This is what I had the pleasure of seeing through my window today!
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| From Snow! |
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| From Snow! |
Tawjihi high school blues
1 year ago
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Snow!
Brooklyn, NY, USA
This is what I had the pleasure of seeing through my window today!
Of course, it's always more of a pleasure when I'm not the one clearing the sidewalk....
This is what I had the pleasure of seeing through my window today!
Monday, February 18, 2013
Mindful Hiking
Frost Valley YMCA
somewhere in the Catskills of New York
It was the perfect winter weekend for a retreat. The snow was fresh, the weather was crisp, the company was excellent....
Merrill, one of my fellow retreaters, leads these periodic Meditative Walks in the city, and she did the same for us at Frost Valley.
The idea of a meditative walk is to be truly present in your environment as you walk. Truly appreciative of what you can see, hear, smell, taste. Hardest of all, a meditative walk is a mostly silent walk.
It's surprisingly hard to walk with a group of people and not speak, not succumb to the pressure to fill the "silence" with chatter but instead really listen to that silence. It's a wonderful mental exercise, and surprisingly communal as an experience!
It gets you looking, too. Really looking at the play of light and shadow, and the surprising moments of color in the snow. Maybe it's easier with a camera, though sometimes I think the camera gets me so focused on the details that I fail to see the forest for the trees, as it were. In any case, it's a powerfully moving experience.
somewhere in the Catskills of New York
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| From Frost Valley Retreat |
The idea of a meditative walk is to be truly present in your environment as you walk. Truly appreciative of what you can see, hear, smell, taste. Hardest of all, a meditative walk is a mostly silent walk.
It's surprisingly hard to walk with a group of people and not speak, not succumb to the pressure to fill the "silence" with chatter but instead really listen to that silence. It's a wonderful mental exercise, and surprisingly communal as an experience!
It gets you looking, too. Really looking at the play of light and shadow, and the surprising moments of color in the snow. Maybe it's easier with a camera, though sometimes I think the camera gets me so focused on the details that I fail to see the forest for the trees, as it were. In any case, it's a powerfully moving experience.
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| From Frost Valley Retreat |
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