The Green Bough

"If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come." -Chinese proverb Weekly postings by Oriah, author of the bestselling books The Invitation; The Dance; and The Call. Oriah will post on Wednesdays, and occasionally check for and respond to comments. For more information see her website www.oriah.org by clicking on her photo below.

Monday, June 26, 2017

Losing and Finding Our Way

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Years ago- in the final years of my marriage- spiraling down into physical illness and despair, I went to a healer and described my symptoms...
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Tuesday, June 13, 2017

How To Live with the Uncontrollable

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Sometimes, things happen TO us. That's a hard truth to face. We all do the best we can to deal with what arises. Sometimes our best - th...
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Thursday, June 1, 2017

Using Life To Practice Being Here

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Oooo, don't you love it when life sends us ways to deepen our practice. Ha! My landlord is planning a loud, and somewhat chaotic summer-...
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Thursday, May 25, 2017

The Good News

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Someone wrote me last week (when I was acutely ill) asking me how I felt about a spiritual teacher/healer on Facebook (I honestly don't ...
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Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Snippet of a Story on A Sunny Day

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On the way home from yoga I pause to watch a small group of three year olds (clearly a daycare group on an outing) standing on the sidewalk ...
Monday, May 8, 2017

The Un-Mothered

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I have a request: with Mother's Day approaching, can we just set aside the generalizations about mothers? I honour the care-giving that ...
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Thursday, May 4, 2017

When We Are Done

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It's good to know when something- a job, a place, a relationship, a project, a way of seeing, a struggle- is done for us, to know when...
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