http://www.sueborchardt.com/index.php dedicated to the exploration of contemplative art, kirtan (indian devotional chanting & music), and yoga nidra as seen through the eyes of sue borchardt. baltimore, MD Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:51:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So yesterday I had my first meeting with my fellow weirdos in the Consciousness Studies group in the Individualized Master of Arts (IMA) group at Goddard. Turns out there are not that many other folks in my concentration: Belle who is in her last semester and Tasha who might transfer ... http://www.sueborchardt.com/index.php/2008/08/11/not-that-many-other-weirdos-in-consciousness-studies/ There are some phrases that seem to keep coming up around this place, for instance, Living the Question and Trusting the Process. These are not new ideas for me but it their prevalence in an academic environment is quite refreshing. While most institutions of higher learning place high value on ... http://www.sueborchardt.com/index.php/2008/08/10/living-the-question/ Yes it does feel a bit like summer camp here but mostly because it smells very green, we’re living in dorms, and we eat meals in a huge dining hall. The center cluster of campus buildings really beautiful and vermonty: lots of barn board, dark brown shingles, and dry laid ... http://www.sueborchardt.com/index.php/2008/08/09/dispatch-from-camp-goddard/ my friend melissa has a story she tells - it's about a company rolling out a brand new dog food. it sells ok but then tanks so they come up with a new ad campaign and the sales go through the roof and then... right down again. the exec calls ... http://www.sueborchardt.com/index.php/2007/12/12/one-divine-hammer/ of an old song from my highschool years: what do you do? by the bonzo dog band. http://www.sueborchardt.com/index.php/2007/12/10/a-new-noodling/ Music as meditation has been an emerging practice for me. It's especially difficult to go public with, because, despite the fact that singing is happening, i do not identify myself as a singer. It feels like the time has come to leave the closet and embrace the fact that music ... http://www.sueborchardt.com/index.php/2007/11/08/coming-out-of-the-musical-closet/ This same time last year I had the sensation that events were unfolding in carefully orchestrated ways. At the time I attributed it to the fact that I'd been doing a ton of yoga nidra practice and had recently finished a week immersed in it during a yoga nidra teacher ... http://www.sueborchardt.com/index.php/2007/10/31/interview-with-a-conductor/ Not long ago, I was fortunate enough to have a private interview with a Lama. It was a somewhat impulsive decision inspired by my ongoing ruminations on the issue of free will - i.e. do we have it? My views on this topic have undergone an accelerated evolution in the ... http://www.sueborchardt.com/index.php/2007/08/31/interview-with-a-lama/ Join Sruti for an evening of music as meditation. Drawing from the musical traditions of Africa, Asia, and India, this Baltimore-based group weaves the magical sounds of tabla, santoor, riq, and mbira; the warm glow of the harmonium; the soaring dance of violin and viola; and the entrancing delight ... http://www.sueborchardt.com/index.php/2007/08/22/sruti-at-breathe-books-friday-august-24-730/ This is an hour and a half long yoga nidra and body sensing class as part of Quantum Yoga's sunday night community series. Classes are only $10. Different teacher and theme every week (don't miss next week's class on breathing lead by a local toxicologist). This week's yoga nidra class ... http://www.sueborchardt.com/index.php/2007/07/15/special-yoga-nidra-class-sunday-july-15-615-745-pm/