Tuesday, October 28, 2008

a picture I found using multicolr



its a fun game, you see.
you go to the multicolr website, and then you click on colors that you like, and a whole bunch of images from the web (specifically flickr) pop up, and they all have those colors in them.
I found this one here.

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Vata Season is here!

If you sometimes behave like this guy, you may have a tendency towards vata dosha. In the winter, vata starts to accumulate, and you may start to experience deep coldness, some anxiety, speediness, and wobbliness, and lots of other qualities which may or may not be pleasant.
If you have high vata, and are also a super genius, it looks like this:


it is from ted

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Cast all your votes for dancing! Poem

I forgot to add the poem!!

from this website


Cast All Your Votes For Dancing

I know the voice of depression
Still calls to you.

I know those habits that can ruin your life
Still send their invitations.

But you are with the Friend now
And look so much stronger.

You can stay that way
And even bloom!

Keep squeezing drops of the Sun
From your prayers and work and music
And from your companions' beautiful laughter.

Keep squeezing drops of the Sun
From the sacred hands and glance of your Beloved
And, my dear,
From the most insignificant movements
Of your own holy body.

Learn to recognize the counterfeit coins
That may buy you just a moment of pleasure,
But then drag you for days
Like a broken man
Behind a farting camel.

You are with the Friend now.
Learn what actions of yours delight Him,
What actions of yours bring freedom
And Love.

Whenever you say God's name, dear pilgrim,
My ears wish my head was missing
So they could finally kiss each other
And applaud all your nourishing wisdom!

O keep squeezing drops of the Sun
From your prayers and work and music
And from your companions' beautiful laughter

And from the most insignificant movements
Of your own holy body.

Now, sweet one,
Be wise.
Cast all your votes for Dancing!

~ Hafiz ~

October theme of the month

We are all connected to a source of infinite life and love and joy. We all have the capacity to express infinite love as well. The only thing is, is that we have limited opportunity to express and share and transform and heal. The moments that we share with each other, the moments between our birth and our death, are, for better or for worse, finite. Our Task, then, requires consistency, and stamina, and fortitude; The Task of squeezing an infinite amount of love into a finite experience.
The Mystic Sufi Poet, Hafiz, wrote once, "Cast All Your Votes For Dancing". He reminds us that each moment of our life is an election, and opportunity to dance, and to share our dance with all of the beings who touch our lives. He reminds us that we have a conscience, and a voice, and a deep truth. We realize that we can vote our conscience, we can cast our ballot and stand up for love and honor and goodness in even the smallest choices that we have to make.
We can never know the future, only Jah can tell. We don't know how The Election will turn out, when all of the votes are counted. At the end of the day, what matters is that we know that we cast all of our votes for dancing.

Your practice this month: DANCE!!! (kind of a no-brainer, huh?) Take some time to groove when you are on your yoga mat, do it while noone is looking, or, for crying out loud, do it while everyone is looking. I for one, am planning on going down to the city this friday after kids yoga teacher training with Ashley and Sally, and shaking it up a bit. Anyone who is willing to dance with all the heart and soul they got is welcome to join.