Author: grkeyo

Last week I had the good fortune to hear Maya Angelou speak at The Bushnell. Yes…M A Y A. A N G E L O U.  Her very own name is poetry. Despite the fact that we sat in the nosebleed section of the theater, she was positioned directly in front of me, sending energy…

At the corner of Resnic Boulevard and Beech Street in Holyoke, Mass., there is a middle-aged male crossing guard who stands proudly at his post, donning a yellow vest and carrying a big red STOP sign. For eight months now, I have seen this man every Monday through Friday on my way to work. And…

interj. ahoy: 1. nautical term used as a call to hail another ship. 2. meaning “to today” in Spanish Last week, I watched an episode of “Bethenny Ever After.” It’s one of those shows on Bravo that’s both incredibly over-the-top yet strangely relatable in a way that I can’t quite describe…despite the fact that I…

I used to do this ‘thing’ in my relationships where I’d spontaneously slip into a bad mood and, without taking the time to figure out why I was feeling that way, I’d shut out someone I loved. It was a defense mechanism that had worked for me for 30+ years. But…not only was I denying…

A week ago, I woke up feeling completely drained. It was a whole new level of drained…when the simple tasks of showering, putting clothes on, and driving to my job seemed insurmountable. I even looked at my toothbrush with disdain, speaking to it as if it were alive: “But you require so much energy.”  Something…

“You don’t go into a gym when you are 50 pounds overweight, do 100 sit-ups and expect to have a six-pack. That’s not how it works. You gotta hit that bad boy every day for at least 6 months. The same is true for inner transformation.” -Mastin Kipp Earlier this week, I led a workshop…

In class last night, I attempted to mirror my students during pyramid pose. “Mirroring” in yoga is a technique typically practiced by a seasoned yoga teacher; it involves facing the class and instructing students to do the opposite of what you’re doing. Your right leg is their left leg, your left arm is their right…

In the modern-day version of the Broadway play “On A Clear Day,” Dr. Mark Bruckner (played by Harry Connick, Jr.) hypnotizes his patient, David, to uncover the cause of his inability to move on with his life. Dr. Bruckner accidentally uncovers–and subsequently falls in love with–one of David’s past lives: a 1940’s cocktail waitress and…

In Mastin Kipp’s recent TDL post, he talks about how we are not a reflection of the world but rather how the world is a reflection of us. So, does that mean that if we wake up one morning feeling happy then the whole world will respond to us with kindness? Will strangers wave hello?…