with a great deal. In the West, we tend to be fairly set in our ways when it comes to our eating habits. Many of us, often due to …
Lunar Based Pranayama: Encouraging Exploration of Breath and Moon Cycles
Those who aspire to the state of yoga should seek the Self in inner solitude through meditation. With body and mind controlled they should constantly practice one-pointedness, free from expectations and attachment to material possessions. ~Bhagavad Gita 6:10 No matter what your experience in the art and science of yoga, you know that it is all …
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