New Year

Tantra yoga

Tantra yoga has the power to enhance and sustain well being. It releases a hormone called ‘oxytocin’ ..often referred to as the “bonding hormone”. Oxytocin plays a role in the development of intimacy. Over time it serves to deepen the commitment felt between practitioners  [ Tantra Yoga ]

Liz Clark

Voyage of a swell: "At ten, I completed a 5,000-mile, 6-month cruise in Mexico on my family’s sailboat, The Endless Summer, experiencing a different culture, the freedom and beauty of sea travel, and opening my mind to horizons beyond my hometown reality. At 23 I spontaneously came upon the chance to become the captain of my own sailboat. Swell. October of 2005, I pointed Swell’s bow south from the Santa Barbara harbor. I’ve sailed over 18,000 nautical miles of ocean since. I’ve discovered that the most important sort of exploration happens within.” [link]

muddy waters

All I want is you / will you be my bride / Take me by the hand and stand by my side /All I want is you / will you stay with me? / Hold me in your arms and sway me like the sea.

Downtown

Breakfast at Pacific Crêpes then next door to the Lost Horizon bookstore. I find the complete set of diaries by Anaïs Nin. Score! Next we duck into ‘Just Play Music’ where I can’t find anything by Sigur Ró. Oh well. Now I'm chatting with Marcel at the Hemp Store. He says Serena’s sister went to visit her in Colorado ..and I’m thinking that it must have been a while ago since Serena’s living in Flagstaff now. The Territory Ahead has vanished and nothing appears in its place. The Church of Scientology is still around the corner though. Something’s missing. There used to be a colorful fountain with a waterfall at the entrance to Paseo Nuevo by Banana Republic. There’s a Brat House with German waitresses now. Admission is playing at a nearby theater. We duck in. It was OK. I enjoyed watching Tina Fey.