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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divided we fall
“Hate no one; hate their vice, not themselves.” ~JGC Brainard September 11, 2001, I woke up to my clock radio…
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Flow & Flower—A Yoga Chakra Guide
Want to learn more about your chakra energy centers? Ideal for both yoga teachers and practitioners of all levels, Flow &…
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Trash Versus Treasure
Guatemala’s abundant natural beauty is tragically blemished by the ubiquitous litter strewn across its hills, volcanoes, forests, beaches and lakes.…
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Why I Teach
Teaching is, hands down, the hardest job I’ve ever had (and I’ve had a lot). Yet the rewards of working…
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Palinsanity
In a mere 18 months, McCain’s Hail Mary gone haywire has become a cultural phenomenon. America’s favorite half-baked Alaskan is…
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This Guatemalan Life
i heard a man was murdered yesterday afternoon at pollo campero (the guatemalan KFC) mere blocks from my new home…
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Ode to India
India, land of contradictions where the holy and the material sacred and filthy worshipped and untouchable are next door Absurd…
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underwater goddess
stand at the edge gaze at the water flutter butterflies second-guess inhale deeply plunge dive gasp marvel baptize wash away…
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skinned knee
ask and you shall receive but be careful what you wish for i wanted liberation in london they lost my…
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