tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096966902480269086.post5346568328062893126..comments2023-11-02T05:25:47.332-04:00Comments on Mary Dunn Does Blog: Blog 8/12Mary Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14518528960516146168noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096966902480269086.post-38705448031930124132008-08-21T10:11:00.000-04:002008-08-21T10:11:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.TodayisThursday!https://www.blogger.com/profile/08271428360142766421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096966902480269086.post-34445038112765126642008-08-19T08:25:00.000-04:002008-08-19T08:25:00.000-04:00We are holding you in the light dear Mary. I hope ...We are holding you in the light dear Mary. I hope you received the poem I sent by Mary Oliver. "When I am among trees.." You could have written it. It is so you.<BR/>love from Houston, Texas<BR/><BR/>DebbieYoga Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09656349870410409454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096966902480269086.post-10663801288417187132008-08-19T01:30:00.000-04:002008-08-19T01:30:00.000-04:00my dearest Mary,your blog, which is my opening sit...my dearest Mary,<BR/>your blog, which is my opening site, has been inspiring me all this time and allowing me to feel a little closer to you every day.<BR/>I have not good enough use of english to tell you how much i love you. I'm grateful for your teachings beyond asanas, for your welcome hugs each time i've showed in your classes, for the moments you have shared with me.<BR/>I cherish your strength and faith and be sure in your heart you are a leading torch for all of us. <BR/>I thank life for the opportunity to meet you,<BR/> with all my respect and love,<BR/>eleonora thomsoneleothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04994919637356337215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096966902480269086.post-30919963239526228262008-08-19T01:29:00.000-04:002008-08-19T01:29:00.000-04:00my dearest Mary,your blog, which is my opening sit...my dearest Mary,<BR/>your blog, which is my opening site, has been inspiring me all this time and allowing me to feel a little closer to you every day.<BR/>I have not good enough use of english to tell you how much i love you. I'm grateful for your teachings beyond asanas, for your welcome hugs each time i've showed in your classes, for the moments you have shared with me.<BR/>I cherish your strength and faith and be sure in your heart you are a leading torch for all of us. <BR/>I thank life for the opportunity to meet you,<BR/> with all my respect and love,<BR/>eleonora thomsoneleothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04994919637356337215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096966902480269086.post-44537244916004992862008-08-18T23:56:00.000-04:002008-08-18T23:56:00.000-04:00Dear Mary,Lama Zopa is also praying for you. His s...Dear Mary,<BR/><BR/>Lama Zopa is also praying for you. His secretary gave me this link to Lama Zopa's advice to a student who had cancer---- http://www.fpmt.org/teachers/zopa/<BR/>advice/pdf/UsingSicknessForthePath.pdf ----<BR/><BR/>Much love,<BR/>BarbaraBarbara Nicolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15812318511806487600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096966902480269086.post-82219427568255887362008-08-18T21:10:00.000-04:002008-08-18T21:10:00.000-04:00Mary,Thanks for the blog and teaching us generosit...Mary,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the blog and teaching us generosity. Your blog is a gift for all of us who miss you. <BR/><BR/>Here at the beach in Montauk you are in my daily thoughts.<BR/><BR/><BR/>- KurtAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905368330578351838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096966902480269086.post-44572445078453850142008-08-18T19:27:00.000-04:002008-08-18T19:27:00.000-04:00Mary:Today you are in my thoughts. I hope that you...Mary:<BR/><BR/>Today you are in my thoughts. I hope that you are soon in the arms of your family.<BR/><BR/>You are in my thoughts often. As I prepare for assessment your words and your high expectations guide me forward. As I move through this difficult time, your words, strong hugs and vibrant eyes circulate around me.<BR/><BR/>I hope that you feel all the arms, and thoughts and prayers for miracles around you.<BR/><BR/>You are an astonishing person and teacher.<BR/><BR/>JenJenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09561299335180280357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096966902480269086.post-12786284553300151812008-08-18T09:56:00.000-04:002008-08-18T09:56:00.000-04:00Dear Mary.I'm think of you.Sending Love Rachel.Dear Mary.<BR/>I'm think of you.<BR/>Sending Love Rachel.