Oh look! I’ve adapted!
I used to be punctual, meaning, 3-10 minutes early. I used to be relentlessly diligent. I used to be cast-iron reliable. (I worked hard to… Read More »Oh look! I’ve adapted!
radical presence/radical acceptance
Ted’s Talks #1: know yourself best
A fellow martial arts teacher/competition judge once barked at Ted Mancuso, “None of your students move like you!” Ted blinked, barked back “Good!” and walked… Read More »Ted’s Talks #1: know yourself best
Frozen
I was mulling a post called, “The Pulse,” about how my life tends to go in surges, and when I work with that, things go… Read More »Frozen
“Best Christmas in years”
J’s experience of the holiday of loving and giving was one of manipulating and threatening for a long time. He doesn’t say that, of course;… Read More »“Best Christmas in years”
Living without hope – tasks and aftereffects
I lived without hope for years. Years. It was weird to look around one day and realize I had no hope, and that I hadn’t… Read More »Living without hope – tasks and aftereffects
Learning to stand: t’ai chi, qi gong, and unscrambling the CNS
About 15 years ago, I studied shaolin kung fu with Ted Mancuso at the Academy of Martial Arts in Santa Cruz. I was outrageously lucky… Read More »Learning to stand: t’ai chi, qi gong, and unscrambling the CNS
T’ai chi and emotional pain
When I’m out in the world, my reflex is to shove grief into a bundle and push it aside, and try to act as if… Read More »T’ai chi and emotional pain
Threads on the loom: bereavement and CRPS
When I was 4, we moved to New Jersey from Turkey, as my parents thought their kids should get a feel for their native land.… Read More »Threads on the loom: bereavement and CRPS
Riding what you’ve got
Today’s images are a sampling from the newly-released online library of digitized images from Oxford University’s Bodleian Library, one of the oldest extant university libraries… Read More »Riding what you’ve got
Expletives can be good
I’ve always been a wee bit daffy, so the additional daffiness of pain-brain, combined with the clumsiness of my brain’s shoddy un-mapping, re-mapping, or possibly… Read More »Expletives can be good