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October 25, 2005
jump'n to the beat
cruz'n the net this morning @ some of my usual haunts. came across elizabeth hitchcock's remake of some city perspectives. her medium of choice...."jello"
i love the colors & as we all know jello likes to wobble around...so i bet the city has a nice little bump when shaken. (thanks to Josh Rubin's Coolhunting & boing boing)
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October 24, 2005
searching for elvis
its the end of october & halloween is around the corner.
perfect timing for a lil' get together w/ some friends. so w/ that said the destination is going to be las vegas for some halloween weekend madness. i'm outta here tuesday night & it just so happens that a couple of my friends from ny both live there. so we'll have wheels, a place to cook, stay & a comfy place to sleep. not to mention we've been friends for over 25yrs so catching up on the last coupla years missed out on is going to be much needed.
anyhow.....its going to be a rock'n time.
with some convincing of the boys i think we're going to head off to "vegoose" for a day/ nights worth of kick ass music and parties.
halloween costumes i'm bringing to vegas:
an afro, glue on porkchop sideburns & stash, a rabbit mask, a pair of strap on ass cheeks & a big feathered boa.
i'll take a few pics...(once i weed out the guilty ones:-)
Vegoose site
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October 23, 2005
girl in the curl
just wanted to post a pic of ye. looks like she's getting into trim on a nice left at "tongs"
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October 22, 2005
reflections of buddha...
soul sista':
"if you help others purely for the sake of helping, with no thought of personal gain and without wishing to be recognized for the help you give, you can be called truly virtuous."
"suffering arises because of consciousness. through the stilling of consciousness suffering cannot be created."
single fin:
"swans fly along the path of the sun, and psychics seem to move beyond the world. forget them; you must concentrate on your practice and attain Nirvana."
"do not welcome praise, nor hide from blame. listen to your Truth and stay calm and clear."
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October 21, 2005
aloha...
Akahai
kindness, expressed with tenderness
Lokahi
unity, expressed with harmony
Olu'olu
agreeable, expressed with pleasantness.
Ha'aha'a
humility, expressed with modesty.
Ahonui
patience, expressed with perserverence.
~off to go "possibly" play with the dolphins, be in their healing energy, so full of unconditional love, for my birthday...with my mom & lori this morning.
~loving alohas to you all!
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October 20, 2005
mommy's here!!!
yay! she made it, safe and sound. i was sooo happy to see her. we gave her a ginger lei. my mom is so cute, she stands almost 5 feet tall. we had vietnamese last night. my mom grilled all the waitstaff about how business was here. she wants to open a nail salon and tailor shop. off to our early morning run and then on to our marketing meeting. i'm taking my mom to the meeting. it's pretty fun, overall...if we put intention into it. there are days when i'm resistant to going, because i'd rather be surfing, hiking, or doing yoga. we usually lead these guys in stretches first thing in the morning & cheer them on about having a wild, fun day!!
i gotta post some pics for you. i promise you i'll learn soon.
lots of love!
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October 19, 2005
north shore cabin
the north shore swells are coming. people always seem to think spring or summer are the best times for waves out here. or for that matter the west coast in general.
when in fact the later summer/fall & early winter are very good quality months for the north, south & west sides. the north west storms come alive bringing waves from the alaska & japan areas. while the southern tropics still have some remaning winter swells brewing out of new zealand & aussie land.
kimo was saying yesterday he was getting nice 5-6ft barrels @ lani's! geesh i need some of that right about now.
ah well, looks like kimo is interested in having some extra manual labor help on the land in exchange for some free use of the cabins. looks like the master plan is going to be a win win for all sides. i even talked with my boss here & cut a deal to allow me to cruz in late once a week. work a 1/2 day type deal so i can surf the north shore this winter. gotta love the barter thing.
stoked..
