Blog · Notes from the lake
Writings on Yoga, Life, and the Sacred Mayan Calendar
By Mixa Margaret Fajkus
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Ways to hurt and to forgive
Today is 3 Ajmaq, the day of self-forgiveness, self-acceptance and inner peace. A look at how I hurt, how I hide, and what I’m setting down.
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Technology is a Drug.
“Instead of blaming our discomfort on outer circumstances or on our own weakness, we can choose to stay present and…
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my yoga school dropout story
“Serve. Love. Give. Purify. Meditate. Realize.” ~Swami Sivananda Ten years ago, I was a devoted yogini, a confused college student…
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practice makes progress
“It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.” -BKS Iyengar I would doubtless be…
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death by dr. pepper
He was Christian; I was a budding Buddhist. Because of him, I had reopened the file on Jesus. I reconnected…
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what would mary do?
Back then, I believed that all the energy manifest in the world was Divine in nature. A genderless, inhuman, unfathomable…
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How getting fired from Google drastically improved my life.
{This is an excerpt from Michelle’s new memoir/manifesto, Yoga Schmoga} I am sitting in front of a volcano. I look at…
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land of eternal contradiction
“If you assume that there’s no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope. If you assume that there…
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The eight dazzling truths of yoga schmoga.
{For more on this topic, check out Michelle’s new memoir/manifesto, Yoga Schmoga} My friend Lynn spent 17 years living in Nepal…
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Books on healing practices, the chakras, and how yoga saved my life.
