More About Ass-Kicking…

I’ve been thinking about yesterday’s post, and I feel the need to add this:
Honestly, I think there is a western preoccupation with getting our ass kicked, and I don’t mean always in the physical sense.
After writing this post, it occurred to me, that many people – and dare I say, especially women – are taught [...]

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No Ass-Kicking for the Holidays, Please.

This past summer, I found myself in a social situation with another yoga teacher. Someone at our table was asking her about her classes, and she was testifying to their toughness: “Come to my classes and I’ll kick your ass,” she said.
She seems like a nice person, and so I chalked her response up to [...]

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Blessed Be.

Recently, I heard someone say that living is the only condition with a guaranteed 100 percent mortality rate.
And, indeed, it would be a rare person who reaches adulthood, even early adulthood, without having experienced the death of someone important to them.

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