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Food not of my own making

Food not of my own making

I enjoy having food cooked and served to me, as long as it's something that will make my body happy, something that tastes good and is healthy. It's very disappointing to be offered food that isn't really what I want or need. This past...

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Traveling food

Traveling food

I took the time to prepare food for my flight, knowing that I would leave mid-day and arrive late in San Antonio, where I'm teaching and mentoring with Saybrook University's School of Mind-Body Medicine at the residential conference. I...

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A Week of Mindful Choices

A Week of Mindful Choices

I have been careful this week in my food choices and amounts, and I am feeling more energetic and lighter in response. Looking forward to a bit more range in my choices on Saturday--a planned indulgence day! I am pleased to have made an...

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Re-establishing routines

Re-establishing routines

It does take time to pull out my cell phone and take a photo of what I'm about to eat, and to put them all together at night, just before bed. But I have come to appreciate that time; a moment to breathe before taking in food, 15 minutes...

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Quieting Down

Quieting Down

Back to my food collages after a month and a half break. Though I have not posted any since spring, I had continued creating them until mid-August, when my busy schedule interfered. I needed to solve a website space issue before I could...

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Traveling and family

Traveling and family

My mom and step-dad celebrated their 50th anniversary this past weekend, and family and friends gathered from all over. Pictures from the past filled with family memories flashed above us, stories were told, and different parts of their...

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The essence of ritual

I had no Passover seders to go to this year, so I did what I usually do in that situation: I took care of bringing a mini-seder essence of Passover to whoever I was with. We were with a small group of friends who have become extended...

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The week is gone, time to move on

Both universities that I teach for right now are primarily online (though I just finished spending time with some of them this weekend face to face as we began the Spring Quarter for the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology's MA in...

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Citrus cravings

I came home with a huge amount of citrus from the farmer's market today (along with carrots, salad greens, radishes, fennel, cucumbers, apples, celery, cauliflower, oyster and shiitake mushrooms, sunflower seed sprouts, and beets). I...

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My current passion: This

My friend Dan asked all of us at dinner at the Conscious Creations Café in Santa Cruz what our current passions are. After I'd finished talking about my teaching and finding ways to touch people in a way that can make a difference in the...

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