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Yoga on a misty, drizzly morning

by Suza Francina June 12, 2011

Early morning yoga in nature with the mist drizzling on my face. Yoga in nature reminds us we are part of Nature. In Yoga we learn to penetrate the “known body,” the physical body. We learn to “see” our skeletal structure, the bones and joints, the pelvis, the skull, the…

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Writing Yoga: Fishing on Facebook, Chapter Fourteen, Stick with Honey

by Suza Francina May 18, 2011

 A pathological liar is like a four year old kid, who tells you what happened to him down by the lake. Meanwhile, there’s no lake.
 

 The important question here is this: does the pathological liar know he is lying?  Or does he believe…

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Writing Yoga: Fishing On Facebook, Chapter Thirteen, Garden Terrace Restaurant

by Suza Francina May 14, 2011

 We feel the pain most severely when we uselessly fight against a necessary ending. Holding on is the painful element of letting go. What do we let go of? What we thought the relationship was and found out it was not, what we tried to make it into…

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Writing Yoga: Fishing on Facebook, Chapter Twelve, Ojai Cafe Emporium

by Suza Francina May 11, 2011

Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive. –Sir Walter Scott

Don’t confuse intelligence with honesty. Just because someone has an articulate, respectable appearance doesn’t mean they are trustworthy. –From the website, Out of the Fog

Just because you meet someone at a Full Moon Meditation at Meditation…

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Writing Yoga: Fishing on Facebook, Chapter Eleven, Ojai Valley Inn

by Suza Francina May 6, 2011

The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That’s the deal. –C.S. Lewis
 

Go about your own sweet life and recover your serenity. The only remedy for recovering your equilibrium is to get some distance.  – Advice from a friend when I…

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Writing Yoga: Fishing on Facebook, Chapter Ten, Meditation Mount

by Suza Francina April 29, 2011

 ”You don’t have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.” -C.S. Lewis

This is Chapter Ten of a true story. All of the names except the author’s have been changed to protect the innocent, or not so innocent, depending on your perspective. 

One…

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Writing Yoga: Fishing on Facebook, Chapter Nine, the Basin, near Pratt Trail

by Suza Francina April 28, 2011

 Note: Natasha’s name has been changed to Diane.

We left off in Chapter Eight with the great cosmic Zen Master in the sky hitting me full force on the head with a big stick, shouting, “Wake up, Suza! See that man for who he really is, not who…

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Writing Yoga: Fishing On Facebook, Chapter Eight, Yoga Room in Ojai

by Suza Francina April 24, 2011

This is Chapter Eight of a true story. Only some of the names have been changed to protect the innocent and not so innocent.

People who are only willing to look at or to be aware of one portion of themselves are essentially living in a delusion—-well-intended though that delusion might…

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Writing Yoga: Fishing On Facebook, Chapter Seven, Downtown Ojai

by Suza Francina April 23, 2011

The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. — Mark Twain

The lesson will repeat until it is learned. —Author Unknown

Note: This is Chapter Seven of a true story.  Some of the names have been changed to protect the innocent and not so innocent. Note also that once again…

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Writing Yoga: Fishing On Facebook, Chapter Six, Upper Ojai, the Happy Valley Land

by Suza Francina April 18, 2011

Revised April 19, 2011. This is Chapter Six  of a true story. Some of the names have been changed. The protagonist is rooted in Ojai and does not have a big fat book advance to escape to Italy, India and Indonesia, a la Eat, Pray, Love.

From my journal, Sunday, April…

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