Icy Buds
Perhaps the midwinter blues, not to mention all this rain and snow, gets you down, as it does me. I’ve been dragging myself through icy streets for days that seem like centuries. But my mood changed yesterday morning.
Awakening Body Consciousness with Qigong, Tai Chi, & The Alexander Technique, December 13, 2021
Patty de Llosa presents a Zoom Class on Awakening Body Consciousness with Qigong, Tai Chi, & The Alexander Technique, at Lenox Hill Senior Center December 13, 2021.
Beyond 5 Sense Based Humanity?
We are built out of very small stuff, and we are embedded in a very large cosmos, and the fact is that we are not very good at understanding reality at either of those scales. –David Eagleman
Patty de Llosa presents a Zoom talk in Spanish on Living Between Two Worlds
Patty de Llosa presents a Zoom talk in Spanish to a Peruvian gathering on Living Between Two Worlds, 9/23/21.
Born to Move, Part Two
As I said in Part One, we are meant to be movers. But the mind has other interests and intentions, and it probably has a pretty low opinion of the body—a cross many bodies have to bear.
Patty de Llosa presents an Introduction to the Alexander Technique on Zoom
Patty de Llosa presents an introduction to the Alexander Technique on Zoom, sponsored by the Lenox Hill Senior Center, New York, 10/21/21.
Born to Move, Part One
In spite of today’s emphasis on meditation to relieve stress, our bodies were designed to be in movement. And since time is flowing, and our lives along with it, the biggest challenge we face every day is how to be present to ourselves while moving around and doing our stuff.
A talk given by Patty de Llosa on her book “Finding Time for Your Self: A Spiritual Survivor’s Workbook”, October 16th, 2021
Spiritual and Emotional Support in a Time of Crisis: A talk given by Patty de Llosa about her book, Finding Time for Your Self: A Spiritual Survivor’s Workbook, on the Overcomer Hour, October 16th, 2021.
Paying with Our Attention, Part Two
We spoke last time of following the golden thread of our Attention. Why is it so important? Because asking myself, “Where is my attention right now?” is the same as asking “Where am I?” It offers a direct experience of becoming present to my life.
Paying with Our Attention, Part One
At some point in life most of us learn that you have to pay for what you want, and that you don’t always get what you paid for. And since we tend to think in terms of cash flow, we calculate how much we can afford. In other words, we give things a subjective valuation.