by David Schlussel | May 18, 2018 | blog, featured
With bright, shining eyes, he approached and shared with me his experience from the class. He said that because of his chronic pain, yoga had been really hard for him. Today, he didn’t push himself, and held back from the harder poses. Today, instead of...
by David Schlussel | Nov 23, 2017 | blog, featured
When the smoke cleared from the California fires, I deeply felt gratitude for clean air – for a few weeks. I felt enormous gratitude for firefighters and their huge sacrifices for a few weeks. Then, back to normal. On Thanksgiving I always reflect on what...
by David Schlussel | Oct 4, 2017 | blog, featured
Fall – The time of letting go – Releasing the leaves it’s been creating since Spring, trees let all that work go, and rest back into their essence. “But I worked hard on that,” said no tree ever. The leaves were there for a reason, two...
by David Schlussel | Jul 22, 2016 | blog, featured
While you may have smelled hot chocolate a million times, that smell might just trigger one specific childhood memory. For me there is one winter day: coming inside from playing in the snow, shivering, my mom wearing that welcoming smile, the chocolate smell filling...
by David Schlussel | May 21, 2016 | blog, featured
If you want to live from your heart you’ve got to live in your heart Living in your heart requires a willingness to face everything contained there, including the hurt. Yes, your willingness to face your hurt, old and new, is a prerequisite to living in love. Any fear...
by David Schlussel | Jun 30, 2015 | blog, featured
“Thank you for helping me break my addiction,” he said, with a grateful look in his eyes. I didn’t know what he was talking about. “You sent an email to our list with the steps to healing an unhealthy habit. They made the difference. Thank you.” I felt that familiar...
