Happy 2021 Everyone! Or whatever. It is upsetting for me to reflect on the now decades I have claimed to love writing, yet many of my entries document my creative block. I feel adverse to the vulnerability of writing because interesting content I conjure is the mirror of my bare soul. It doesn’t seem like…
Author: pinklotuspolo
How Hard is it to Do Nothing?
Not easy on the full moon. One of my worst habits I am currently trying to exorcize is looking at my phone as the first activity of the day. I know the facts, our minds are a complicated inter web of electric sparks, hormone messengers seated in a gelatinous ball akin to a character from…
A Few Practical Things To Do For Your Health
A few practical things to do for your health Awake = Hydrate. Add citrus: Lemon for liver, lime for gallbladder, orange, cucumber and mint if you need to feel cooler. Ginger is slightly warm, if you are achy and need a digestive boost. Coconut water if you are retaining water, feel constantly thirsty, sweating a…
It’s 2020, still no one is bored enough to read my blog
March 26, 2020 Which is okay.. I am barely bored enough to write it. Exactly 15 days into my personalized self- quarenteen. I started the count the day after I went to the gym and did cardio not touching or breathing with anyone. A couple days later, all the gyms in the world closed. That…
So Close Yet So Far Away- Riding the Bronze Road: Part 3
Mission Statement: To share an important health-style in our crazy modern world, build the bridge between the DQ and every horseman, to tie everything together and make it your own. 10/25/2016- Facing the Music #3 Here I am sitting on the precipice of this very weekend bringing me to the halfway point in receiving my…
Looking Back @ More Dressage Stuff
Riding the Bronze Road: 9/27/16 RBR: 9/27/2016 : The Rebirth of a DQ Rico and I had very productive lessons for the past two days. It is a mini heat wave for us delicate coastal peoples, especially me who is depressed by even mild sunny weather. I was promptly at the barn at 8am to…
Just Breathe : Riding the Bronze Road
After just two rides Rizzo and I went to a Dressage Show, won our class and completed the 5th out of 6 rides I need to earn an achievement called the United States Dressage Federation Bronze Medal. It is something I first learned of at age 20, 15 years ago now… It has been a…
The Funny Thing that Happened Observing the Dao in Gentle Yoga
A Devasting Yet Cinematic Tragedy may 25 2019 I used to have a best friend who I experienced yoga with for the first time in the Annex of our local lighthouse. It has a wood burning stove and sits on jagged coastal rocks, no lifeguard on duty. Our pacific ocean can be very far from…
Modern Media
May 22, 2019 Modern Media I am so depressed about the last two episodes of Game of Thrones I have to read some Stephen King to cheer up. Just under 18 million viewers watching during its release and the millions around the world who will stream it. As a population we have watched the author…
Sizzling Hot Summer
The year is passing by, the whole state of California is littered with wildfires and summer pathologies are in full swing. As mentioned in a previous post, each season is affiliated with an organ, element and emotion. The summer relates to the heart, fire and joy. Who doesn’t love summer?! Certainly beats the grief of…