The Letter
The Letter

The Letter


I am an old fashion letter writer. Don't expect to get a bday or holiday card, but I do love sending letters and notes in the mail. I just wrote one to some friends and had the sudden thought that I needed  put it in the body of this email so that you could all see "where" I am these days. I hope you are well and I hope in reading this you remember you are not alone....

My Dearest Mar Vista Mavens,

Okay, so you aren't "my" mavens, but I will affectionately pretend that you are. Oh my gosh do I miss you Beautiful Women tremendously. I don't miss a ton about LA, but some of the people...oh my...I do miss you/them.

Life is good. At this exact moment as this pen touches the paper... life is pretty great actually. I turned 45 since last we spoke/I wrote. Holy crap, I'm 1/2 way through this life and still have so much to learn!!!!

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Christel Joy Johnson
Upcoming Workshop

THIS SATURDAY, 2/3
A WOMEN'S RETREAT WORKSHOP


Through yoga, meditation, and writing we will explore how to have a healthier relationship to our body. Listen to what our body is telling us. Ask our body what it needs to feel good. Learn to view our body as an ally and not an enemy.

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Christel Joy Johnson
Too Busy
Too Busy

Boy oh boy is it time for a musing!!! I even have a few friends who have emailed me to ask me how I am since they haven't heard from me in a while. You are correct. You have not heard from me. I have been "too busy". Yep - back to that old hat. 
 

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Christel Joy Johnson
Silent Night(s)

It seems that when you come back from a 10 Day Silent Vipassana Meditation Course, you end up speaking a lot to describe the experience to curious folks. So I would like to share with you all my experience in writing :-)

YOWZAH!!!!! It was intense and amazing.

After a little talking to get you settled in on the check-in day, you are then silent for 9 days. You briefly talk to the teacher 1-3 times to check in with her and make sure everything is going okay and otherwise.... nothing. I was terribly frightened by this going in. Me? Chatty Cathy?? Talk in my sleep girl???

I thought I would have a ton of grief bubble up to the surface and have to face it head on.

Then I was taught the lesson of not having preconceptions, of not having expectations. AGAIN! For all the preaching I do about that one in class - I'm still human and very guilty of doing it myself. 

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Christel Joy Johnson