What I'm Doing Wednesday

May. 21st, 2025 04:33 pm
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books
The Hidden Story of the Mahabharata: With Inner Meanings from Paramhansa Yogananda by Nayaswami Gyandev. A classic for a reason. The annotations are useful, too.

Sweet Obsession (Dark Olympus, #8) by Katee Robert. 3.5 stars. I love this series. Good m/m romance, though this wasn't the best of the series. Looking forward to the December release getting deeper into the A-plot.

not quite finished with: Breathing Mindfulness: Discovering the Riches at the Heart of the Buddhist Path by Sarah Shaw. A history of Theravada Buddhism in southeast Asia. The roots of where modern mindfulness meditation came from.

next up: the new Vivan Shaw Doctor Greta Helsing book!

healthcrap
I changed my night guard and have been living in a trigeminal neuralgia flare ever since (like living in a nonstop migraine). I found some more of the old type of guards in a cabinet, though, so hopefully tonight will be better. Also, rt shoulder is sore since stopping PT and getting myself to DO PT on my own is so very hard. Also not succeeding at doing any Pilates while feeling so crummy. Lucky to do my 33 minutes of yoga. :/

dirt )

#resist
May 20 to 26: Walmart Boycott 2
June 1: Pride LGBTQ Protest
June 3 to 9: Target Boycott
June 14: Flag Day & No King's Day (Trump's Birthday) Protest
June 19: Juneteenth Protest
June 27: Stonewall Anniversary Protest
June 24 to 30: McDonald’s Boycott
July 4: Independence Day Boycott and Protest

I hope y'all are all doing well! <333

What I'm Doing Wednesday

May. 14th, 2025 06:19 pm
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books
Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom by Rick Hanson, Richard Mendius, Daniel J. Siegel. 2009, I think. Really not as sciency as I was hoping for. :(

Chakras, the Vagus Nerve, and Your Soul: Journeying to Wellness Through Subtle Energy and Your Nervous System by C.J. Llewelyn, M.Ed, LPC. I was expecting something bordering on the woo-woo, based on the title. But it's actually a therapist's book on treating clients with trauma in a somatic-informed way. Which is very cool and relevant to my interests! (The last 20% kind of went into soul-stuff, but the rest was very rooted in science.)

The Neuroscience of Yoga and Meditation by Brittany Fair, Bruce Hogarth (Illustrator). This is so cool. All the nitty-gritty science of what yoga and meditation do to the brain. Recommended.

currently reading: The Hidden Story of the Mahabharata: With Inner Meanings from Paramhansa Yogananda by Nayaswami Gyandev. I've read parts of the Mahabharata, inc all of the Bhagavad-Gita, but never the whole thing and never with annotations. So far, it's a deeply satisfying read.

dirt )

healthcrap, Pilates, yoga, yoga nidra )

#resist
May 20 to 26: Walmart Boycott 2
June 1: Pride LGBTQ Protest
June 3 to 9: Target Boycott
June 14: Flag Day & No King's Day (Trump's Birthday) Protest
June 19: Juneteenth Protest
June 27: Stonewall Anniversary Protest
June 24 to 30: McDonald’s Boycott
July 4: Independence Day Boycott

I hope all of y'all are doing well! <333

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