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Change is good. Right? If we don’t do it, parts of us atrophy and die. When we do change, we still die, but we die better.

Spring is bursting into bloom, selfies are exposing lots of shiny teeth, tech-speed expands exponentially, and ‘excellence’ is more fabulous than ever. You want some of this?  Then dig deep, for a balancing polarity is necessary.  You want to fly higher, brighter, and lighter? You want to be the bud in full bloom?  Then strong, dark roots are the balance. With the velocity of not only technology, but of internal shifts, we need ways and means for feedback to hold a steady course. To this end, you may find yourself at the feet of a Zen Master. Zen Masters are those beings, or events, that appear as hot spots of what we have rejected within ourselves, confronting us in the world.  Zen Masters are the catalysts for our garbage that’s been invisible. They are a broom sweeping up old trash for examination.  The Zen moment is when we face off with the most impossible, angry, ego-driven, driveling, feeble, oblique, unconscious person in the world; when our devil-self appears, formed from issues we’ve ignored. Thank heaven for Zen Masters. They force us into rehearsal.  As Sandor McNab said, “Nothing determines who we will become so much as those things we choose to ignore.”  God knows we all wish to ignore our darkness, we hope to be accepted as bright and best as we may be, but in striving to shine, we think we can out-run our beasts. It may not be a bad thing if you’re 16. And it is a wonderful thing if shadow brings you home to inner self, to solitary reflection and facing fears. But if we are 40, and have turned away from our predators year after year~ those giant hooded cobras coiled within, then we retaliate, because we have not practiced. We have no idea we… Read more »

Ayurvedic Notes: As the weather turns colder, Vata energies merge toward Kapha.  If you live in temperate climes, (lucky you) most likely you continue dealing with Vata Dosha (imbalances).  But for those expecting first snowfalls, begin thinking Kapha Dosha: ramp up the physical Practice, eat leaner, less of those warm, cheesy bits, and if inclined to depression and lethargy, renew energies with handstands, and headstands.