Sit a Spell
Many people aspire to sit quietly. I’m one of them. I know the benefits. I know the reasons why I avoid it. I’m busy. I’ve got stuff to...
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carrieklees
Sep 24, 20226 min read
Journaling: Writing / Righting It Out
Last week, I was fortunate to experience the gift of a custom-made crisis. I found myself tied up in knots, constricted by a story about...
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carrieklees
Sep 14, 20222 min read
A Life-Driven Purpose
Having a purpose in life is beneficial for one’s well-being. It’s been proven to reduce the risk of suicide, among other important health...
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carrieklees
Aug 27, 20222 min read
Reflections on a Wasp and Non-Violence
I’ve been thinking about the massive yellow jacket wasp that lived with me for a few hours last week. When I first saw it buzzing around...
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carrieklees
Aug 17, 20222 min read
The Practice: Accepting Death
There’s a certain vanity that comes with being alive. We feel ourselves better than all who have come before us. We do have one major...
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carrieklees
Aug 14, 20223 min read
Discipline: The Art of Trying
A cornerstone of yoga is the Sanskrit word “Tapas”. Translated, it means discipline and “heat.” We implement discipline in our everyday...
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carrieklees
Aug 8, 20223 min read
Why Me?
That’s what I was asking myself after I injured my back at the end of a five-day yoga immersion. But I already knew the answer: I...
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carrieklees
Jul 30, 20222 min read
The Antidote to Fear
Some people say that the only antidote to fear is love. That doesn’t make sense to me. The Bible says that Jesus commanded his disciples...
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carrieklees
Jul 15, 20224 min read
Awake Takes Practice
Full disclosure: I am not awake. I don’t even know what the word means, quite honestly--and that thought tickles me, as I sit here and...
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carrieklees
Jul 10, 20224 min read
Everyone Is a Yogi
I was raving to a friend about my yoga teacher the other day. I was going on at length about his knowledge of the human body, how he...
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carrieklees
Jul 1, 20222 min read
The Conspiracy of Want
“Seek and you shall find” (Matthew 7:7). “Want and you will never be satisfied” (me). There is a difference between wanting and seeking....
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carrieklees
Jun 26, 20225 min read
Open or Nope
There’s a cute little coffee shop in Asheville, NC. It’s situated on a fast-moving, five-lane road just outside the city. To help...
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carrieklees
Jun 25, 20223 min read
Internalized Abundance
My wise daughter recently taught me the term “internalized capitalism.” It’s an interesting concept. We judge ourselves in terms of the...
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carrieklees
Jun 22, 20223 min read
Don't Should On Yourself
I went to my wise dad for advice long ago, and he told me, “Stop ‘shoulding’ on yourself.” I laughed with delight when he said it,...
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carrieklees
Jun 16, 20222 min read
Waving My Freak Flag High
It’s interesting to consider the different flags we wave. It’s a strange concept to me, clinging to an identity so strongly that I’d have...
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carrieklees
Jun 16, 20221 min read
Present and Accounted For
If I’m not right here and now, where am I? Lost and wandering. Dreaming. Imagining a moment that has never existed and will never exist....
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carrieklees
Jun 12, 20225 min read
The Luxury of Stillness
I’ve received a message throughout my life, one I’ve generally managed to ignore: Be Still. The most urgent and unpleasant example was...
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carrieklees
Jun 5, 20223 min read
Play With Yourself
"He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like...
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carrieklees
May 30, 20224 min read
Om--A Practice of Open
Many students feel awkward chanting Om, especially at first. I did. I felt like a fraud, a fool. I felt self-conscious and ridiculous. I...
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carrieklees
May 24, 20223 min read
The Absence of Fear
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” “Every...
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