Here and Now

There are many amazing opportunities coming my way right now, and dreams that have felt far away are close enough to reach out and grasp. This weekend I'm headed to Denver to be part of a Yoga For Eating Disorders training, and I'm very grateful for this opportunity. I was awarded a scholarship, but without my husbands support, I wouldn't be going. It means a great deal to know that he believes in my dream, and wants to help me make it happen. His health has been good since his radiation treatments, and will go in for a follow up MRI on March 17th. We will know for sure at that point how the radiation effected the tumor, but we feel positive that it will be good news. My teacher's training weekends have been wonderful, and I have been busy with studying, taking and observing classes, and immersing myself in everything yoga! A friend of mine that I met during the training took some photographs of me for a workshop she is presenting, so I will post a few here. I was wo...

One Summer I would swing for hours in the park feeling the resistance as I pushed through the wind the creaking hinges becoming a monotonous meditation Your summer house was musty Mold covered the bathroom walls my hair going unwashed for days When you would drop us at the sitters sometimes she would offer me a shower grateful to lose myself in the fog The sitter's husband was nice too nice... When she went to the grocery store to buy ice cream he sat too close his fingers creeping up my thigh I ran away locking myself in the bathroom until she returned Boys would ask my name in the park I was Erica, or Victoria I stole a pornographic book from the sitter's nightstand secretly reading it one night as I listened to my favorite Carpenter's album In the morning I threw it in the woods behind your house I wanted to go home but I wasn't sure where that was anymore...   Angela Minard 2014©