we will wear new bones again. we will leave these rainy days, break out through another mouth into sun and honey time. worlds buzz over us like bees, we be splendid in new bones. other people think they know how long life is how strongread more
Well now really when we go back into falling in love. And say, it’s crazy. Falling. You see? We don’t say “rising into love”. There is in it, the idea of the fall. And it goes back, as a matter of fact, to extremely fundamentalread more
A lover knows only humility, he has no choice… —Rumi Whenever I travel, I set out with the goal of returning with fewer things, a lighter bag, than when I left. Sometimes it’s the food that I packed to eat on the way or while away,read more
Growing up as a dancer, I always wondered what masochistic individual decided to put battements at the end of the ballet barre sequence. After fatiguing all of my leg muscles through endless pliés and tendus and other warm-up exercises, now you wanted me to kickread more
You are the future, the immense morning sky turning red over the prairies of eternity. You are the rooster-crow after the night of time, the dew, the early devotions, and the Daughter, the Guest, the Ancient Mother, and Death. You are the shape that changesread more
June 18-22, 2024 *Save 10% when you register by June 10* Register I don’t do cleanses. And yet, my body—the miraculous thing that it is—is always cleansing all on its own, through the natural processes of detoxification and digestion it’s been designed to do toread more
My body knew when we were about three-quarters through class: butterflies would arrive punctually in my stomach in anticipation of moving to the wall for handstand as soon as my teacher—a tall, graceful former dancer—returned to the front of the room to demonstrate. His six-foot-plusread more
Even After All this time The sun never says To the Earth, “You owe me.” Look What happens With a love like that, It lights The whole sky. —Hafiz Hurricanes, earthquakes, eclipses—oh, my! April has arrived with quite a flourish, and I hope that youread more
“Bloom where you’re planted.” —The Buddha How do you show up for yourself? If you haven’t asked yourself this question lately—or ever—you’re in good company. Although I’ve been practicing self-care for decades, and even chose to follow it as the path of my life’sread more
April 11-20, 2024 Register I don’t do cleanses. And yet, my body—the miraculous thing that it is—is always cleansing all on its own, through the natural processes of detoxification and digestion it’s designed to do to stay alive. In Ayurveda, facilitating the process of cleansingread more
