BarefootAndUpsideDown

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | October 22, 2009

What is it that I am waiting for? Why do I think I am not good enough or strong enough or smart enough or beautiful enough or kind enough? Why is the ripeness, the fullness of my existence so difficult to accept?
Why do I think someone is more ~ or less ~ then my self? [...]

Category: Life, Poetry, Spirituality, VIDEO THURSDAYS, journaling | 7 Comments »
Tags: gratefulness.org, Gratitude, Jane Hirschfield

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | October 16, 2009

A Yogini’s Recipes for Happiness
It’s chilly.The first snow has fallen. It was only graupel or ball snow, mixed with bone-numbing rain, but hey, the psychological effects were significant! Thoughts turn to warm SOUP.Try this Mediterranean Mushroom, Onion, and Tomato concoction ~ it slides down easily, is wonderfully heart and soul-warming, and has lots of garlic [...]

Category: Recipes | 1 Comment »
Tags: Mushroom, Onion, recipe, soup, tomato, vegetarien

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | October 15, 2009

For Sean P. O’Rourke (1985-2009)
This has been a season of death. On Saturday, three young men died in a tragic car accident. One of them was the son of a long-time friend and writing group buddy, a member of the extended “Penelope Writers” family.
Watching the faces of the O’Rourke family as they followed the coffin [...]

Category: Meditation, happiness | 1 Comment »
Tags: effects of practice, emotions, happiness, Mathieu Ricard, Meditation, mind training, Penelope Writers, Sean P.O'Rourke

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | October 14, 2009

I am so grateful that yoga is in my life, teaching me to appreciate each moment fully so that when life jigs its inevitable  cruel dance tugging at me to partner-up, I can connect with my breath and remember that there is a beautiful, calm, loving place within me. Through continual practice I have found [...]

Category: Life, happiness | No Comments »
Tags: breathe, essence of happiness, smile, sunset

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | October 7, 2009

What is certain in this life?
CHANGE. Only change.
If I am filled with utter happiness, I can sure that at some point, I will no longer enjoy the feeling.
If I am crying my eyes and heart in grief, I know too that that sadness will not last.
You will not last. I will not last.
The stress of [...]

Category: Life, Poetry | 8 Comments »
Tags: autumn, certainty, change, Panterra, poem

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | October 1, 2009

During the workshop at Studio Panterra last weekend, a question surfaced regarding mantra. Since Francois Raoult is an ethnomusicologist by training, it is perhaps natural that mantra and sound are components of his practice and study. Here is some of his discussion:

We are interested in how the sound is embodied and how it flows through [...]

Category: chanting | 3 Comments »
Tags: chanting, Francois Raoult, mantra, sound healing, Studio Panterra