December 9, 2011

today, i am grateful for..

:: my tormentors (those that teach me)

:: the release and shift that comes from honesty and authenticity

:: so many of my Hakomi-mates... easy familiarity and appreciation

:: wonderful Dennis, with so many spectacularly fine-tuned exercises for us

:: learning, and putting ourselves out there

:: a quiet evening at home, on my own

December 6, 2011

Today, I am grateful for...

:: a neighbor playing St. Nicholas for the kids in our community, leaving small toys in their shoes this morning

:: playing St. Nicholas ourselves by shopping for groceries and taking them to the food bank. the woman there was really wonderful talking to us and including the kids in the experience.

:: decorating our little silver tree, same as last year.

:: unschooling -- watching The Story of Math (BBC Series) with the boys, seeing their minds at work!

:: well, i am not sure if i am grateful yet... but another difficult interaction tonight, while attending the Jataka Tales at my meditation community, with the whole family. still processing... grateful for my experience in Hakomi, which is allowing me to be with my feelings, at least this little bit, as i continue to find my way

October 15, 2011

today, i am grateful for...

:: an actual morning meditation of my own at home

:: taking care of my tenderness

:: Hakomi. As the shirt says, "This sh#t works!"

:: dear, dear people I've come to know

:: Wheatless in Seattle chocolate cognac cupcakes. Oh my!

:: delicious dinner -- rice, salmon, avocado, tomatoes from the garden, zucchini and kale, beets

:: time at home, alone, unexpectedly -- the kids off to a neighbors' house to play in the evening, Rom working upstairs. A previous quiet time, what I needed after two days of Hakomi.

October 14, 2011

today i am grateful for...

:: our house -- smaller spaces, rearranged places

:: a conversation with a long-time resident here, her children are grown now

:: Orlando singing songs to me and Mica that he learned at overnight camp

:: nettles tea, and thermoses! Amazing how they keep things warm all day.

:: the people who Ron Kurtz taught ten years ago who have created a community of Hakomi practitioners