Yoga in Your Livingroom
November 21, 2016
Don’t Just Sit There, Meditate
August 29, 2018Whenever you are confronted with an opponent, conquer him with love. - Gandhi

Love is the answer. - John LennonParkinson’s is slyer, more self-serving. The person knows what needs to happen but the path that carries that message from the brain has been swept over and no longer exists, So, powering through does no good. It can actually make the situation uglier – all that energy doubles back with more, even violent, pressure on the soles. To get out of a ‘freeze’ requires attention. First, it takes a moment or two for the person to sense that their weight is in both feet. Another moment’s focus and a new path sends the message to shift that weight to one foot so the other can step out into the warmth. Sounds simple, but when these givens are no longer automatic, the maneuver needs patience, understanding. Love.
We are here for the sake of each other. - EinsteinThere’s a saying in the Parkinson’s world: Until there’s a cure, there’s community. Family and friends. This degenerative disease leaves them cold, too. As does the degenerative disease spreading through our capitol.
I'm writing you a love letter. - Bonnie RaittWhen was the last time I made sure those in my community were warm in this chilly climate of hate? The words of Bonnie Raitt are more in line with what I can do: love who I love. Now and throughout the upcoming months, year, four years, I'm literally sending out love. And warmth. So can you: ________________________________________
Think Pink! Show the US Postal Service the love: copy and print this return address labelSend love letters. Remind your sister, your nana, your friend all the little things you love about them. No emails or texts. Love letters need to be hand-written, in drafts that get crinkled up and tossed before committing pen to paper. Think opposite of Tweet.


4 Comments
Thanks, as always, for your honesty and insights just mailed a note to my dad today, and have cards for my two kids. More planned. I’m in.
Hi Renee,
Your post warms me. I just re-read A,B,C…X,Yoga,Z. I love this book, all the photos and words and tenderness.
You’re so right, Renée. Sending our love. I too (as Terry did) read and moved in yoga along with your book, Yoga for Movement Disorders, yesterday. The beauty of the pictures is almost like being with you. My hat all winter is/has been Genuine Rose Madder, A Windsor and Newton true watercolor and one of my favorites, A.k.a. pink!
I love this Renee. I write letters all the time…now I will write to more people.