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love...
i am convinced that love will heal all. there is a lot of pain & suffering going on all around us, some closer than others. i have this special relationship with thich nhat hahn's words. my parents knew him in bao loc, vietnam. this is a tiny village in the central highlands of vietnam, where i was born almost 31 years ago. he lived in the buddhist temple there for a little bit. i remember my sister and i exploring the temple when we were in vietnam the summer before i started naturopathic medical school. i had no idea who he was at that time. his works have helped me through some of the toughest times when i was humbled back in medical school. and here he is again...
i am so full of love and gratitude for each moment that i am in...as hard as it may be sometimes.
"just as a mother loves and protects her only child at the risk of her own life, we should cultivate boundless love to offer to all living beings in the entire cosmos. let our boundless love pervade the whole universe, above, below, and across. our love will know no obstacles, our heart will be absolutely free from hatred and enmity. whether standing or walking, sitting or lying, as long as we are awake, we should maintain this mindfulness of love in our own heart. this is the noblest way of living."
"practicing love meditation in the sitting position is only the beginning, but it is an important beginning. we sit quietly and look deeply into ourselves. we sit quietly and look deeply into ourselves. with practice, our love will increase naturally, becoming all-inclusive and all-embracing. as we learn to see with the eyes of love, we empty our mind of anger and hatred. as long as these negative mental formations are present in us, our love is incomplete. we may think we understand and accept others, but we are not yet able to love them fully. Nagarjuna says, "at the time you practice the Immeasureable Mind of Love, you must look deeply in order to face your anger and hatred."
~thich nhat hahn
"when your mind is fulled with love, send it in one direction, then a second, a third, and a fourth, then above, and then below. identify with everything, without hatred, resentment, anger, or enmity. this mind of love is very wide. it grows immeasurably and eventually is able to embrace the whole world. practice the same way with your mind filled with compassion, then joy, then equanimity."
~buddha (madhyana agama)
"when his mind filled with love, the monk permeates one direction, and then a second, a third, a fourth, and above, below, and all around, everywhere identifying himself with all. he permeates the whole world with his mind filled with love, wide, far, developed, unbound, free from hatred and ill-will. he does the same with his mind filled with compassion, joy and equanimity."
~buddha (subha sutta)
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October 18, 2005
mommy's coming!!!
yay!!! my mom's coming from orlando tomorrow. i'm really excited about having my family come. this will be her first time. she's needing some healing time, some sense of hope for the future. who knows what will be? we pretty much plan on immersing her in our lives out here. i told her to pack her swimsuit & dancing gear. maybe i'll teach her how to surf :) ? so expect to see some fun pictures soon!!
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reflection of buddha...
"we are used to discussing duality, existence and non-existence, but if you understand, with truth and wisdom, how things begin and end, for you there will be no existence and non-existence."
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healing...
"in our consciousness there are wounds also, lots of pains. our consciousness also needs to rest in order to restore itself. our consciousness is just like our body. our body knows how to heal itself if we allow it the chance to do so. when we get a cut on our finger we don't have to do anything except to clean it and to allow it the time to heal, because our body knows how to heal itself. the same thing is true with our consciousness; our consciousness knows how to heal itself if we know how to allow it to do so. but we don't allow it. we always try to do something. we worry so much about our healing, which is why we do not get the healing we need. only if we know how to allow them to rest can our body and our soul heal themselves."
~thich nhat hanh
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October 17, 2005
reflection of buddha...
soul sista's card of the day: "the correct way of living is not found simply by discussing the theory of it. even without study you can experience it, but you have to live it."
single fin's card of the day: "constant talk does not mean wisdom. on the other hand, the signs of patience, love and freedom will direct you towards the wise person."
