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Anticipatory Grief

The response from the past few missives tells me that it can be really helpful to name what’s been happening in our lives in terms like grief and loss.

Here's another aspect of this emotional puzzle you may relate to: anticipatory grief.

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Perspective + Psyche Michelle Marlahan Perspective + Psyche Michelle Marlahan

June Fortify

On the mat, is your approach to your practice and your body fortifying? It's possible, dare I say not uncommon, for us to actually harm, hurt, let down, neglect or discourage (all antonyms of fortify) ourselves physically, spiritually or psychically on the mat. We have been well-trained to do so (no pain, no gain).

What would it be like to use the question, "Does this fortify me?" as you move through an asana (pose) practice? Let that inform the decisions you make.

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Perspective + Psyche Michelle Marlahan Perspective + Psyche Michelle Marlahan

No Justice, No Peace

And right now, Shiva is dancing wild, hair whirling, flames flying, trampling on the demon of ignorance.

The fire of fighting for justice has been burning for centuries. This is a time of staggering pain and requires all of us to participate. In particular, white folks have work to do.

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Perspective + Psyche Michelle Marlahan Perspective + Psyche Michelle Marlahan

Yoga Sutra 2.1

Commit your attention and take action, increase your knowledge and understanding through this awareness, and then surrender.

This is the wisdom of Patanjali’s Sutra 2.1: tapah svadhyaya ishvara-pranidhana kriya-yogah

This means...

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Living With Loss Michelle Marlahan Living With Loss Michelle Marlahan

My Underworld Story

At 42, three months into a new relationship, I found out I was pregnant. Seeing that “+” symbol on the First Response stick would have been surprising enough given these circumstances, but the fact that I’d struggled with infertility in my 30s and was told I couldn’t get pregnant without medical intervention made this news just completely unbelievable.

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Living With Loss Michelle Marlahan Living With Loss Michelle Marlahan

Grief -- the long haul

When we are a little further down the grief path — this may be months or years of calendar time — the focus shifts from surviving to acknowledging other aspects of life and thinking about the future. You may still be trying to make sense of this new life, you may feel a desire to start putting pieces together.

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Already vs Only

Did you wake up this weekend and think, "It's already December!?" I did.

Worse, I was saying it even in the last days of November. Nothing like giving away time.

Then I decided to swap one word out of that sentence and everything changed. Try it with me.

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