tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post1442143765645720538..comments2024-02-24T03:14:25.170-05:00Comments on A Half Baked Life: O Holy Night: Darkness and LightJustine Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14190295175501659469noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-11293624091534358182015-12-30T18:41:51.864-05:002015-12-30T18:41:51.864-05:00OK, I NEED to get back to yoga...! This was a bea...OK, I NEED to get back to yoga...! This was a beautiful post. :) loribethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272814565916935113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-48124453284265027272015-12-28T20:05:17.707-05:002015-12-28T20:05:17.707-05:00This post is beautiful. Thank you for sharing with...This post is beautiful. Thank you for sharing with us.Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08987444437659867827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-17342545368056401682015-12-26T22:32:48.958-05:002015-12-26T22:32:48.958-05:00I love the kind of darkness you describe: welcomin...I love the kind of darkness you describe: welcoming, allowing for contemplation, hiding some things while revealing others. The kind of darkness that is scary and awful feels like the absence of something rather than the presence of something. When I visyalize it it feels like standing in a huge lit room watching someone come towards me, switching the lights off one by one, and there's nothing I can do to stop them. torthúilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738803052167620020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-76905494290793153012015-12-25T09:14:19.531-05:002015-12-25T09:14:19.531-05:00A good reminder and so many good reasons to go bac...A good reminder and so many good reasons to go back to yoga. I've signed up for a class on the 29th for people with joint problems, so happy that exists, even close to my home.Valeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210187335704409247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-64505379444173789932015-12-24T13:55:07.234-05:002015-12-24T13:55:07.234-05:00I love all of this, especially this part, because ...I love all of this, especially this part, because I would love to experience it:<br /><br />"she wanted us to enter the space of darkness together, in silence, without our mats, to come with nothing."<br /><br />I love that you returned to your mat, to yourself, and were greeted with joy in the darkness.Lori Lavender Luzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394441222262940632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-66366104450761531362015-12-24T09:08:13.687-05:002015-12-24T09:08:13.687-05:00This is gorgeous. Especially this line: "It ...This is gorgeous. Especially this line: "It was like coming home, almost, to people who didn't judge me for leaving."Lollipop Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01020874415819057995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-77620865218505115982015-12-24T05:31:52.675-05:002015-12-24T05:31:52.675-05:00I love this. So beautiful and so trueI love this. So beautiful and so trueKeAnnehttp://babywithatwist.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-64736843361856376472015-12-23T19:19:33.069-05:002015-12-23T19:19:33.069-05:00"because without embracing the darkened, with..."because without embracing the darkened, without becoming it ourselves, without going deep into the unknown, we cannot see the stars."<br /><br />This immediately made my heart sing while bringing hot tears to my eyes. The last few months I've felt like I've been stumbling around in the darkness, desperately searching for the light. This last week, though, I've finally forced myself to embrace the fear and then focus on embracing it. It's so hard to be in the unknown when I so desperately crave the answers. But I've also learned that by panicking to find those answers, I've failed to see the stars.Cristyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317873211902543387noreply@blogger.com