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Monday, April 12th, 2010
The kath is the belly centre, also known as the hara (in some Buddhist traditions) and the don tien (in martial arts) or dantien. In the Diamond Approach we use the term kath, and one of the foundational practices is the kath meditation. The kath centre is also known as the ...
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Monday, March 29th, 2010
I tested this pie at two separate spring potlucks, and the results were unanimous—it's yummy! I adapted the recipe from Sarah Kramer's Vegan À Go-Go, and I love the bright colours of the peas, carrots, and corn. For St. Patrick's Day I made a four-leaf clover from peas, and for a ...
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Saturday, March 20th, 2010
It's a glorious spring day in Vancouver. Happy first day of spring, everyone! Though the blossoms have been on the trees for months, today spring is officially here, with a hazy blue sky, soft sunsine, pink and white blossoms, and tender new spring green life everywhere. There's something about that ...
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
I swear I was about to run through a rainbow today. There it was, just ahead of me, spanning from the North Shore across the Burrard Inlet and just to the right side of the trail I was running on. It was only about 500 metres away, tops. The colours ...
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Sunday, February 21st, 2010
I did it! As I mentioned previously, this past week was my last chance to get my act together for the Vancouver marathon 2010. It was a rest week, with 3 short runs, culminating with today's 3 hour and 51 minute trial! That's right—almost 4 hours of non-stop running. I ...
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Sunday, February 14th, 2010
The good news is I started a new technical writing contract! The bad news is I have totally bombed on my Vancouver marathon training schedule. During the past few weeks, with preparing for the interviews, interviewing, preparing for the job, and working, I have missed 26K one week, 33K the ...
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Monday, February 1st, 2010
Before I finish the story of my trip to California and the medicine walk I took, I want to tell you about the chi running workshop I went to last weekend. Angela James taught the workshop. She is the only certified chi running trainer in Vancouver. Danny and Katherine Dryer ...
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
I have been describing a process of exploration and healing that occurred on a medicine walk in Eureka Valley. There is one more piece to the puzzle that arose as I explored my intention with Ruth and Larry. I've already talked about the defense of anger, and how I was ...
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Friday, August 28th, 2009
I wrote previously about Conflict resolution and perfect pedicures, and I want to let you know how that story turned out. I recently went to the 10-day Diamond Approach summer retreat in California, and before flying south I returned to the spa where I had experienced the traumatic, injury-producing pedicure.
True ...
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Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
On a run at Monkey Valley recently, a magical thing happened. I was running up the road, and saw a magnificent female moose in the meadow beside the road. She saw me too, we looked at each other for a little, and then she moved away up the hill.
I felt awe ...
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