BarefootAndUpsideDown

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | February 23, 2010

gibbous moon slants
poems composed in darkness
feverish heart beats

Category: Meditation, Poetry, haiku | No Comments »
Tags: gibbous, haiku, moon, poems

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | February 22, 2010

I write so much about longing and the un-contented parts of my life that it’s hard sometimes to acknowledge those areas of my existence that are perfectly or imperfectly just fine.  I often feel a sense of contentment after writing, especially in free writing in a journal—as if I’ve purged the “vritti” out of my [...]

Category: Sutra, Yamas & Niyamas | No Comments »
Tags: Amy Weintraub, B.K.S.Iyengar, Bernard Bouanchaud, contentment, Desikachar, Donna Farhi, Nischala Joy Devi, niyamas, Patanjali, samtosha, yoga sutras

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | February 21, 2010

Facing myself IS the HARDEST lesson. I REALLY REALLY don’t wanna go there. BUT it’s the only way to wake up. And we (you, me, etc etc) REALLY REALLY do wanna wake up, which leaves us no choice. WE gotta do it. We gotta go there ~ into that scary horrible ugly part of ourselves. [...]

Category: Life | 3 Comments »
Tags: alienation, family, mirror, siblings, spiritual growth

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | February 19, 2010

Death reminds me that there is really only one way to live. From the heart of love.
Returned last night from burying Mom in North Carolina. A devoted Catholic, Priscilla Lasecki Kieber embodied the heart of bhakti yoga.
Whether she was sitting on the beach, enjoying the beauty of the rolling oceanic waves, preparing cake for a [...]

Category: Life, Poetry, Spirituality, VIDEO THURSDAYS | 9 Comments »
Tags: bhakti, compassion, death, Henri Nouwen, Kahlil Gibran, love, Poetry, Priscilla Lasecki Kieber, the Beloved

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | February 3, 2010

“Is It Time To Stop Running?” is excerpted from some journal entries where I speak to myself. Sort of a metta-journal, if that makes any sense. Originally this piece was on the welcome page of Barefoot & Upside Down.

I am creating a post so that I might explain the voice that is used.

This, [...]

Category: Meditation, meditation journal | 2 Comments »
Tags: Henri J M Nouwen, Meditation, metta-journal