Monthly Archives: February 2009

Yoga:Body::Journal Writing:Life

Remember those SAT word analogies?  X relates to Y like A relates to B, or in some kind of obscure notation,  X:Y::A:B
(Here’s one  to help wake up that corner of your brain… cat:meow::pig:oink.)
A couple of nights ago as I was working hard to maintain the revolving triangle pose in a yoga class, our yoga [...]

Write often and in your own voice

The concept of keeping a journal is relatively simple.  You just write. Right?
But what makes your journal ever so more meaningful and important to you is that you:
Write often.
In your own voice.
Peeking below the surface.
About important stuff.
How do you do that? 
Consistently. 
Playfully?
Seriously!
Passionately…
With [...]

Happy Valentine’s Day!

I have warm memories of Valentine’s day as a kid. My father would bring home three heart-shaped boxes filled with chocolate: A large one for my mother, and two smaller ones for my sister and I.
As an adult I never bought into the commercial gifts of Valentine’s day–the little pink hearts with “kiss me” [...]

The Benefits of Journal Writing

Why do people keep journals? How does keeping a journal add to your life? My sense was that each person would have a unique answer to that question. But I wanted to find out myself, so I decided to ask a group of people who keep diaries.
I’ve created a web page (which [...]

To Delete or Not Delete?

Sometimes people feel that a particular journal entry they have written is one that they never want to read  again. They want to burn it, rip it into shreds, and do away with it totally.
I have a slightly different attitude:  I think that all of my writing–good, bad, beautiful and ugly–reflect me in some way. [...]

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