Phyllis Schieber's Blog, page 4
March 23, 2010
Female Energy and Male Energy
The more I practice yoga, the more I understand how and why it is a way of life. Each teacher brings her own unique interpretation to class. Some teachers are more spiritual than others, but they all seem to live the yoga way. It shows in the stories they share and in the way they strive to connect "real" life to what we work to achieve in our practice. Of course, I like some teachers better than others, but I always learn something new in class, something to take with me into the world...
March 21, 2010
The Consolations of the Mask
Laurie Moore refers to the "consolations of the mask" as the feeling of making a place that doesn't exist in your own life for the life your life has no room for. It's in this vast reservoir of memory that writers draw from to create fiction. These days, I find myself in that place more often than in my "real" life. I sense that is because I am struggling with my writing. Consequently, I burrow into my memory for material, sort through the files where I have stored all the memories I...
