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Guilty Pleasure Confession
Conspiracy Theories, and The People Who Love Them. I confess I am a Reddit voyeur. The Conspiracy sub-reddit is one of my favorites....
carrieklees
Mar 10, 20242 min read


Right On!
And Write On! I heard a comedian explain in a patient manner, “Journals are for old people to process their feelings.” The comment is...
carrieklees
Feb 18, 20243 min read


Kind Discipline
The yoga work out was a rough one. I’d been sick in bed for a week, eating comfort foods and binge streaming. One of life’s great...
carrieklees
Feb 4, 20242 min read


Murder, She Wrote
It was a quiet weekend at the beach. No surprise, it was January, and the forecast predicted rain. Yet the sun shined brightly after a...
carrieklees
Feb 3, 20243 min read


This I Pray
May I pause in a moment, breathe, and make a choice that supports the inspirations of my heart. May I remember my dreams and practice...
carrieklees
Jan 1, 20241 min read


Digesting Hunger
Considering discipline on the cusp of a new year. In the middle of a day, I found myself hungry. Starving. Didn’t realize I’d waited so...
carrieklees
Dec 30, 20233 min read


What Do I Need to Know?
While writing my morning journal today, I realized I didn’t have any ideas of what to write. That’s nothing new. I often have no idea...
carrieklees
Dec 10, 20231 min read


Daring To Dream
“Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.” Juvenal When we were young and new, our imaginations soared with dreams and...
carrieklees
Dec 9, 20233 min read


Cleanliness is Next to Godliness
Cleanliness is an important yogic tradition, as a personal practice of the second limb of yoga (From the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali)....
carrieklees
Nov 26, 20232 min read


Noise and Silence.
Yin and yang. Darkness and light. Each cannot exist without the other. Observing the noise, we become aware of the silence behind it....
carrieklees
Oct 29, 20232 min read


"Life Shrinks or Expands...
...in proportion to one's courage." Anais Nin The path of yoga is one of opening. Yoga always demonstrates: Wisdom opens. Fear closes....
carrieklees
Oct 14, 20233 min read


The Gift of My Anxiety
We can accidentally be addicted to harsh, harmful, and negative thoughts, ideas, beliefs, and emotional responses. This dependency is...
carrieklees
Oct 8, 20233 min read


Corpse Pose: Playing Dead
(Instructions at the end) While yoga practices vary in content, they almost always conclude with Savasana—Corpse Pose. Lying still. It is...
carrieklees
Oct 7, 20233 min read


An Impeccable Life...
…can only be experienced in an impeccable moment. The quality of each moment determines the quality of each life. Life is a chain of...
carrieklees
Aug 27, 20232 min read


Stuck in the Comfort Zone
Or Unstuck in the Discomfort Zone. Life is uninteresting, dissatisfying, and mediocre when we engage in the usual life distractions. The...
carrieklees
Jul 29, 20232 min read


What's Love Got To Do With It?
Love is a major theme in life. It’s an integral part of most spiritual and religious practices. It's a complex and vague emotion, with...
carrieklees
Jul 16, 20232 min read


Discipline Me
Discipline is a cornerstone of yoga, and an important tool for self-care, self-awareness, and self-fulfillment. I’ve learned what works...
carrieklees
Jul 12, 20232 min read


Really Whole
“Be really whole and all things will come to you.” Lao Tzu Struggling with an ill-conceived idea for a blog post, I glanced up and saw...
carrieklees
Jul 4, 20231 min read


Play Attention
(With practice tips below) In the ancient Yoga Sutras, Patanjali tells us that Yoga is both the outcome and the practice: Quieting the...
carrieklees
Jun 27, 20233 min read


A Freedom Day Moment
Today is a holiday celebrating freedom. It’s easy to get lost in the unfair and un-free conditions of the outside world, and neglect our...
carrieklees
Jun 19, 20232 min read
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