~namaste
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October 15, 2005
missing the ol'crew alot these autumn days
what a great mug shot this is. brought a big smile on my face to see some of these characters.
good friends, beautiful fall leaves, warm autumn sunshine, home cooking grinds, cabins, camp fires, dogs, cold northwest beers, methow mt.bike festival & on & on
a slice of bliss.
miss u all
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glass love
"gotta get away for a while....to ease my head. everybody knows that's the way to do it. head'n to the country"
~henry.kapono
ironic advice i so need this morning. so i'm off to the north shore tonight. looking forward to some head high glass love. hell if i feel randy i might just get a lil'sunrise yoga in first then slip into the water. hmmmmm sunrises, dawn patrol, low crowds & head high bombers. its a space in the soul that i finally found a key for. the same feeling a little child has when overly excited about a playground. (whatever that playground maybe for them)
as a rug rat kid in the new england area, growing up outdoors was just a part of life. no options were offered but to get outside & explore. we were poor livng in the adirondacks what other options does one have? in that type of geography it was a common way to get rid of energy. @ least that was my moms approach for getting us out of her hair before she threw the locked down on us 3 kids. :-) anyhow..the point being i've learned some of my most valued lessons through mother nature. our love affair is complicated, seductive & ever so profound.
check out this clip to get some perspective if you like. same day we went out but a little later in the afternoon. sunset break w/ some epic waves & great surfers.
one of these waves is worth all the risk.....all of it.
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October 14, 2005
The Trojan Horse
what a great historical moment. lol
thought of this story & for some reason i really had a good laugh.
irony is a beautiful lesson that we people seem to repeat upon each other...over...& over.....& over as the centuries move on.
i guess some just seem to be better at it then others.
Posted by Single Fin at 08:16 PM | Comments (0)
north shore's 1st real fall swell has arrived
yesterday i hit n.shore to catch some of the nw swell that is hitting right now.
surf report was calling for 12-18ft regular faced waves with light winds.
decided to cruz on up to our good friends land where they have surf huts for camping.
sweet lil'cabins with plenty of starlight, fruit trees & breeze to make for a comfy sleep after a few beers under the moon.
sure enough when i got up & checked haleiwa beach the waves were cranking.
so a few of us headed out to puaena point & police beach. the waves were going off @ about 12ft faces before they started to lip & curl. it was getting narly when the outside big sets came in. i was on the inside for a couple of those sneaker sets. let me tell you....i've been hit by many things in my life. but "a 12ft north shore wave at full speed as i sit in the pit" is getting its own category. i got my bell rung a few times. felt like having my brain reset like a computer on/off button.
it was a session of fear & stoke. our friend kimo was on a 9'8" longboard gun & he was charging the faces. it was nothing for him...where as i was only really interested in being out there & getting scraps from the kick ass locals who were tearing it up. i swear those guys are *uck'n nuts.
a surfer in that big of waves needs to have equal parts smarts, ability & a sheer pyscho factor to commit to the waves when they are double to triple over head. death is always an option when the surf is that big.
i was so spooked that as i worked through the fear of the consequences i found my hard charging spirit came through. we surfed for about 2 hours & then headed in.
when i hit the shore i felt amp'd & scared. it was a universal feeling of being alive.
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wahine in the water
surfing the net today & tripped across a few shots of ye out in the waves.
(good shot of the yellow single fin as well)
Posted by Single Fin at 07:09 PM | Comments (0)
reflection of buddha for the day...
"as a blade of grass can cut your finger, so an improper life by a so-called renunciant will only cause greater suffering."
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October 13, 2005
reflection of buddha for the day...
"when desire takes hold it turns your life into one of suffering. but if you overcome desire, you overcome suffering."
