Monthly Archives: December 2011

Day 22: The Yoga of Going Home

I left home 22 days ago and I found home, here in Florence and Rome. As for New Jersey – I am not going back. I am going forward. I am tossing out the old maps that got me nowhere … Continue reading

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Day 20: The Yoga of The Vatican Walk

Does God close His doors? Apparently so, at 4PM each day in Vatican City But we don’t know the time of day. We know about savoring pizza and Piazze and a million little unplanned points. We linger at store windows … Continue reading

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Day 19: The Yoga of Ruination

Rome is in ruins. And nowhere else are breakdowns so treasured. Rome has a reverence for all ruins, those as grand as the Colosseum and those as seemingly insignificant as a broken column by the side of an old building. … Continue reading

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Day 18: The Yoga of Capuchin Monks

If love, art and spirituality are the words of Florence, there is really only one word for Rome: Power. The Renaissance artists of Florence revered something greater than their bodies could contain. The giants of Rome, convinced of their glory … Continue reading

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Day 17: The Yoga of Night and Day

I am sharing my last day in Florence with another last moment: Le Tombe dei Medici by Michelangelo, the Medici Tombs housed in a small room at the Medici Chapels. I had always thought it unfair that the Medici had … Continue reading

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Day 14: The Yoga of Riverflow Yoga, Florence, Italy

I stopped using my little walking map today because finally, after 2 weeks in Firenze, I knew exactly where I was: Riverflow Yoga, Florence Italy. I don’t know exactly when the idea got seeded, nevertheless, there it was ,in full … Continue reading

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Day 13: The Yoga of Tourists

Carly and Zach have arrived and it’s time to be a bit of a tourist in Italy. But what a lovely fate that is here in Florence. With only 4 full days to experience the life and art of a … Continue reading

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Day 12: The Yoga of Martyrs, Monks and Me, Part 2: San Marco

Thanks to the outer guidance of friends and the inner guidance to just keep my feet moving, I find the Museum of San Marco at the other side of the Ponte Vecchio where I have been wandering, yet so close … Continue reading

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Day 11: The Yoga of Martyrs, Monks and Me, Part 1: Santa Croce

I wandered into Santa Croce today. That’s my yoga here in Florence: wandering. I find what I have been asking for, or it finds me. Today I was asking for direction, the kind you can’t find on a street map. … Continue reading

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Day 10: The Yoga of the Jewish Ghetto

“Most of us are so worried about death that we don’t really live.”  Abraham-Hicks Even here in the joy of Florence, religion, in its many expressions, is preoccupied with death. December 8 is the Festa Della Annunziata, the celebration of … Continue reading

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