Stop Waiting for a Sign

September 14, 2011

Photo by UggBoy♥UggGirl How about you stop waiting around for a sign. For the perfect moment. The perfect partner. The perfect thought.  How about you stop looking for the answer to be delivered in a pretty package with a fancy bow on top and card that showcases your name in big, bold letters. Sure, those [...]

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How I fell in love with my life!

September 6, 2011

Photo by Michael Gil   I was not always in love with my life. Sure I’d had flickering moments where the love affair felt possible.  But it didn’t last. They were hot but brief affairs.  I wanted more. I wanted something exciting and lasting. I wanted intimacy. Commitment. Engagement.  And I got it. When I [...]

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Day 32 Celebration!!

September 5, 2011

Yay! It’s day 32 of 32 days of pleasure! And it’s my birthday!!! The past 32 days have been a lovely experience of cultivating pleasure and allowing it to be my guide. My intention had been to cap off these 32 days in celebration, which is why it wraps up on my birthday. I wanted [...]

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32 Days of Pleasure–Day 29

September 2, 2011

Photo by Basheer Tome I have learned to find pleasure in action. In planning. In dreaming. There is pleasure in figuring it out. In challenging myself. In the daring. I find it in touch. In stretching. In eye contact. There is pleasure in being seen. Being open. Being wild. Pleasure has shown it’s in my [...]

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The Pleasure Hunt

August 31, 2011

Photo by Elizabeth Albert   Today I invite you to go on a PLEASURE HUNT!!! Kind of like a treasure hunt…but more pleasurable! Today, you are responsible for your own pleasure.  Really seek it.  Find it. Revel in it. Follow the list below or make up your own:   Find pleasure in nature Share pleasure [...]

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Where there is pleasure…

August 30, 2011

Photo by Horia Varlan There is pleasure in being on purpose.  Acting with intention. With inspiration. With love. There is pleasure in you. Being you. Being you completely. Bumps, bruises, pains and joys.  All of you is a pleasure. There is pleasure in a deep cry. A wild laugh.  A moment of stillness and silence.  [...]

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The Pleasure of The Mind

August 26, 2011

Photo by Eustaquio Santimano When I was a little girl, I would read the encyclopedia.  We had a huge one.  I loved to flip through it, read the articles…look at the pictures.   My grandparents had a full set. I loved those too…even if they were 20 years old.  It didn’t matter.  What mattered what [...]

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My Not-So-Guilty Pleasures (Day 21)

August 25, 2011

Photo by Robert Couse-Baker The frivolous. The trivial.  The stuff that gets shunned as not spiritual. Not intellectual. Not good for us…I LOVE IT!!! Yes. I do.  I always say, “I am as shallow as I am deep.”  I get such tremendous joy from these not-so-guilty pleasures (I let go of the guilt part a [...]

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The Pleasure of My Day

August 24, 2011

So here I am…no make-up, bed head and jammies.  But I was finding so much pleasure in my morning routine, I wanted to share just as I was!! Watch the video and let me know about the most pleasurable part of your day!! Untitled from Jo Anna Rothman on Vimeo.

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The Pleasure of Receiving (Day 19)

August 23, 2011

I have become more and more aware of the absolute pleasure of receiving. Receiving a present feels like being embraced in velvety love. Even more than before, I feel so utterly cared for each time a gift shows up. Yesterday, as I was leaving Trader Joes, a woman who worked there mentioned she would be [...]

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