During one stage of my yoga teacher training, I once had an up-close and personal class with Donna Farhi, a wise and well-known teacher’s teacher and published author from Australia. Though she is widely celebrated for her many books on the asanas (yoga postures), this session was more of a dialogue and mentorship talk about the role of a teacher.
Her key message was, “Send your students on errands.” At first her meaning was unclear, and then I understood – and continue to more and more as the years go on… Continue reading
We’ve all heard the phrase Reduce-Reuse-Recycle. Over the years, I’ve gotten progressively more engaged with these ideas, and now I feel guilty anytime I don’t… reduce, reuse, or recycle. I’ve eliminated our trash can at home, replacing with a large recycle bin and composting, and now find there are really only tiny amounts of “garbage.” It’s been an interesting process to realize how much we threw out before that could have gone to better use! I’m of the mind now that unless it’s hazardous waste, there is probably some way to put it back into the stream.