Tag: death
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One Lifetime, One Chance
I haven’t blogged in ages—five months, to be exact. After my last post in October, I got swamped with yoga teaching, dog care, miscellaneous appointments, household chores, my usual excuses. Then I got sidetracked by a three-week trip to my hometown. During that time, Stella suddenly, unexpectedly passed away. When…
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Car Wrecks and Other Goodbyes
In January, my sister was driving on California State Route 17 and got rear-ended. In case you don’t know Highway 17, between Santa Cruz and San Jose, it’s a gorgeous scenic route, but with narrow lanes, sharp bends, blind curves, heavy traffic, and seasonal threats of rain and fire. Whenever…
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Hard or easy?
I once read about Ryojun Shionuma, a Shugendo Buddhist priest who achieved two grueling feats of physical endurance. First, for nine years during the May-September trekking season, he hiked 30 miles daily, navigating an elevation change of 4,000 feet with an occasional 30 min routine on his spin bikes. Every night,…
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