TO SOURCE AGAIN
There is a place on the Mind Map called Position 3.
It lies off the map— outside of time, where the core self resides: steady, compassionate, loving. To step there is not to create calm, but to remember it.
This remembering is a kind of re-sourcing—to source again, to return to what has always sustained us.
In an environment charged with fear and volatility, this orientation matters. It keeps our feet on the ground, our minds clear, our hearts open.
WHAT OUR NERVOUS SYSTEMS WERE NEVER MEANT TO HOLD
We’re swimming in more than we can process.
It’s not just the daily weight of inboxes or errands. It’s something quieter. Heavier: the invisible hum of collective unease. Fear of war. Climate collapse. The sense that everything is unraveling just slightly faster than we can metabolize.
Our nervous systems weren’t built for this level of input — this much grief, urgency, contradiction…
THE ANALOGY OF THE RIVER
It is fear that interferes with our ability to navigate currents and manage the energy and force of the river. In order to be intuitive, intelligent and effective travelers we must do two things…
WHAT NOW?: A GUIDE TO STAYING SANE IN UNCERTAIN TIMES
When things get ugly we can find ourselves shaken, especially when we feel afraid. Here are some suggestions to help you stay centered...
THIS FREE TECHNOLOGY COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE
Today we find ourselves collectively overwhelmed by life’s astonishing pace and the expectations we have of ourselves. Too many of us are navigating from within a persistent state of absolute burnout. Yet each of us has at our disposal a simple tool that can bring both release and relief in the short term, and perspective and wisdom in the longterm. Best of all, it’s FREE.
THE AWESOME AND THE MUNDANE: A COSMIC PARADOX
At this very moment cosmic gravitational waves are undulating through the air you’re breathing, the seat upon which you sit, and every cell in your body. The waves contain vibrational ripples that were set in motion by everything that has ever happened in the Universe since the beginning of…
ANXIETY IS NOT THE PROBLEM. IT’S THE MESSENGER.
Soothing isn’t enough. We have to recalibrate.
WHEN YOGA CUTS DEEP AND A GREMLIN POPS OUT
We think we practice yoga for the physical benefits, and to feel that flush of relaxation that comes during that delicious rest at the end of class. But every now and then our practice unearths unpleasant emotions, such as frustration, anger, sadness, or fear. When this happens it can feel like a sinister gremlin has been awakened within us…
MY NEW YOGA PLACE IS NOT A SAFE SPACE. HOW COULD IT BE?
I’ve been trying hard to stop teaching yoga, but I can’t seem to help myself.
So after closing Luma, my downtown Santa Cruz center, in 2021 amid the pandemic, I have recently rented another place. But as much as I’d like it to be, it’s not a safe space…
Originally published in Lookout Santa Cruz, Community Voices, August 14th, 2022.
ON WAKING UP — EMPATHY IN ACTION
First, consider turning those waves of empathy --the ones that overwhelm you when you watch the news-- into action. This is the true definition of compassion: empathy in action.