My recurring dreams about packing
So for the last year or year-and-a-half, I’ve had this dream about packing. You know, like packing boxes, or packing a suitcase. Usually, though, I’m packing boxes. I am never packing the same things, nor am I in the same place when packing, and I am never usually packing to go to…
Read MoreSunday Scribblings #42 – Out of This World
Out of this world experiences are those that bring me into my essence.Those brief and celebratory moments where everything is ok, where I am at peace, and where the sensation is one of pure pleasure.I feel quite privileged to have had such precious moments of ease wrapped up with the excitement of living.I think in…
Read MoreSunday Scribblings #41- I just don’t get it
I just don’t get it. In that I fully don’t understand. At times what I don’t get is myself. Like why I have these habits. The temptations that I pretty much instantly regret having engaged in. Like having that extra pint, or talking myself out of a meal because I’m “not hungry”, or sleeping in…
Read MoreSunday Scribblings #40- Smorgasbord
Isn’t it funny.My mind is so mixed up.I’m not really focusing.Back from a 5 week trip to the land of masala chai, naan, palak paneer, sambar and idly for breakfast, honking horns, stinking pollution and fleas feasting on my ankles, auto-rickshaws, and “yes, m’am, of course m’am”,I must say, that the priorities are nothing buta…
Read MoreIndia – Wrap Up Post
Here I am back in Canada. I arrived back on Monday (March 10) after 2 sleepless flights spanning about 18 hours in total. I think a combination of things prevented my sleep. Firstly, I had mixed feelings about leaving India. The struggle between simplicity and complexity of being there is really quite intriguing. Because of…
Read MoreCBC News In Depth
I had an interesting chat with a yoga teacher colleague of mine as the winter started to creep in upon us this year. Sarah was telling me how much her Litebook helped her manage the winter months. I checked out what she had written on her blog about it, but couldn’t help remembering that my…
Read MoreIndia – Sixth Post
I’m nearing the end of this wonderful trip. I have so much more to see and do, but time is running out. I’ve got a full agenda planned for my next visit! Here’s a picture of fire dancing on the beach in Arambol! Ok, so it’s not me, but this is exactly the kind of…
Read MoreIndia – Fifth Post
We arrived in Mysore on Sunday around 1pm after a 20 hour journey from Arambol, Goa. We took an overnight bus with MRI-like sleeper compartments. Trixie and I shared one and luckily I could lie down, because I couldn’t sit up (we were on the top “bunk” and the roof of the bus was too…
Read MoreIndia – Fourth Post
Being here in India has given a lot of time to reflect. I find myself thinking about how much emotionally stronger I have become since the last time I was here. Every time I turn around, my experiences show me that I have developed a greater tolerance for the unexpected. It’s a truly wonderful feeling,…
Read MoreSunday Scribblings #39 – Sleep
What kind of a relationship do I have with sleep? Here’s the story… I am living with a drug-induced sleep disorder. An anti-depressant I’m taking to manage my bipolar disorder has the lovely side effect of inducing Periodic Limb Movement Disorder or PLMD in sleep-ology language. Although it sounds all pathological and everything, it’s actually…
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