Author: mktdaf
Writings: Works with improv, works with life…yes!
In the old days, one of the cool jobs I was lucky enough to fall into was teaching drama at a junior high. We had a great time. One of the things we did was improvise scenes. It was easy – we’d put two or three kids on the floor, give them a first line (something…
Writings: Moving into the age of intuition, by Jessica Francis
As the vibration of this planet continues to accelerate, we are being called to awaken our intuitive nature. We are starting to clearly see how our own perception itself creates our outer reality and our life experience. And as we are moving from the age of information towards the age of intuition we are outgrowing…
Music: Make me an instrument of your peace….
This little prayer (known to monks, worldwide) is attributed by many to St. Francis, and is notable in that it doesn’t “ask for something;” instead it simply asks that we be allowed to channel peace to the people around us. I’ve always thought it was a pretty robust expression of that little bit in the…
Writings: Any way you look at it…
You have it. I have it. Most everyone you know has it. It feels almost impossible to escape it. No matter what we see or develop feelings about, it ends up coloured by our old thoughts, our old wounds, our old successes. Someone says, “Yay!” and we can’t echo the cheer, because we had a…
Writings: Isn’t it hard to live in such an isolated place?
Couple of years ago, I ran into some visitors to Friday Harbor, around the time I was wrapping up living there for nearly twenty years, on San Juan Island. One was the nicest of people, and she said, “Isn’t it hard to live in such an isolated place?” In our follow-up, I discovered that she…
Writings: Pity…not deep enough
From my friend Carmen: Compassion is a far greater and nobler thing than pity. Pity has its roots in fear and carries a sense of arrogance and condescension, sometimes even a smug feeling of “I’m glad it’s not me.” As Stephen Levine says: “When your fear touches someone’s pain it becomes pity; when your love touches…
Poetry in music: May the Long Time Sun Shine Upon You
You & I learned this song ages ago, it seems, and it’s still a good one to start the day, to end kundalini yoga class, to wish on some good friend who’s leaving, or to sing with the kids before it’s time to dream. Written by Mike Heron and shared with yoga students all over…
Writings: Giving stage, playing small, or sharing your voice
I had an idea I wanted to share with you. It’s one of those things that I wanted to see what you think. This draws from my experience as an actor onstage, a newspaper editor, and an admirer of this rather famous bit from Marianne Williamson: Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our…
Writings: Musings, with Joni
I don’t know if I’ve learned anything yet! I did learn how to have a happy home, but I consider myself fortunate in that regard because I could’ve rolled right by it. Everybody has a superficial side and a deep side, but this culture doesn’t place much value on depth — we don’t have shamans or…
Writings: Embracing your Ikigai
Ikigai (生き甲斐, pronounced [ikiɡai]) is a Japanese concept meaning “a reason for being”. Everyone, according to the Japanese, has an ikigai. Finding it requires a deep and often lengthy search of self.
Thoughts: Timing, and moving from there to here
“We often forget that we are as we are until we’re not. We are the same until we’re changed. We can move that a bit further by putting into place healthy habits and to show up to our lives in a way that fosters growth, but we can’t game timing. “Timing is the one thing that…