Friday, May 8, 2026

Turns out a carrot (or two) can teach a thing (or two).

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I volunteered twice this week—chopping carrots at DC Central Kitchen and playing with cats at the SPCA. Both pulled me into the present. Both made me iterate on what rhythm actually felt good. Turns out a few hundred carrots have something to say about how we spend our days.

→ Read On what a few hundred carrots could teach you

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Wednesday nights at Lighthouse Yoga Center (Brightwood, D.C.)
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Food for thought.

This week's reflection sits with Sutra 1.14: practice becomes firmly grounded when attended to for a long time, without break, with earnestness. The earnestness is the part we forget. It's not just repetition—it's repetition with care.

If you want to sit with the breath as practice, the Pranayama Practice page, introduced last week, is live—place, length, precision of breath.

Coaching with me.

Sometimes the iteration isn't about carrots. It's about the shape of a week, a role, a relationship to your own time. If you're noticing a rhythm that's efficient but not satisfying—or satisfying but not sustainable—that's exactly the kind of thing coaching is for.

A breath before you go.

Wash the dishes to wash the dishes. Peel the carrot to peel the carrot. Pet the cat (or bunny)…you get the idea. And notice, along the way, what kind of rhythm you're keeping.

with love ✨, CATHERINE

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