Coach Aruni

“A Duet of Wonder and Grief...”* This blog post is also available on my page to make sharing it with friends and family easy for you to do. So much to feel. So much to notice. So very much to be with. I remember—when I got sober, a feeling was a discovery, a shocking unveiling of the moment. Then—two feelings at once?...

A Duet of Wonder and Grief - Coach Aruni “A Duet of Wonder and Grief…”* This blog post is also available on my page to make sharing it with friends and family easy for you to do. So much to feel. So much to notice. So very much to be with. I remember—when I got sober, a feeling was a discovery, a shocking […]

It Came to Pass It Did Not Come to Stay This blog post is also available on my page to make sharing it with friends and family easy for you to do. Oh. Friends. Did I struggle? Did I fuss and freak, perhaps internally more than externally? Everything seemed to be running amuck, Counter to my perfectly harmonized planning for my big…...

It Came to Pass - Coach Aruni It Came to Pass It Did Not Come to Stay This blog post is also available on my page to make sharing it with friends and family easy for you to do.   Oh. Friends. Did I struggle? Did I fuss and freak, perhaps internally more than externally? Everything seemed to be running amuck, […]

To Remember the Sacrifices This blog post is also available on my page to make sharing it with friends and family easy for you to do. My dearest monogamous childhood +++ friend, G., is a child of Holocaust survivors. I spent much time in her childhood home. I remember her mother, wrapped in silence, standing at the sink, her back to us as we sat, quietly kibbitzing at the kitchen table. ...

To Remember the Sacrifices - Coach Aruni To Remember the Sacrifices This blog post is also available on my page to make sharing it with friends and family easy for you to do. My dearest monogamous childhood +++ friend, G., is a child of Holocaust survivors. I spent much time in her childhood home. I remember her mother, wrapped in...

Sanctuary & Sangha This blog post is also available on my page to make sharing it with friends and family easy for you to do. As a kid and a not-such-a-kid, there are numerous pictures of me standing apart from the group. Whatever group. Any group. Here is a picture of my Aunt Geri, my mom’s younger sister. Can you find me in the frame? ...

Sanctuary & Sangha - Coach Aruni Sanctuary & Sangha This blog post is also available on my page to make sharing it with friends and family easy for you to do. As a kid and a not-such-a-kid, there are numerous pictures of me standing apart from the group. Whatever group. Any group. Here is a picture of my Aunt Geri, […]

Dancing Together—Will & Surrender This blog post is also available on my page to make sharing it with friends and family easy for you to do. On a scale of 1-10, I would rate myself 13.7 on the Spectrum of Willfulness. I learned to: Do it. Do it well. Then do something else. Keep doing it. Then do the next thing....

Dancing Together—Will & Surrender - Coach Aruni Dancing Together—Will & Surrender This blog post is also available on my page to make sharing it with friends and family easy for you to do. On a scale of 1-10, I would rate myself 13.7 on the Spectrum of Willfulness. I learned to: Do it. Do it well. Then do something else. Keep […]

To Heal This blog post is also available on my page to make sharing it with friends and family easy for you to do. We know this part, right? Healing = to make free from injury or disease to make sound or whole to make well again to restore to health to heal the sick to mend. Now check out the seemingly enlightened folks at Miriam Webster:...

To Heal - Coach Aruni To Heal This blog post is also available on my page to make sharing it with friends and family easy for you to do.   We know this part, right? Healing = to make free from injury or disease to make sound or whole to make well again to restore to health to heal […]

The Perfect Time for Coming Back This blog post is also available on my page to make sharing it with friends and family easy for you to do. Practice. They said, practice. They didn’t say—get it right and check it off the list. What is this wacky human need we have to get finished, to be done, to be over it, for once and for f---ing all?...

The Perfect Time for Coming Back - Coach Aruni The Perfect Time for Coming Back This blog post is also available on my page to make sharing it with friends and family easy for you to do. Practice. They said, practice. They didn’t say—get it right and check it off the list. What is this wacky human need we have to get finished, […]

“The Nobility of Retreat”* This blog post is also available on my page to make sharing it with friends and family easy for you to do. I completely forgot about this quote by Swami Kripalu. I love this quote. Oh! Come to think of it, I forget about this, I forget about This entire practice All the time. Let’s see:...

“The Nobility of Retreat”* - Coach Aruni “The Nobility of Retreat”* This blog post is also available on my page to make sharing it with friends and family easy for you to do. I completely forgot about this quote by Swami Kripalu. I love this quote. Oh! Come to think of it, I forget about this, I forget about This entire […]

The Invitation by Oriah Mountain Dreamer* This blog post is also available on my page to make sharing it with friends and family easy for you to do. It’s a quiet moment Over here. Tucked Inside My Heart, Things Are Quiet. Sitting inside This moment. Right here, Right now. Nothing much To do. Nowhere Really To Go. Acknowledging The fragility…...

The Invitation - Coach Aruni The Invitation by Oriah Mountain Dreamer*   This blog post is also available on my page to make sharing it with friends and family easy for you to do. It’s a quiet moment Over here. Tucked Inside My Heart, Things Are Quiet. Sitting inside This moment. Right here, Right now. Nothing much ...

So— What’s a Blessing Anyway? Stay Tuned to the End for an Announcement. This blog post is also available on my page to make sharing it with friends and family easy for you to do. As an awkward, gawky, beyond-shy thirteen-year-old, a stutterer, a born--lesbian-who-wouldn’t-know-the-word-for-ten+-more-years, each day was filled with excruciating moments. Having to talk—in public, in private, I was breaking my family’s silent contract that nothing was wrong. ...

So— What’s a Blessing Anyway? - Coach Aruni So— What’s a Blessing Anyway?   Stay Tuned to the End for an Announcement. This blog post is also available on my page to make sharing it with friends and family easy for you to do.   As an awkward, gawky, beyond-shy thirteen-year-old, a stutterer, a born–lesbian-who-wouldn’t-know...

To Sonia--Memories Richmond Pond Sunrise This blog post is also available on my page to make sharing it with friends and family easy for you to do. As a child I shyly adored her. She was a dear and a wonderful grandmother who loved me in the fullest and simplest and quietest of ways. But once I left home, the real gifts came--Gram as listener, Gram as friend, as confident, as deep unconditional witness of my struggling young adult journey....

To Sonia-Memories - Coach Aruni To Sonia–Memories Richmond Pond Sunrise   This blog post is also available on my page to make sharing it with friends and family easy for you to do. As a child I shyly adored her. She was a dear and a wonderful grandmother who loved me in the fullest and simplest and quietest of […]

From Darkness to Light… And Back Again This blog post is also available on my page to make sharing it with friends and family easy for you to do. One-hundred-and-fifteen-years ago, in 1972, I was sitting in a darkened movie theater with P., my supposed-to-be-boyfriend and soon-to-be-husband. That would be another story. The movie was MaCabe and Mrs. Miller…...

From Darkness to Light… - Coach Aruni From Darkness to Light… And Back Again This blog post is also available on my page to make sharing it with friends and family easy for you to do. One-hundred-and-fifteen-years ago, in 1972, I was sitting in a darkened movie theater with P., my supposed-to-be-boyfriend and soon-to-be-husba...