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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Tonglen Meditation Instructions
{From Grace and Grit by Ken Wilber} Visualize someone you know and love who is suffering — an illness, a…
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Sí hubo genocidio. Yes, there was a genocide in Guatemala.
Obviously, there can be no justice for genocide. But this legal win is certainly better than nothing. The verdict is…
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Grandmothers Tackle Child Abuse in Guatemala
From Grandmother Power, A Global Phenomenon by Paola Gianturco (powerHouse Books, 2012) Grandmothers run the Child Abuse Hotline in Jalapa, Guatemala for Plan International.…
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Gratitude for Grandmas
This post was prompted by the Grandmother Power blogging campaign. I am grateful for my grandmas. My childhood associations with…
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Mindfulness Goes Mainstream (Get Over It)
Yoga is now $10.7 billion dollar industry in the U.S. with about 20 million practitioners, according to a recent Forbes…
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Cool People I Know: Kat Warman
Kat and I met when we both moved to Guatemala in August 2009 to begin teaching at a private high…
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Nothing to Undo
The other day, I looked at my iPod touch for the time, and on the screen it said: “Nothing To…
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Cool People I Know: Edward Mannix III
I met Edward when he became my roommate/tenant at my newly-bought old house in South Austin in 2006. Although he…
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Love and Marriage and Immigration
I love my gay friends, and I am for gay marriage. It’s so obviously the right thing. And haven’t we all…
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