Yesterday I went to a gathering after friends died last week. I figured it was time to update and reshare this post about the importance of grieving and how we can take care of ourselves during such a difficult time. Grief According to Chinese Medicine Shock scatters the Heart Qi – There may be shock…
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Coming Home Again
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Originally posted on The Oasis Project:
I have a Sensory Processing Disorder of the hypersensitive type. I am easily overwhelmed by loud sounds, flashing lights, rough textures, etc. Many years ago, at the last BayCon in the San Jose DoubleTree…
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TWIH Episode 79: The Needles and the Compassion Done with Denise Cicuto #orlando
by Gina Pond • • 0 Comments
Denise Cicuto returns in this episode to talk about her call to study acupuncture through a visitation by Kuan Yin. We talk about her journey, not only through acupuncture school, but her spiritual journey with Kuan Yin and her current studies of the spiritual side of acupuncture . We also discuss the nature of Kuan […]
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Self-care and activism
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It may not solve everything but right now, but this meditation I learned from my yoga teacher helps me. I have been unable to go to the vigils for the hate crime that happened in Orlando at Pulse club. I can’t look at photos of the Stanford rapist anymore because they trigger me. Remember to take…
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How Loewe and Bensefis Are Wrong about Self-care
by Antinoë Magdalene • • 0 Comments
It seems to me that both B. Loewe and Simcha Bensefis are missing some key points about self-care. It has nothing to do with capitalism and consumerism, as Bensefis seems to suggest. And Loewe seems to ignore the reality that there are those of us out …
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TWIH Episode 45: The Many Faces of Spirit with Yeshe Rabbit
by Gina Pond •
What does it mean to be a multi-faith person in a world where most people except you to be one thing or another? In this episode, Yeshe Rabbit and I discuss her personal multi-faith work and her own evolution of spirit. We also talk about how we are in the midst of change and how […]
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The Heretic Writes: Forgive me… #lent
by Gina Pond •
Forgive me for today I can’t repost another thing about racism, queer rights, fat activism, or politics. Today, I can’t stand to read another thing about the cruelty that humans do to each other. This week I can’t really stay angry about injustice. I just don’t have the energy. Forgive me because right now the […]
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The Heretic Writes: Asking and Community
by Gina Pond •
The interesting thing that I keep learning over and over again about being a pastor and a leader is that having faith in one’s community can pay off in unexpected ways. I’ve had a ton of good role models in seminary for this, and it’s amazing to watch people light up and step up when […]