not an oxymoron
Posted in Movement Monastery, Retreat on Jul 2nd, 2010
Home from Summer Movement Monastery, I look back before completely moving forward. I ate like a horse (raw food and plenty of it), and now fit into all my thin clothes, move painlessly, & dream in vivid, Scriabin-esque, Baudelarian color. Our studio was gargantuan, with a lofty sky view over the lyric Columbia County surroundings. [...]
Posted in Movement Monastery, Poems, Retreat on Jun 7th, 2010
Turning away, turning toward. Whirl clockwise and you’re on your own. Turn counterclockwise, against time, and you’re with the Sufis. Sufis melt fragments into the sky sea, rain them on a desert garden, bloom them in the shape of every Other flower, forgetting the birthright fragrance. Foreheads rest on a warm iron planetary hub and [...]
Posted in Movement Monastery, Retreat on May 8th, 2008
I’ve been thinking about doing intensive work at Kripalu in comparison to doing it at the Summer Movement Monastery. Kripalu is such a cushy place, wonderfully supportive, with all the cooking and cleaning being done for us. The day-to-day living never brings people into conflict. It is by nature a much easier place to be. [...]
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