Tag Archives: Kripalu

You are more tender than you know

Posted on November 1, 2016 by downwarddogdvm

I dreamt of meeting Jack Kornfield, in an alternate reality.  However, in the world of my dream, Jack was not Jack as he had come to be known.  He was still kind and gentle.  His mannerisms were the same.  But somehow, … Continue reading →

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Doggy Dharma Quotes

Posted on September 18, 2014 by downwarddogdvm

“Do what you love.  Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it and gnaw at it still.” Henry David Thoreau “Be the person your dog thinks you are.”  J.W. Stephens “The way the dog trots out the … Continue reading →

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Yoga is my laboratory

Posted on September 11, 2010 by downwarddogdvm

“I am going home to be a rat in the lab of my life.”, I said to Stephen Cope.  We were at the book signing session after a weekend getaway at Kripalu. “Are you a scientist?”, he asked me.

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