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self-nourishment...
i am so full of gratitude for the space that i am in. i am just winding down from a beautifully nourishing day for me. i started the day going on my "office hours" hike with lori. every wednesday, we hike up kouliouou, a hike that we can pretty much do in our sleep by now. it's a great hike that is so very healing to us. we talk about our lives, check in as soul sisters, discuss our clients, brainstorm and create for our practice...we learn so much about ourselves on these hikes. we started this ritual of doing 50 push-ups on top and at the bottom of the hike. we kick butt!! today's topic was about "addictions"...
after our hike, we went to umeke natural market and ordered our breakfast. i had a spicy buffalo stir-fry & carrot juice. yummy!!! it's really the simple things that make me happy. we did this therapeutic writing exercise about the subject of "addictions". it's an exercise that natalie goldberg talks about in her book. basically, you just write non-stop for 20 minutes, without picking your pencil up specifically about this topic. you have to go for the "guts", right to the heart of the matter...don't hold back. just when you find yourself getting too general, call yourself out on it and get specific. we read what we wrote to each other. it was pretty healing.
then i had a new client today, who has stomach cancer. she was so happy to be at our clinic. she chose the "water cards" of love & thanks, soul, peace of mind & reverence. i am so very honored to be working with her. some of the things that we offer in our practice to our clients is LOVING COMPASSION, NURTURING & HOPE. people always leave with a sense of inner peace in the end. and i try to emphasize that they can have it deep within themselves, wherever they are. i can't believe this is my job. i love what i do!!
after my client, i got a massage from lori. yay!! self-nourishment for me!! we trade massages and alternate working on each other on wednesdays. i love our wednesdays!! we hike, discuss life, trade massages and then we go to teach our yoga class at the beach.
corey's been coming to our yoga class out on the beach now. it's nice to see his stiff strong surfer body out in the sea of bodies. he tries so hard, bless his heart. we get all walks of life out there. newbies to veterans...young, old...people who just want to leave with a sense of inner peace. yoga has changed my life. it is a way of life. and plus it has greatly enhanced my surfing :)
we had a nice dinner, mahi mahi and bitter leafy greens for our livers. so very nourishing!! then corey took off for north shore to surf the big waves tomorrow with kimo and lori. he's going to the world famous break, sunset beach. it's gonna be big!!! i believe he said 6 to 10 feet hawaiian(double the size for regular face heights). holy sh*&@#t!!! he's a smart surfer and will be fine. this is his first time at sunset. he brought his pretty bianchi sea foam green board. i can't wait to hear all about it. so everyone pray out there for his safety. i know that he will be fine. but an extra prayer or two can't hurt.
off to catch some beauty sleep i go. tomorrow's a whole new day...one day at a time. life is good.
~namaste (the spirit in me honors the spirit in you)
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October 12, 2005
reflections of buddha...
soul sista's card:
"live in accord with nature and be free from regret, and great satisfaction will be your reward."
single fin's card:
"the good desire nothing, do not speak of cravings and, regardless of what happens, are not influenced by good or bad. such actions will highlight them as special people."
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October 11, 2005
moustache & shiny costume bbq
A week or so ago we had a bbq party at the house. had to make it a costumish type thing to loosen up the vibe a little. check out some of the pics...
pic 5 | pic 6 | pic 7 | pic 8 | pic 9 |
pic 10 |
pic 11 |
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more bike porn.....
just finished up the last coupla touches to the surly. ready for the winter sessions while the swells finally start to die off down here on the southern part of the island.
i feel good about this setup. very flexible to most situations with a stiff pair of salsa wheels.
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reflections of Buddha...
alohas dear o'hana,
i'm starting a new daily entry for all you to read out there. one of my very dear friends gave me a "reflections of Buddha for everyday" card set. i have this ritual that i do everyday. i pick a card for the day and meditate on it. corey also picks a card for the day.
my card the day:
"You are fortunate to be born a human being, but it is difficult to live life properly, even harder to follow a spiritual path and most difficult to attain Nirvana."
14. THE BUDDHA, VERSE 182
corey's card for the day:
"Control your eyes, ears, nose, body, mind and thought. With such control, a holy person will be free from suffering."
