High Heels
I moved to Washington, D.C. in 1999. My very first night in D.C. I went to the lawn of the U.S. Capitol and watched the rehearsal for the Memorial Day Concert. I kissed a boy I’d just met at that concert. I was punch drunk in love with the city already. As a young girl I gravitated to story telling and the greatest story by far was that of our nation - all its faults and its triumphs. I couldn’t wait to grow up and visit our U.S. Capitol - to see her and to honor the power and the liberty that she stands for. I even dared to dream I would work there.
At 21 I had landed myself a job in the House of Representatives. My starting salary was $23,000 and I had two things that mattered to me about how I spent that money. I wanted to live alone and I had to look my very best every day I walked the halls of the U.S. Congress.
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Write about living with purpose they said.
I opened my journal this morning to the writing prompt: Write about living with purpose. Write about ways you do already and ways you hope to live with purpose in the days, weeks, months and years to come.
That’s a whopper of a writing prompt so tinged with inspiration and (for me) destruction. There is meaning and opportunity in my life when I state my purpose. There is also depression, fear and lots and lots of anxiety in my life when I frame it from purpose. And then there was realizing I was just letting ego write my purpose instead of Self.
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The best yoga props for your home practice.
As our home yoga practice moves from a temporary solution to a more permanent piece of our lives, I’ve had more and more students ask me what my favorite yoga mat is and what props are worth investing in.
Here are a few of my favorite things you may want on your wish list this season:
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