In one of the first episodes of Ted Lasso, Coach Lasso takes aside a despondent player —who just missed a great shot—and says, “Do you know what the happiest animal is?” The player looks perplexed, “No.” Coach says, “The goldfish. Wanna know why?” The player stares at him. Coach smiles, “Cuz goldfish have a tenContinue reading “Coach Lasso and Buddhist Pema Chodron Agree: Be a Goldfish.”
Author Archives: TerraLea
A Space of Maybe: Lifting the chokehold of ‘othering’.
We talk now of the word other as a verb; othering–used to define treating people as different or inferior based on personal opinion, belief, or culture. It is that judgey social media voice that you find everywhere; from cooking blogs to twitter feeds; keeping the narrative all about who is right and who is wrong, what isContinue reading “A Space of Maybe: Lifting the chokehold of ‘othering’.”
100 minutes.
If we are awake 14-16 hours a day, then hypothetically this means we are getting a healthy 6-8 hours of sleep, then doing the math to really figure out what “I’m too busy, I don’t have time for that” really means in a daily life may be pretty revealing. Are we too busy for wellness?Continue reading “100 minutes.”
Falling in Love with my Blind Barracuda Mind
Fun facts for the day: Barracudas swim up to 36 mph, weigh up to 100 pounds, have incredible vision, and use their face full of sharp chompers to consume hundreds, nay, thousands of unsuspecting, sparkly fishies. These fierce predators hunt along the coastline, in tropical waters, where chubby, glittery, vampire-skinned tourists swim lazily along. Did I justContinue reading “Falling in Love with my Blind Barracuda Mind”
Loving the yuck
No disrespect to the many who are suffering now, but it is time for me to stop spinning in fear and worry and take a minute to find my feet. I am so damned tired. It is easy to dismiss the idea that ‘oh just be grateful for what you have’ as a silly panaceaContinue reading “Loving the yuck”
May I?
Remember that kid’s game of Mother, May I? A line of fidgeting kids stand across the field from ‘mother’, the game leader. ‘Mother’ calls out a direction, like ‘3 baby steps forward’, and if someone moves without asking , ‘mother may I?’ they are out and return to the line. The one who remembers toContinue reading “May I?”
Resources for daily health and vitality
Committing to our mental, physical and spiritual health as if our lives depended on it. Day by day, one loving action after another, we build flowing resilience to meet life as it comes Audio: Yoga Qi for Resilience practice FEATURED: Evening Flow to calm the nervous system and gently stretch Search soundcloud.com: Yoga Me withContinue reading “Resources for daily health and vitality”
