A Gushingly Positive Review of Writing Yoga and a Counterpoint.

It's true.

Once I started reading Bruce Black's Writing Yoga my attention soon turned into a love-fest for a cool book.

Jay Winston's review, while almost more about himself and his issues than the actual book, did raise a point that I agreed with: that the set off sections that were specified as having come from Mr. Black's journal were actually especially polished little teaching points—which annoyed Jay, but I thought they were good. But Jay might be right when he points out that we might be getting more of the real personal scoop from some of the things shared in the main body of the text.

And I think that Writing Yoga is yet another yoga memoir—a very good one—disguised as a how-to-write book. I enjoyed the story! ...a really beautiful book! But I wouldn't have picked it up right away if I hadn't received that review copy... Thank you Rodmell Press!

And while my review might be more about my swoon of a memory of a blip in my past than about the actual book, I hope that it's still a worthwhile read!

The Article at ElephantJournal.com:
On Writing Yoga, Honoring Teachers, and Having Fun on the Path.

Yours truly,
Yogic Muse

Yielding into Wholeness

My recent post at Elephant includes a catharsis and a pondering. The catharsis was an emotional letting go as I embraced a previously abandoned aspect of myself. And then I ponder selective and judgmental processing of experience, referring to modern teachings and ancient texts.

Hope you enjoy:

The Downside of Favoring Only the Upside.

* Master photographer, Jay Winston took the above picture of me when we were at Kripalu. Thanks, Jay! Check out his recent mind-blowingly good and raw post at Yoga for Cynics: One Breath at a Time *

Fantasy Picture with Seane Corn: Check!

Somewhere along the way to Kripalu last week I had the notion that I’d like to get a picture with Dr. Jay, Seane Corn, and myself. This is before I had met the fine Jay Winston. There weren’t many pictures of him around the Internet, so I didn’t know what he looked like. So in my mind’s eye there was a man sitting in the picture, but I couldn’t really imagine what it would look like. Well here it is! Mission accomplished. Thank you, Seane! Loved the program.

Read more about it at Elephant:
Empowered Fall Yoga Celebration at Kripalu with Jay Winston and Seane Corn.