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Tag Archives: yoga
Rise
“ The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.” – Zen Saying A false fall is beginning to make itself known as I walk beneath a shower of gently falling rain-starved leaves, catching sight of … Continue reading
Discarded Wings
“ She made broken look beautiful and strong look invincible. She walked with the Universe on her shoulders and made it look like a pair of wings.” – Ariana Dancu Against faded brick, the cardboard wings lay abandoned, no longer … Continue reading
Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, travel
Tagged abandon, angels, authentic, beauty, British Columbia, climate change, forest fires, heatwave, hope, nature, sanctuary, Summer, tourism, wings, woodsmoke, yoga
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The Beautiful Work
“ In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, and every sunset is different.” – John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent On this last day of spring, the promise of summer is found on the sun … Continue reading
Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, travel
Tagged beautiful work, books, breathe, hot chocolate, ice tea, leafy trees, letters, nourish bowls, picnics, sea, simply be, stanley park, Summer, writing, yoga
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Neglected Treasure
“ Can words describe the fragrance of the very breath of spring.” – Neltje Blanchan Mornings here are no longer greeted by the chorus of the blackbird choir, the feathered flock have moved back to the cattail clotted edges of the … Continue reading
Deep Water
I find myself in deeper water lately no longer on the shore, bare toes finding purchase upon cool sand, instead I’m treading luminous blue hoping with each breath that I don’t drown. Drown among the slippery tendrils of seaweed in colours of … Continue reading
Still Point
“ Life is a series of collisions with the future; it is not the sum of what we have been, but what we yearn to be.” – Jose Ortega y Gasset My morning tea is cooling down and I’m thankful … Continue reading
Posted in journaling, memoir, travel
Tagged birdlife, death, inspiration, lessons, life, meditation, mexico, nature, reflection, seasons, travel, Vancouver, yoga
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To Simply Be
“ Only when you explore the ecstasy of simply being, where even to breathe is a distraction, can you call yourself complete.” – Sadghuru Whether I’m sitting outside or inside to write, I find I like to face the same view, … Continue reading
Posted in journaling, life, travel
Tagged birdlife, breathe, life, mexico, Tigh-Na-Mara, travel, Vancouver Island, Vancover, writing, yoga
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