Comments on: Up Dog. Down Dog. Bad Dog? http://epiphanygirl.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/up-dog-down-dog-bad-dog/ The new Epiphany Girl can't write yet, so it's up to Epiphany's Mama to tell her story Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:55:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: painterofblue http://epiphanygirl.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/up-dog-down-dog-bad-dog/#comment-201 painterofblue Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:04:15 +0000 http://epiphanygirl.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/up-dog-down-dog-bad-dog/#comment-201 What a beautiful post! I am catching up my reading. You have said a lot in the last weeks and given me a lot to ponder! I am going to look at my dogs differently today. What a beautiful post! I am catching up my reading. You have said a lot in the last weeks and given me a lot to ponder! I am going to look at my dogs differently today.

]]> By: Ruaidhri http://epiphanygirl.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/up-dog-down-dog-bad-dog/#comment-182 Ruaidhri Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:49:27 +0000 http://epiphanygirl.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/up-dog-down-dog-bad-dog/#comment-182 6 years?Is it that long since we sat with your parents thinking of appropriate Irishy names for a puppy? That last picture is great by the way....exasperated puppy! 6 years?Is it that long since we sat with your parents thinking of appropriate Irishy names for a puppy?

That last picture is great by the way….exasperated puppy!

]]> By: gartenfische http://epiphanygirl.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/up-dog-down-dog-bad-dog/#comment-166 gartenfische Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:26:40 +0000 http://epiphanygirl.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/up-dog-down-dog-bad-dog/#comment-166 This last picture is so beautiful! Wow. Funny, I was trying to get in a yoga practice yesterday with our puppy in the room. She kept crawling on me and biting at me. Dogs definitely demand what they need, yoga or no yoga! This last picture is so beautiful! Wow.

Funny, I was trying to get in a yoga practice yesterday with our puppy in the room. She kept crawling on me and biting at me. Dogs definitely demand what they need, yoga or no yoga!

]]> By: Mish http://epiphanygirl.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/up-dog-down-dog-bad-dog/#comment-162 Mish Sun, 13 Jan 2008 02:21:11 +0000 http://epiphanygirl.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/up-dog-down-dog-bad-dog/#comment-162 At times it's the true and necessary that are the most difficult lessons. Good on the ankle. Sometimes I think injuries happen just for that reason. At times it’s the true and necessary that are the most difficult lessons.

Good on the ankle. Sometimes I think injuries happen just for that reason.

]]> By: girlwhocriedepiphany http://epiphanygirl.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/up-dog-down-dog-bad-dog/#comment-161 girlwhocriedepiphany Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:58:47 +0000 http://epiphanygirl.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/up-dog-down-dog-bad-dog/#comment-161 That is such difficult wisdom - and I think the difficulty I have in understanding how to practice such principles when I find myself frustrated or stuck proves all the more that such a perspective is true and necessary. My ankle is much better - thanks for asking! When I am out walking the beloved beast I find myself engaged in constant prayer "please Mother Earth support me." This injury teaches me a lot about mindfulness when I allow it to! That is such difficult wisdom – and I think the difficulty I have in understanding how to practice such principles when I find myself frustrated or stuck proves all the more that such a perspective is true and necessary.

My ankle is much better – thanks for asking! When I am out walking the beloved beast I find myself engaged in constant prayer “please Mother Earth support me.” This injury teaches me a lot about mindfulness when I allow it to!

]]> By: Mish http://epiphanygirl.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/up-dog-down-dog-bad-dog/#comment-160 Mish Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:28:44 +0000 http://epiphanygirl.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/up-dog-down-dog-bad-dog/#comment-160 <blockquote>For once I feel a little closer to understanding what it means to listen to nature and silence that demanding ego-driven self who needs to believe she is in control.</blockquote> A theme that flows through Taoism and <em>Tao Te Ching</em> is action through inaction. By not doing we can do. One's more likely to cross a river by going with the tide than trying to swim directly across, and thus against the tide. How's your ankle?

For once I feel a little closer to understanding what it means to listen to nature and silence that demanding ego-driven self who needs to believe she is in control.

A theme that flows through Taoism and Tao Te Ching is action through inaction. By not doing we can do. One’s more likely to cross a river by going with the tide than trying to swim directly across, and thus against the tide.

How’s your ankle?

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