serpent politics

if i seem to take part in politics,
it is only because politics encircles us today
like a coil of a snake
from which one cannot get out,
no matter how much one tries.

i wish therefore
to wrestle with the snake.
                   ~ mahatma gandhi


will you stand by me?
june 30.. HIGH NOON ..12 PM
in anacortes
corner of 12th and commercial
(this is a national/international stance..
please..if you wish..
find your place to stand )
to be the ground for compassion,
lovingkindness, courage and clarity..

as the t-shirt says:
WE ARE ALL IMMIGRANTS
how do we separate out who's who
and what's what?
we are a human-humane species,
are we not?

truth has drawn me into politics; 
and i can say without the slightest hesitation, 
yet in all humility, 
that those who say that religion has nothing to do with politics 
do not know what religion means... 
                      ~mahatma gandhi, 
                     the story of my experiments with truth

NO YOGA - JULY 12 ~ dates, days, times & numbers..

there are 5..count them..5..
baby swallows in the nest
on the lintel at the front door..
they are still mostly mouths
yet rapidly becoming too big
for their mud-straw-feather abode..
mamas and papas and helpers
are feeding them constantly..
what it takes to grow - o my o

june 30 a saturday
will be an opportunity
for all of us to practice
corporeal politics ~
chapter 13  on tyranny 
high noon..
known in my circle
as cowgirl time
12 PM
to stand with/for
our brothers and sisters
and mamas and papas
in the practice of kindness
and compassion
for all beings without one (1) exception..
anacortes - corner of 12th and commercial
mt. vernon - the courthouse..
cheque out your community
to see where you stand..
as the book
on tyranny 
chapter 8 
tells us..
stand out 

july 4
interdependance day!!!
let's make it so ~

july 7 - september 23
VIVA PATTY!
MoNa -laconner
july 7  a saturday
opening reception 2-5 PM
paths that cross will cross again ~
                          patti smith

JULY 8 and JULY 22 (tom robbin's 86 th birthday!)
sundays both..
5:30 - 6:30PM
free community yoga classes
@ crescent moon yoga in laconner

NO YOGA CLASS
THURSDAY - JULY 12th..
heading to montana
to be in the garden of 1000 buddhas
in arlee, montana!

may all our thoughts and actions
be beneficial and relieve suffering..
may all beings, without one exception
have happiness and the causes of happiness..


stills
i have nowhere 
to go and

nowhere to go

when i get back from there.
                ~ a. r. ammons

free community yoga

gratitude bestows reverence, 
changing forever
how we experience
life and the world 
                   ~ john milton

 ~ to embody a place is to engage
in a reciprocity where physical and spiritual
sustenance depends on the generosity of gestures ~

                       
in the spirit of encouraging acts of reciprocity
and generosity within the practice and art of yoga..
CMY and dunja lingwood gratefully offer
the gift of a free community yoga/meditation class..
the 2nd and 4th sunday of each month..
5:30 - 6:30 PM
beginning june 10   
ALL ARE WELCOME!
Crescent Moon Yoga 
LaConner

for a forest to be green -
each tree must be green...
               ~ maharishi mahesh yogi

in reciprocity, we fill our spirits...
                    ~ braiding sweetgrass