Reflections & Weekly Writings

This week, I finally received the young adult version of  Braiding Sweetgrass  by Robin Wall Kimmerer — my chosen summer read. Are my kids interested? Not really.Does it matter? Not really.But it’s a book they’ll see around the house, and maybe one day, they’ll pick it up. Sometimes that’s how seeds are planted. The Book That Made Me Pause As I flicked through the pages, I loved the photos and illustrations that my original copy didn’t have — they make the book feel alive.The

Le 21 Aout, 15h48, Greece, Peloponnese. Le vent chaud souffle. Les vagues se fracassent contre le rivage. Les enfants crient de joie en sautant dans les vagues. Perchee sur un tabouret, accoudee sur ce rebord de table haute qui surplombe cette plage. Journal ouvert avec les pages qui volent au vent. Cafe frappe aussi glace qu'il est amer que je sirote a travers une paille fine. Plus il est epais et mousseux, plus je me regale. Life, right now, right here. Happy. Content. Je d

The Spiritual Warrior. In yoga, we often move through  Warrior I, II, and III  — Virabhadrasana — as familiar shapes of strength and stability.But behind these poses lies a myth that speaks not only of battle and destruction, but of  love, loss, transformation, and ultimately, renewal . The Myth of Virabhadra The story comes from the  Shiva Purana , one of India’s ancient sacred texts. King  Daksha Prajapati , a powerful ruler, organised a great fire ritual — a  yajña . All t