Category Archives: Embodiment

Is it just the absence?

Posted on May 24, 2020 by tealas

We lost my father to Covid-19 about five weeks ago.   These are the last few family photos we were able to take together. There is still so much to process about how we lost my dad, in the midst of … Continue reading →

Posted in caregiving, dying, Embodiment, Grief, Healing | Tagged | Leave a comment

Poem: Sidelined

Posted on October 24, 2019 by tealas

Yes,  relationship with you Is what I came here for It itself dreaming it awakens through a relationship with a teacher Dissolving the myth That you created my experience Is the experience I attained But that has sidelined me In … Continue reading →

Posted in Embodiment, Healing, Poetry, Spiritual Teachers | Tagged | Leave a comment

Poem: Recovery

Posted on October 17, 2017 by tealas

And when I die, They’ll blame me for not Having taken better care Of myself They’ll discuss my disease Of empathy and enablement If only she could have healed From her childhood Found a functional partner Put her father in … Continue reading →

Posted in caregiving, Communication, dying, Embodiment, Healing, Kindness, Poetry | 2 Comments

Reblog: The Tipping Point of Illness by Charlie Morris

Posted on March 4, 2017 by tealas

Below is a very good article by Charlie Morris from 2010 – one that didn’t make it onto his new website.   I’m reblogging this here because I’ve been living the truth of this article for several months.   Karmic situations … Continue reading →

Posted in caregiving, Communication, dying, Embodiment, Grief, Healing, Kindness, parenting | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

What I Was Spared

Posted on August 29, 2016 by tealas

I’ve had very little time for writing the last several months. In spring, we had some staffing changes around my father’s care, and I’ve taken on a more active, day-to-day role in managing his care and medications. I’ve been acknowledging … Continue reading →

Posted in caregiving, dying, Embodiment, Grief, Healing, Kindness, Past Lives, Spiritual Teachers | 1 Comment

Poem: Gusty

Posted on April 9, 2016 by tealas

Oh, anamchara There must be Some tack between Sheering wind storms And ponds Life more vast than Leveraging karmic qi And doors of opposition Even silent My view Creates winds

Posted in Embodiment, Poetry | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Poem: Door-space

Posted on January 20, 2016 by tealas

I showed you a door I didn’t know existed You keep showing me The space that always does

Posted in caregiving, Drumming, Dual angelic cultivation, Embodiment, Grief, Healing, Kindness, Poetry | Tagged | Leave a comment

Being in the mountains, holidays, illness and death

Posted on January 7, 2016 by tealas

My family took a trip to the mountains near Asheville after Christmas. It was the perfect get-away, a rental through a colleague and a chance to see some family who came from out-of-state. Yet I didn’t foresee the impact that … Continue reading →

Posted in caregiving, Communication, Dreams, Dual angelic cultivation, Embodiment, Grief, Healing, Nature, parenting, photos, Spiritual Community, Spiritual Teachers, Teaching | 2 Comments

Soul Sister

Posted on October 17, 2015 by tealas

I hadn’t been there for almost three years.  That is hard to believe I hadn’t seen her,   my birthday-twin soul sister, in so long?  The time seemed to warp as I looked at her last week. Had I really … Continue reading →

Posted in Communication, Embodiment, Healing, Kindness, Past Lives, Spiritual Community | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Poem: Birthday Greetings

Posted on October 10, 2015 by tealas

Sometimes The kindest birthday greeting Is none To not remind Your friend Of what you’ve become To them, for them Of what cannot be undone The touch of memory is pain The freedom of forgetting The most loving

Posted in Dual angelic cultivation, Embodiment, Grief, Healing, Kindness, Poetry | Tagged , , | Leave a comment