by swanriver | Jul 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
Sacred Geometry A few weeks ago, I managed to drag myself to a yoga class on one of those days where exhaustion seems insurmountable and you seriously consider staying home and laying on the sofa instead. I had contemplated skipping class because I was so tired and...
by swanriver | Jun 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
Know Thyself: From Limits to Limitless At this time in our culture and in my psychotherapy practice, I’m witnessing more and more people speak up about boundary violations in relationships, desires for individual identity to be honored and respected, desperate...
by swanriver | May 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
Mind: My Own Business YS 1.2: Yogaś citta vṛtti nirodhaḥ Yoga is the cessation of the turnings of thought – Barbara Stoller-Miller YS 1.3: Tadā draṣṭuḥ svarūpe’vasthānam Then the Seer (Self) abides in Its own nature – Swami Satchidanana My children help me...
by swanriver | May 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
What Remains is Whole / AKA How to Be Wild “In the Self all desires are fulfilled.” Chandogya Upanishad “It is better to strive in one’s own dharma than to succeed in the dharma of another. Nothing is ever lost in following one’s own dharma, but competition in...
by swanriver | Mar 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
You Are Never Alone In This World Please consider that this essay contains reference to suicidal ideation before reading. “Know that you are never alone in this world.” These powerful words are sung during the Maha Mantra on the Bhakti Caravan album, Forest Dwellers....