25. THE HOLY PERSON, VERSE 360 & 361
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October 07, 2005
respect and wisdom & compassion
coming to the end of my 5 day nourishing/detox cleanse. as a naturopathic physician, i believe in practicing what i preach. and to always experiment on myself first before i subject my clients to our medicine :)
so this week was all about nourishing and detoxifying. i did this together with my partner, my colleague, my soul sister, dr. lori kimata. we closed the clinic down for 5 days, trying not to see clients, at least on a full time basis. we reorganized, got rid of the old, recycled old stuff and cleansed the hell out of our clinic. all the while, we were on our nourishing detox. we ate lots of bitter leafies, did some protein smoothies, drank lots of water & artichoke tea, juiced lots of carrots, beets & ginger.
we surfed, practiced yoga, hiked, slept...listened to our bodies, our minds & our hearts. and tonight i get to celebrate!!! yay!!!
also, i surfed 3's this morning....beautiful waves, glassy, head high. lots of boys in the water. i worked the crowd, softened the boys up....and we had such a blast. of course, they were all open to it. anyway, i caught a few beautiful waves, going up and down the wall, up to the lip every so often...ear to ear smile, full of laughter, and gratitude.
today was a big day for me. i earned some respect of the old timers out in the line-up. that's huge!!! and especially for a girl!!!
my "water cards" of the day are respect and wisdom & compassion. i put these words underneath my water bottle and have focused intention on these words. the water absorbs the vibration of these words and voila... i am full of respect and wisdom & compassion for the day!!!
~namaste
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single speed porn
okie dokie here she is. a sweet & sexy lil'number ready for a co-pilot who wants to beat back the modern worlds yeRN for petro.
the story be told that a few months back the bishman & i had a long & wondering chat about bike love. we made a deal..to build him a rig that would allow him ride a decent bike yet for a reasonable price. 200 bucks was my call, bishman thought more along the 300 mark. through some friendly love, donations from fellow cyclers & a coupla bucks out of the pocket.....here she is.
total damage: $225
clean & simple
i like the tubes
one hot lil'rear end
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October 05, 2005
be still & know
yes, we've been slacking on our blog. we've just been living life to its fullest. life is so amazing, so full of lessons. we do so much day to day, it's so easy to get caught up in the busy-ness of it all. but if i just take a step back and stop, take a few deep breaths, be still....that's when i am truly able to "know".
there's this buddhist quote, that i came upon when i was visiting thich nhat hahn's retreat out in vermont on summer..."be still & know". it is so profound on so many levels.
so yes, we've been running around...doing yoga, surfing the big and not so big waves, hiking, throwing moustache & shiny parties, entertaining old friends, swimming with the dolphins, hanging out on sacred land, swimming under waterfalls, picking fragrant wild flowers, "packing" on the moped, watching the sunset, going to slack key guitar shows, dancing the night away, assisting people's healing process, throwing potluck/barbeque's, going to the art museum, laughing and playing with friends....doing all this with so much "love & gratitude".
our pictures are soon to come. i still have to learn how to post them. i'll get corey to teach me one of these days. i also want to show you some film clips. i've been playing with the video camera alot these days.
oh and another thing...i just got elected the president of the "hawaii society of naturopathic physicians". i'm extremely honored to be able to represent all the naturopathic physicians of the state of hawaii. as of january, i start my presidency. i am pretty excited about this position. the ultimate goal is to educated hawaii about naturopathic medicine and make it more accessible to everyone.
take good care of yourselves. nurture your soul!!! live life to its fullest, with passion and conviction. don't take life too seriously. laugh full heartedly. walk through life with loving compassion and gratitude. i love you all!
thanks for stopping by...feel free to add a few words of wisdom in the comments section.
~namaste
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October 04, 2005
sleeping at the wheel....
alohas...sorry for the delay. lots going on lately.
life, relationship buildling, work, surfing, parties, bbq's, dancing, building a single speed bike, visitor from the mainland and much more.
enough to keep me in a tail spin most of the time.
its all good, all part of figurinig out what balance means to me and our lives.
good news is that october looks busy as well. but a good busy & not as nutty as last month.
we've got lots of photo's to post and many lil'stories to get out into the ether.
more to come later today.
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