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01755441321093298423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096966902480269086.post-65041828616802499442008-08-18T04:47:00.000-04:002008-08-18T04:47:00.000-04:00Dear Mary,So I sent word to my teachers to pray fo...Dear Mary,<BR/><BR/>So I sent word to my teachers to pray for you, to pray for your recovery if that was karmically possible. By sheer grace I was able to talk, albeit very briefly, with all of the personal secretaries of the big three of Tibetan Buddhism: His Holiness (HH) the Dalai Lama, HH Sakya Trizin and HH the Karmapa.They will pray for you! I also sent word to two of my other Tibetan Buddhist teachers,one of whom had been in Sloan Kettering as well. So whatever unfolds will certainly be very blesed! <BR/><BR/>Much, much love,<BR/>BarbaraBarbara Nicolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15812318511806487600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096966902480269086.post-12895232734344975842008-08-17T22:33:00.000-04:002008-08-17T22:33:00.000-04:00Dearest Mary....So long ago we met in India and I ...Dearest Mary....<BR/><BR/>So long ago we met in India and I still have a most wonderful picture in my memory of you molding my back into perfect straightness with your kind strong & sure hands. Your intense focus and commitment to helping me find a center...a center that was unknown to me on my first trip to Pune in 1984...was testament to your great love for your teacher our Guruji. Your own dedication launched me on a physical and spiritual journey I never knew was possible until I saw it in your actions. There you were along with all the angels assembled in this enlightened group to help your guru teach the uninitiated. Your hands initiated me in that eventful trip along with those of Guruji, and I thank you now for giving me that hope and spark of yoga so long ago. When I teach others now you are there too...helping me to help them understand that what we believe we can be is so much more important than the mere physical form we may find ourselves in. <BR/>Thank you for sharing that with me and all the others who have been touched by you. Much love to you as you lead us still on the journey...Alice PlatoAlice Platohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08516722813110812857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096966902480269086.post-11045768805135339612008-08-17T17:09:00.000-04:002008-08-17T17:09:00.000-04:00Dear Mary,You continue to teach and inspire as you...Dear Mary,<BR/>You continue to teach and inspire as you so generously share your journey - with warmth and humor and grace and gratitude. I am grateful to count myself among your dedicated and inspired students. You taught me to "see" in so many ways. You taught me to listen inside as well as outside. You taught me that teaching and learning can be full of joy and playfulness as well as rigor. Your spirit and smile and voice are with me always. Thank you for all the gifts I have received from and through you. I send them back 12-fold wrapped up in love and hope and stars.<BR/>XXOO RacquelRacquelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08293326511524333819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096966902480269086.post-40287870880734254392008-08-17T16:08:00.000-04:002008-08-17T16:08:00.000-04:00Dear Mary,Please feel my embrace from afar. I deep...Dear Mary,<BR/><BR/>Please feel my embrace from afar. I deeply treasure your friendship and friendships we have shared with Elizabeth and Judy. Your words of wisdom move me deeply. I rejoice that you are surrounded by your wonderful family and the thoughts of so very many devoted students and friends. My hope remains strong.<BR/><BR/>JudyJudy Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05450537804558958892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096966902480269086.post-49453027434792006112008-08-17T15:05:00.000-04:002008-08-17T15:05:00.000-04:00Dear Mary:You are an inspiration and a guiding for...Dear Mary:<BR/>You are an inspiration and a guiding force that fuels The Institute and the people who visit it. Thank you so much for sharing your gifts. <BR/>Much Love and strength and prayers to you.<BR/>Love,<BR/>Kenya<BR/>Receptionkenyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01898700466189404222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096966902480269086.post-46836560961471461122008-08-17T13:28:00.000-04:002008-08-17T13:28:00.000-04:00Oh Mary! I am one of your many- thousand-students...Oh Mary! I am one of your many- thousand-students, and you will not remember me. But you are in my thoughts and my heart, every day, when I go out to my garden. The begonias are so extravagant this year, their buttery little hearts are bursting into big plump petals of lemon and pink. I have never seen such extravagant blooming, and I think: it’s all for you, dear teacher, who gardened every class. I remember a long-ago spring morning in Manhattan, when it just popped into your head to call for the “hanging begonia pose.” Aha! Stiff-legged level-one students suddenly understood… so that’s what you do in utanasana! And we all became begonias, in that moment, as your beautiful blue eyes sparkled. Beloved, brilliant teacher… may the way ahead be scattered with blossoms, to perfume your journey and cushion the road you are walking. With profound