Proven Innocent
During my extended mental, spiritual, mid-age, whatever crisis, I walked many miles. I hiked on any trail I could find, pounded many city...
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carrieklees
May 12, 20223 min read
Custom-Made Crisis
"You may create an agonizing relationship breakup or patterns of relationship challenges. You may create a financial crisis. You may...
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carrieklees
May 7, 20223 min read
Open Sesame--Or What Does Open Mean?
You will learn on the mat that open doesn’t mean sedated or passive. Open is an active, powerful condition, because it is fearless. And...
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carrieklees
May 1, 20222 min read
Take Your Sweet Time
I would tell you, young me, to take your time. Time is your most valuable asset, and the only actual time is now. The quality of this...
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carrieklees
Apr 17, 20225 min read
Cult of One
Dear younger me, I would tell you yet again that you are the God of your Universe. Yet your life experience often ends up feeling like a...
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carrieklees
Mar 16, 20221 min read
Practicing Courage
"I want to write, but I just can't," someone recently lamented to me. She looked disappointed by my response: "You have to practice." If...
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carrieklees
Mar 10, 20222 min read
The Free and Easy Life
I asked a friend how life was treating him. He replied with a sigh, “As well as I let it.” We laughed at the truth of it. As I lingered...
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carrieklees
Mar 6, 20222 min read
How You Doin'?
The more you stretch, breathe, and sit on the mat, the more tools you gain for life beyond it. That’s because practicing yoga is a...
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carrieklees
Mar 6, 20224 min read
A Fun Yoga Story About Death
(This is another article I wrote to my younger self, about some things I think I might have found helpful back when I was miserable.) I...
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carrieklees
Mar 6, 20223 min read
No Time Like the Present
There is no other time. There is no past or future. They do not exist. This moment is a bridge between the two—a fleeting transition....
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carrieklees
Mar 6, 20226 min read
Brahmacharya--Let's Talk about Sex
(Written to my younger self—perhaps the contents would have helped me, back in the day when I suffered as her.) There are eight limbs of...
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carrieklees
Mar 6, 20225 min read
Eulogy for a Lost Journal
I lost my favorite journal. It was a leather-bound gift from a dear friend. It was a beautiful book. I was awed by the soft, stitched...
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carrieklees
Mar 6, 20223 min read
Have a Seat: The Power of Pose
Consider Chair Pose, one of my most beloved and be-hated postures. I’ve been practicing yoga poses for decades, and never cease learning...
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carrieklees
Nov 10, 20212 min read
Signs You May be Sleepwalking* Through The Only Moment That Matters.
(In no particular order) Hostility towards and/or fear of people you don’t know . Bothersome thoughts have a hold on you--you can’t let...
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carrieklees
Nov 10, 20215 min read
Thank Me
(From the series “Words of Wisdom to My Younger Self”—things that might have helped me long ago, when I suffered greatly) I would tell...
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carrieklees
Nov 10, 20213 min read
Alone Again (Naturally)
I recently heard one of the most depressing songs in the annals of popular music, Alone Again (Naturally). Gilbert O’Sullivan’s oldie hit...
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carrieklees
Nov 10, 20216 min read
The Examined Life
(This is another article I wrote to my younger self.) I would tell you it’s easy to flounder in depression and anxiety, especially when...
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