The room was peacefully silent with only the soft inhales and exhales of those sitting around the room. The light from the window was subtle this late-winter morning. Among those circled around the room for the 9 a.m. Sunday meditation were two tweens who had come with their mom. “May […]
Peace isn’t a place
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Peace isn’t a place. It’s not somewhere we go to. It’s not something we practice in a special room or at a special time. Peace isn’t a feeling. It’s not your inner “high.” It’s not a tingle that makes you pleased with yourself. Peace is a time. A […]
Student Profile: Amy Henderson
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Name: Amy Henderson Pronoun: They When did you start coming to Just B Yoga? November 2017 What attracted you? My friend Nikki encouraged me to try it out. Why did you begin practicing yoga? I knew I needed to get off my couch. Having a bilateral knee replacement, I was […]
A summer of kindness practice
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“Avoid negativity, build positivity and carefully watch your mind.” The Buddha Near the beginning of this summer an older fellow was riding his bike on the sidewalk coming toward me as I was walking my dog, Karma. He didn’t slow down. In fact, he started to yell to get […]
Workshop: Four Directions Healing
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Do you feel disconnected from heritage and ritual? Was ceremony central to your ancestors but is absent from your daily life? Do you find yourself seeking mindfulness, meditation and other “new age” practices in hopes of solace but find something lacking? Join us for the Four Directions Healing workshop at […]
Gratitude is an action
(From Thanksgiving 2018) Gratitude is more than feeling fortunate. Feeling fortunate has been aligned with luck. Reveling in personal luck and abundance over others’ suffering and lack implies a right to an unearned privilege. I cannot celebrate my unearned privilege of fortune and be grateful I wasn’t in a wildfire, […]