Category Archives: 2022

Many years ago, much further upstream in the river of my life I was guided into the art of river paddling. Manoeuvring a canoe, using angles and momentum, leans and placement of paddle, through the shifting energies of an ever-moving river. At times slow and gentle, other times turbulent and rough. A flow of whitesContinue reading “Eddy No.2 – Eddy Turning”

Eddy – the space forming downstream from, or “behind” an obstruction such as a rock, group of boulders, partially submersed detritus such as fallen tree limbs, or shape of land, either natural or man-made. Eddy – an area of swirling water that forms behind an obstacle….a slower quieter movement than rivers main flow. Eddy –Continue reading “Eddy No.1 – Pause, Breathe”

Looking up,   fluxing colours draw my vision             across waves of red, and gold, yellow and orange…arising from the many                shades of oceanic forest green,     against a larger ocean of grey, turbulent clouded sky.As year’s light wanes,                 and darkness waxes strong.Oceans above,                     below,                           within,                       inviting the journey to explore. Tree limbs bared     reaching towards the sky,  Continue reading “Oceanic Colours”

Busy is the European Honey Bee, Apis Mellifura following the roadways/airways defined by the life of the hive…moving through space, often visiting 35 flowers gathering nectar, and inadvertently spreading their pollen before heading back with its load to be converted to honey for the nourishment of the young in the hive. Then possibly, ‘waggle dancing’Continue reading “Sip/Asana Sessions No. 5 – Beyond the Waggle Dance”

As we open to the nectars of yoga we can learn to see and work with our edges in so many different ways; use philosophy, focusing, posture, breath or the shifting of our relationship to time. We know that the subtle act of lengthening of the exhale breath can bring us to a calm. YogisContinue reading “Sip/Asana Sessions No.4 – Breathe like a Bee”

Years ago I participated in a yoga immersion at the Esalen Institute exploring the “nectars” possible through movement and stillness led by the flow yoga teacher Shiva Rea and Meditation teacher Paul Mueller Ortega. Perched on a cliff overlooking a huge kelp forest floating on the Pacific Ocean Shiva Rea led us through the yogicContinue reading “Sip/Asana Sessions No.3 – Waggle Dancing”

Honey, blackberries and peaches, strawberries and grapes, cucumbers, radishes, lettuce, kale, and eggplant, almond butters and milk. Gratitude. Even for those mindful sips of our coffee, before or after a practice, another crop like many that has travelled the global foodways of mass production to our groceries, local restaurants and coffee shops. Gratitude, with eachContinue reading “Sip/Asana Sessions No.2 – Honey Making”

Berries in fields and forest, produce of our gardens and farms, sweet corn fill the shelves of grocery and roadside stand. We get to think through our choices of local, and organic, and traditional flows of food in different ways. It is the time of harvesting, and a time to hold gratitude. The rush toContinue reading “Sip/Asana Sessions No.1 – A Time of the Earth”