Author: inkinherveins
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Go slow
Slowing down was a goal I had for December. I wanted to tune in to the season, to the longer nights, shorter days, to the slowed movement of nature as animals go to ground to wait for warmer weather. I managed it, for most of the month. I took the month away from teaching yoga,…
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Time is a construct
I had grand plans for a productive winter break, as I rested from a grueling (and rewarding) semester, and felt I finally had time to turn my attention to all the things that lay waiting while I gave student feedback, taught classes, found information and resources for students, and answered emails. All the things that…
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Solstice Reflections
The shortest day of the year, the longest night. I always feel as if I should mark the solstice in some way, but haven’t done so for the past couple of years. In years past, I’ve done 108 sun salutations, to honor the solstice, but I wasn’t prepared last year or this year for that…
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Invention
On October 8, I held a writing workshop called “Develop Your Idea.” I held it in a new location, and in a strictly face-to-face format, instead of having the option to attend online or in person, that I’ve had with my past workshops. I chose a local coffee shop, The Roast, because I could book…
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Finding my harvest
Last month, I was trying to write, and found that there was a lot of noise in my brain. I could get the beginning of an idea down, I could think of ideas and talk about them, but as far as finishing, developing, an idea, I was stuck. This sort of stuckness often happens during…
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Review of Lightning Flowers: My Journey to Uncover the Cost of Saving a Life by Katherine E. Standefer
When I first read the description of this memoir, all I could think was “This is my kind of book.” Katherine Standefer writes about the connection between the failures and successes of medicine in the United States, the ethics of mining and technology, environmentalism, and our flawed approach to death all in one beautiful, poignant…
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Mindful Writing
“Mindfulness is to be aware of what is going on, and everyone is capable of being mindful.” Thích Nhất Hạnh Mindfulness is awareness, and, more specifically, awareness of the present moment. Contrary to much of the popular information circulating that suggests that mindfulness and meditation require a “clear mind” or the ability to be always…
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A Psalm for the Future
I saw a picture once online—maybe on the Human’s of New York Facebook page—of a young person. The caption (and I paraphrase) said “I want to write stories about a future that isn’t dystopian where we were all fighting each other to survive.” I think about that often, how so much writing is just that:…
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Breaking Through: Getting Past Writer’s Block
In my last post, I wrote about a writing activity to help unstick your stuck words, using colors to prompt the flow of words and activating the writing muscles to make the writing process easier: the more we write, the easier it becomes to write. What if the problem persists? What if you have an…
Ink and Vein 