pranayam: alternate nostril breathing
i LOVE this breath.this one is so calming to me.when i was really struggling with anxiety, this is the one i would use in the car on my way to stressful situations.although, i thought i probably looked...
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alright, if you want a tight stomach, this is what you do.seriously, this is amazing. and so easybut so hard to do for three minutes.again, deceptively simple but strengthening. i was a little bit...
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"When you learn, teach, when you get, give." --Maya Angelou my yoga/meditation teacher had asked me months ago if i could take some pictures for her to use.i'm sharing them now, along with my...
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"a woman holding a mystery" by caitlin connolly your turn. i come unwillinglyto the fire. i hold onto my weaknesses tightlytrying to keep them from the flame.my hands shakeas i hold themover my head....
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bronwyn, breathing with the rhythm of the waves (also, that is the first time i have spelled the word rhythm correctly in perhaps my entire life). sometimes i switch up my meditation practice. on...
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last night's flag football game. i was shocked to see davis playing when i came closer to the field. then i was thrilled when i noticed tim's dad on the field several minutes later. and part of my...
View Articlehighs and lows and try agains
last week i fell. hard. it was a tornado of several things. . .but it all boiled down to me feeling like a failure.as a mother,homemaker,an everything-er. even as a hobbyiest. seriously, how can...
View Articlekitchen altar
my altar is missing.our kitchen table is on loan for a few weeks.and i didn't realize how central it was to our family.we have one lone barstool at the counter now and i added a few short chairs....
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indulgent selfie and post warning: most days i feel like an inept housekeeper.not just like that is part of my identitybut that is all of my identity. i rarely file papers.there always seems to be a...
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(general conference. . .the one time the kids were all watching--looking for their music teacher in the motab choir). yesterday i was on the phone with tim.we had planned to go to the temple and do...
View Articlewinter solstice 2014
new words.new visions.new ideas.new necklaces.new crowns.new year.new me.new you. other seasonal celebrations linked here.
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i love everything about this post that a friend linked today. like, everything. i am posting it in full so you can love it too. this is a game-changer for me i can tell. (view from my back...
View Articlesunday to sunday
art by caitlin connolly i was just thinking over the church activities i have had in the last week and have finishing the week up. i'm not exactly sure what my point is to record it. just so i can...
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a woman watching her man fall by caitlin connolly hold me.catch me.where is your hand? iamfalling can you not seethe wayileanas i walk? not straight like younot like hernot like him. you walk past...
View Articlelet the words fall out
i felt like i needed to pull in and back at the new year.i needed to hear my voice.i needed to not be overwhelmed, and distracted by all the voices i choose to hear each day.so, i declared a social...
View Articleup the mountain
this post is gonna get deep and potentially cheesy.but, potentially awesome. two years ago on the deer hunt (after a moose sighting--which had me eyeing the one climbable tree and wondering how my...
View Articleenvy and the parable of the big nose
i want to make sure i'm posting plenty of 'outtakes' in my life. i'm going to write this delicately.it's come to my attention in about the space of a week, from three sources, who were brave,...
View Articlelooking back, looking forward
I wrote this on facebook last week: "Yesterday I cried during my Relief Society (women's church) lesson. No, that is no surprise. But, what surprised me is when I cried. I think I seriously had a...
View Articlewhat i'm most proud of (aka my strategies for anger management)
a few weeks ago i yelled at the kids.and it felt like an ill-fitting sweater.it was almost like i was standing outside of myself saying, "really brook?" this habit didn't quite feel right any more....
View Articleyou are right where you need to be
i pulled up to my house last night, after dropping bronwyn off at young womens.not long before i had seen a picture of a house that i kind of was in love with. a little stone cottage with raw timbers...
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