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    Aparigraha - Allowing Space for Something New
    EB Ferdig
    • Apr 27
    • 2 min

    Aparigraha - Allowing Space for Something New

    About aparigraha, one of the 5 yama of yoga. This is our monthly topic for May. We use monthly topics to explore yoga in everyday life.
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    Right Use of Energy: Walking My Talk
    Leigh Drake
    • Apr 5
    • 2 min

    Right Use of Energy: Walking My Talk

    The practice of yoga is a practice of connection. Whether our practice centers around movement, breath, meditation...
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    Satya - Using the Truth to Find Connection
    EB Ferdig
    • Jan 25
    • 3 min

    Satya - Using the Truth to Find Connection

    While I don't always find telling the truth to be a challenging concept, being with the truth (satya) can always bump up the work to a...
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    Ahimsa - Personally Practicing Non-harming
    EB Ferdig
    • Jan 5
    • 3 min

    Ahimsa - Personally Practicing Non-harming

    When faced with the harm that is done every day in this world, it can be overwhelming to consider. I know I often feel frustration, fear...
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    Being Your Own Witness - a Seat of Self-Compassion
    EB Ferdig
    • Dec 10, 2021
    • 3 min

    Being Your Own Witness - a Seat of Self-Compassion

    Our topic this month is witness, or wisdom presence (vjanamaya kosha). The term witness here refers to the kosha model of the human...
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    It's a BABY!!! Seeing Our Potential for Unconditional Love
    EB Ferdig
    • Nov 1, 2021
    • 2 min

    It's a BABY!!! Seeing Our Potential for Unconditional Love

    We are so very excited to welcome Rachel and Steve's new baby into the world! Baby arrived on Friday, Oct 29 at 3.58am, at 9.6 lbs and 22...
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    Boundaries, Will and Openhearted Intention
    EB Ferdig
    • Oct 7, 2021
    • 2 min

    Boundaries, Will and Openhearted Intention

    Our topic this month is will. The way this is showing up for me right now, is in the arena of boundary setting, and holding. Now, I'm...
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    Trust and Meeting Ourselves Where We Are
    EB Ferdig
    • Aug 26, 2021
    • 2 min

    Trust and Meeting Ourselves Where We Are

    Our topic this month is trust. Trust is what is needed when we make changes. The bigger the change, the more that a leap-of-faith may be...
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    Stillness in the Heat of Things
    EB Ferdig
    • Jun 25, 2021
    • 2 min

    Stillness in the Heat of Things

    As I sit here, waiting for the heat to descend upon Portland, I am reminded of other heated times of late. Particularly heated...
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    Spaciousness & Being a Mindful Advocate
    EB Ferdig
    • Jun 2, 2021
    • 2 min

    Spaciousness & Being a Mindful Advocate

    I've recently been thinking about a couple of situations that seem like they could be managed more skillfully, next time. The first was...
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    Try a Little Tenderness
    EB Ferdig
    • Mar 26, 2021
    • 2 min

    Try a Little Tenderness

    In that classic song made famous by Otis Redding, he urges the listener to be tender with their beloved, for it makes weariness easier to...
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    Finding Some Peace with Surrender
    EB Ferdig
    • Feb 26, 2021
    • 3 min

    Finding Some Peace with Surrender

    These days, any difficult blow can seem like a huge pile-on to an already built-up pile of pre-existing conditions. I don't have to list...
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    Celebrating Our Strengths
    EB Ferdig
    • Jan 29, 2021
    • 2 min

    Celebrating Our Strengths

    Our topic of the month for February is strength. Now, I don't know about you, but when I think of the word strength, on its own, I think...
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    Embracing Simplicity in Troubled Times
    EB Ferdig
    • Dec 23, 2020
    • 1 min

    Embracing Simplicity in Troubled Times

    "There is nothing to chase after. We can go back to ourselves, enjoy our breathing, our smiling, ourselves and our beautiful...
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    Dimensions of Silence
    EB Ferdig
    • Dec 5, 2020
    • 2 min

    Dimensions of Silence

    The Winter Solstice month of December is such a great time to explore silence. The long periods of dark encourage us to come indoors, if...
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    More Service, Less Talk?
    EB Ferdig
    • Oct 30, 2020
    • 2 min

    More Service, Less Talk?

    I'm learning new ways of listening in this counseling program that I'm in. Learning about Non-Violent Communication and ways of being a...
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    Reverence for a Life Dedicated to Justice
    EB Ferdig
    • Sep 26, 2020
    • 2 min

    Reverence for a Life Dedicated to Justice

    Our topic of the month for October is reverence. When I think about what I have the most reverence for in this moment, it is for this...
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    The Role of Patience in Activism
    EB Ferdig
    • Jun 4, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Role of Patience in Activism

    Here we are, in yet another chapter of this difficult time. We hope that this finds you feeling okay sometimes, and practicing self-care...
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    A Letter of Gratitude & Mystery to our Unfold Community
    EB Ferdig
    • Nov 1, 2019
    • 2 min

    A Letter of Gratitude & Mystery to our Unfold Community

    Our topic for November is mystery. How often do we really let things just be in the realm of mystery? And what would/could be the...
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    On Presence!
    neera malhotra
    • Oct 23, 2019
    • 3 min

    On Presence!

    It was early in the morning at around 6:30 am. With my hot steamy almond turmeric- cardamom milk, I sat on my chair next to the window...
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