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Marianne
I'm writing a book about my experiences as a human rights worker in Gaza and Afghanistan, something along the lines of 'Eat, Pray, Love' meets 'Emergency Sex and other Desperate Measures'
Interests: Yoga, peace-building, Buddhism, social justice, environment, human rights, music.
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I've moved
Thanks so much for coming to visit my site. I've moved over to a new site where I'm writing under my own name, Marianne Elliott,and I'd love it if you came over and said hi there. Thanks, Marianne Continue reading
Posted Apr 20, 2010 at Zen and the Art of Peacekeeping
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What love can do
Posted Apr 17, 2010 at Zen and the Art of Peacekeeping
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It's beautiful Susanna!!! You are amazingly clever.
Commented Apr 14, 2010 on My 2010 Easter Bonnet at Susanna's Sketchbook
My 2010 Easter Bonnet
Here it is...my own Easter bonnet, worn in the New York Easter Bonnet Parade on 5th Avenue on Easter Sunday. This year's "grass" bonnet is a little more subtle than last year's "beehive" bonnet. It's made of handmade paper glued onto green felt which was then cut into the shapes of long s...
Yoga doesn't get you a pass on life
Yoga doesn't get us a pass on life. As I understand yoga it is less about transcending life's challenges and more about having the courage and compassion to face them. It's about meeting ourselves where we are, rather than trying to get into a different place or state. Continue reading
Posted Apr 13, 2010 at Zen and the Art of Peacekeeping
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Do you need a fire started under your (lovely, metaphorical) ass?
Over the last few months I've had various friends tell me that I seem to be "on fire" at the moment. Between finishing the book, signing with an agent, launching the new 30 days of yoga course, piloting the Off... Continue reading
Posted Apr 8, 2010 at Zen and the Art of Peacekeeping
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A Zen Peacekeeper Guide to Twitter: Avoiding Twitter Overwhelm
Posted Apr 7, 2010 at Zen and the Art of Peacekeeping
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Adora Svitak: What adults can learn from kids
Child prodigy Adora Svitak says the world needs "childish" thinking: bold ideas, wild creativity and especially optimism. Kids' big dreams deserve high expectations, she says, starting with grownups' willingness to learn from children as much as to teach. Continue reading
Posted Apr 6, 2010 at Zen and the Art of Peacekeeping
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Finding hope in my hometown
I've just arrived home after a week on the road, visiting twelve primary schools in and near my old hometown. I grew up in Tokoroa. I think my favorite quote about Tokoroa is this one, from Wikipedia: Famous for Maori... Continue reading
Posted Apr 5, 2010 at Zen and the Art of Peacekeeping
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Shame-free Yoga Part 2: Can shame be a positive learning experience?
Following on from last weeks post about my 'shaming' experience with a new yoga teacher, I reflect on whether it might all have been a positive learning experience after all. Maybe the teacher knew exactly what he was doing? Continue reading
Posted Mar 30, 2010 at Zen and the Art of Peacekeeping
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A Zen Peacekeeper Guide to Twitter: hashtags and chats
Posted Mar 29, 2010 at Zen and the Art of Peacekeeping
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Five questions with Ronna Detrick: What it means to tell the truth
Posted Mar 28, 2010 at Zen and the Art of Peacekeeping
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Oh Helen, that must have been a tough, tough time.
Thanks for responding to this post. Ive learned to make friends with sadness, and love this poem by Rumi, which I suspect youll relate to as well.
THE GUEST HOUSEThis being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.The dark thought, the shame, the malice.
meet them at the door laughing and invite them in.Be grateful for whatever comes.
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.-- Jelaluddin Rumi,
translation by Coleman Barks
Commented Mar 26, 2010 on Why being sad is okay with me at Zen and the Art of Peacekeeping
Why being sad is okay with me
Antonio*: good friend, loving husband and father, great listener, straight talker and UN Peacekeeper. May he rest in peace. I'm sad today. Yesterday suicide bombers and gunmen attacked a UN guesthouse in Kabul and killed nine people. On the same day a car bomb in Pakistan killed many more. I...
Shame-free yoga: teaching yoga without triggering body shame
Although yoga is a wonderful opportunity to find harmony between our body, mind and spirit, many of us experience body-shame as we approach yoga. What could yoga teachers be doing to reduce the presence of shame on the yoga mat? Continue reading
Posted Mar 26, 2010 at Zen and the Art of Peacekeeping
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This is such an important point I may write a follow up post quoting you. Collaboration has to emerge naturally from shared passions and coinciding circumstances. If we start to feel we have to haul it or push it along its time to let it lie. Right? Xxx
Sent from my iPhone. Please accept my apologies for brevity or typos.
Commented Mar 24, 2010 on I'll have a collaboration sandwich, please at Zen and the Art of Peacekeeping
I'll have a collaboration sandwich, please
Kelly and I are cooking up a great collaboration - co-facilitating the next Off the Mat: Yoga in Action group in Wellington I read a post by Amanda Farough last week where she declares that 'collaboration trumps competition'. She was writing about web designers. When I told her that we face the...
I'll have a collaboration sandwich, please
Posted Mar 23, 2010 at Zen and the Art of Peacekeeping
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Zen Peacekeeper Guide to Twitter: Expanding the conversation
Posted Mar 21, 2010 at Zen and the Art of Peacekeeping
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What courage looks like on an ordinary day
Posted Mar 16, 2010 at Zen and the Art of Peacekeeping
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Mar 15, 2010
You will know - and if like me you are lucky enough to have a true yoga teacher then they will also know and might give you a gentle nudge. My teacher offered me one of her classes to teach before I thought I was ready. I was ready, she was right. A good teacher will help you recognise your own readiness if your modesty or fears are getting in your own way.
Namaste!
M
Commented Mar 15, 2010 on How do I become a yoga teacher? at Zen and the Art of Peacekeeping
How do I become a yoga teacher?
Me, teaching outdoor yoga as part of the Climate Festival in Wellington last year There is a great conversation going on over at The Yoga Lunchbox on the subject of how to become a yoga teacher. I've contributed my thoughts over there and decided to reproduce them here because I'd love to hea...
Zen Peacekeeper Guide to Twitter: Join the conversation
Posted Mar 14, 2010 at Zen and the Art of Peacekeeping
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How do I become a yoga teacher?
Posted Mar 12, 2010 at Zen and the Art of Peacekeeping
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Zen Peacekeeper goes to the Oscars (not literally, sorry)
Posted Mar 8, 2010 at Zen and the Art of Peacekeeping
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Zen Peacekeeper's Guide to Twitter: 10 easy steps to get started
Posted Mar 8, 2010 at Zen and the Art of Peacekeeping
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What does yoga have to do with peacekeeping or Afghanistan?
What does yoga have to do with my work as a human rights advocate or peace-builder? Continue reading
Posted Mar 4, 2010 at Zen and the Art of Peacekeeping
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30 days of yoga: special offer for 'veterans', sponsor a participant
Posted Mar 3, 2010 at Zen and the Art of Peacekeeping
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