Category Archives: connecting

The fear of emotional overwhelm

Interestingly enough, fully allowing that rage to flow through me and feeling it completely took maybe 30 seconds. A very slow 30 seconds, to be sure. Continue reading

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Photos from Tom Best memorial

Scroll all the way down to the bottom of the right column and click the More Photos link (or just click this link) to view the photos I posted from Tom’s memorial service yesterday. If you didn’t know him, maybe … Continue reading

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One happy introvert

I’m not being antisocial. I just need time alone to rebalance my energies. Continue reading

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Share your story of healing or transformation through yoga

I’m looking forward to reading stories about yogic transformation! Continue reading

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Reframing trauma recovery as detoxing the whole system

My advice: Let it arise as it arises, because it will do that anyway. It’s a process; it takes time. Notice and honor it. Document it, even — at least write down your dreams. And it might be good to let a few people know. Ask for help if you need it, and definitely ask for support. You have mine. Continue reading

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Video: Baby being bathed in love. Happy YOU day from a mother.

I like imagining that all infants everywhere receive love like this, and that we carry it forward with us the rest of our lives. Continue reading

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How to make real, lasting, and meaningful changes

This book can really be helpful to frustrated change agents. If you can identify where a client or patient is in their change process, you can actually address their needs much more effectively than just by recommending a change to them. They probably already know they “need to” change. Is it information they lack? Motivation? Support? Do they have problems with self-talk? Avoiding temptation? Continue reading

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When the teacher is the teaching: Tom Best.

You modeled love, love, love. Mahalo for showing what’s possible. Continue reading

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The rainbow-bridge, huayruro seeds, the long body, and the nagual: a tribute to Tom Best

We recipients now connect to each other on this planet, through him, the healed and the in-need-of-healing, the beautiful and devastated (because don’t we all–and this planet–have potential for both, and isn’t such a state always fluid?), and this bridge lives on even though he has transcended his earthly life, continuing its transformation in us. Continue reading

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Meeting Tom Best, who became my teacher

I felt seen. I felt engaged. I felt cared for. Wow, all that in just a few seconds! Continue reading

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