Parallels Within and Without
My life this go round has spanned 64 years. As I sit here in this present moment reflecting on the course of my journey, the meandering...
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Sophia Nightingale
- Jun 9, 2020
- 5 min
Exploring Grief
Along the path of healing that leads into the heart, one is often called upon to examine grief. Grief is the binding alloy of the...
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Sophia Nightingale
- May 6
- 5 min
A JOURNEY TOWARDS SELF-COMPASSION
SELF-COMPASSION TRAINING My training in self-compassion began in late 1979 or 1980. I travelled from New Orleans, Louisiana with my...
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Sophia Nightingale
- Jan 6, 2021
- 3 min
Isha Upanishad
I was attracted to this chant when I heard it on Spotify some time ago. When I hear a chant that speaks to me, I like to take time to...
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Sophia Nightingale
- Dec 31, 2020
- 4 min
Ganesha
Ganesha is the elephant headed deity popular among today's yoga community. He brings in the spirit of such a refined intelligence that...
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Sophia Nightingale
- Dec 23, 2020
- 3 min
A Winter Meditation
In the old days, winter solstice was a time of quietude, of firelight, of dreaming and storytelling. When trees lose their leaves,...
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Sophia Nightingale
- Dec 23, 2020
- 18 min
Principles of Practice: Alignment and Action
Alignment In its modern iteration, humanity has fallen out of alignment with nature. Restoration of our relationship with the natural...
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Sophia Nightingale
- Nov 9, 2020
- 3 min
Alignment and Action: holding heaven and earth in the heart
Adho Mukha Svanasana, otherwise known as Downward Facing Dog pose is an intermediate level arm balancing pose and inversion. It is a...
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Sophia Nightingale
- Sep 26, 2020
- 3 min
I Will Rise Again
Nataraja or Nataraj, is the dancing form of Lord Shiva. The archetype symbolizes, Nataraj, the dancer, as the "clearest image of the...
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Sophia Nightingale
- Jul 29, 2020
- 4 min
An Invocation to Beauty
Beauty awakens the soul and is the deep environment and ecology of its flourishing. We perceive beauty when it is in accord with our own...
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Sophia Nightingale
- Jul 15, 2020
- 2 min
Beauty, the Dulcimer and the Bridge
When I realized that gathering to practice and enjoy community with my yoga friends was not going to be possible for months, or possibly...
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Sophia Nightingale
- Jul 10, 2020
- 10 min
What is Ayurveda?
Ayurveda is the oldest system of mind-body medicine known to humanity. The origins date back at least 5,000 years to the spiritual texts...
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Sophia Nightingale
- Jul 10, 2020
- 6 min
What is Yoga?
Yoga is a philosophical system (ideas and practices) that dates back possibly 4,000 to 5,000 years. The literal meaning from the Sanskrit...
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Sophia Nightingale
- Jul 10, 2020
- 3 min
Holistic Nursing and Yoga
Just like yoga, Holistic Nursing is a way of being, a way of living and a way of practice. Holistic nurses are legally licensed nurses...
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Sophia Nightingale
- May 26, 2020
- 5 min
Spiritual Community: Digging Deep
This past weekend – Friday evening and all-day Saturday, I had the great opportunity to gather once again in spiritual community. To...
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Sophia Nightingale
- May 13, 2020
- 8 min
Florence Nightingale: 19th Century Mystic
The early life, adventures, and challenges that propelled this 19th century mystic to greatness. In the source document Barbara Dossey...
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Sophia Nightingale
- May 11, 2020
- 2 min
Motherhood
I was a late bloomer. And as much as I love and respect my own mother, I did not want to be the kind of mother that she was. But that is...
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Sophia Nightingale
- May 10, 2020
- 2 min
East meets West: Image and commentary by Lynn Bauman
I would like to introduce all of you to Lynn Bauman. He is dear friend and a spiritual mentor. He is a Holy Man and a teacher of wisdom....
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