gratitude… KateKate Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18118735425800589725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096966902480269086.post-38576570685334425932008-08-17T12:23:00.000-04:002008-08-17T12:23:00.000-04:00Dear Mary,You continue to amaze and inspire as you...Dear Mary,<BR/>You continue to amaze and inspire as you courageously face this and whatever lies ahead. May every moment in this embodiment and beyond be joyous, pain free and peaceful. Continuing to send you infinite love, light and smiles as we hold consciousness for a miracle. Garthgarthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625774048512257191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096966902480269086.post-81219223579855141042008-08-17T12:11:00.000-04:002008-08-17T12:11:00.000-04:00MaryMaryMary,you and the thought of you and what y...MaryMaryMary,you and the thought of you and what you inspire in us all <BR/>is a miracle in itself.<BR/><BR/>Last night at the open restorative practice orchestrated beautifully by Matt was so peaceful. People with very little knowledge and practice of the poses went from one pose to the other with the least amount of assistance. It was awe inspiring-Mary inspiring.<BR/>It brought to mind the observation and assisting of your enormous <BR/>Gentle classes. <BR/><BR/>Less is more less is more.<BR/>Mary, less is more. <BR/><BR/>With love and respect,AdinaAdina :)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09303075175465071556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096966902480269086.post-46526869100607374902008-08-17T11:34:00.000-04:002008-08-17T11:34:00.000-04:00Dear Mary,There is no reason you should remember m...Dear Mary,<BR/>There is no reason you should remember me as I have only been fortunate enough to take classes with you at conventions or a few workshops in Portland but I too feel compelled to tell you how significantly those precious few encounters have positively affected my life. You make me want to dig deep into myself and pull out my best. You inspire me to give more to others. I am forever grateful to you.<BR/>Love and peace,<BR/>NadineNadinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09651587890237503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096966902480269086.post-46177942970473435252008-08-17T09:26:00.000-04:002008-08-17T09:26:00.000-04:00Hello Mary,"Turtle Feet" (by Nikolai Grozni, subti...Hello Mary,<BR/><BR/>"Turtle Feet" (by Nikolai Grozni, subtitled "The Making and Unmaking of a Buddhist Monk") is such a good laugh with metaphysical thoughts scattered throughout the book. I thought you might enjoy reading it...<BR/>Glad to hear you are in good spirit!<BR/> <BR/>Namaste<BR/>LindaLindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01114050073532922637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096966902480269086.post-25351082557596373102008-08-16T15:28:00.000-04:002008-08-16T15:28:00.000-04:00Dear Mary,There's a little book of Thich Nhat Hahn...Dear Mary,<BR/><BR/>There's a little book of Thich Nhat Hahn's called 'Cultivating the Mind of Love' in which he tells the story of a love he had as a young monk for a Buddhist nun. It was, for all the obvious reasons, a love that, according to our understanding of "beginnings" and "ends", was never to be. Of his many works, it's probably my favorite, and I'm offering this passage from it:<BR/><BR/>"Please look into the river of your own life, and see the many streams that have entered it, that nourish and support you. If you practice the Diamond Sutra and see the self beyond the self, the person beyond the person, the living being beyond the living being, the life span beyond the life span, you will see that you are me, and you are also her. Look back at your own first love and you will recognize that your first love has no beginning and no end. It is always in transformation."<BR/><BR/>Like the passage from 'The Shoes of the Fisherman' I posted a week or so ago, this one came to mind as I read your words about ends.<BR/><BR/>So far as miracles are concerned, I don't have anyone to turn to. But then, do I need to? Isn't this life of yours miracle enough?<BR/><BR/>With love from myself, Nina and our girls,<BR/><BR/>DavidDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02625670433886891982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096966902480269086.post-3041402440712521692008-08-16T14:26:00.000-04:002008-08-16T14:26:00.000-04:00Dear Mary: I was worried because James didn't tea...Dear Mary: I was worried because James didn't teach his HIV class that something was wrong. Marla and Paul are both doing the emotional support from "Light on Live." I keep thinking of one of the last times I saw you and you gave me a hug. You seemed so little and fragile and our hug felt so much to me. I keep seeing your little girl inside with her pink Michael Stars t-shirt on; her frosted pink toenails and her little curls from chemoed hair. I will keep this image and when I see her she will be eating chocolate mint ice cream. XXXOOO GloriaGloriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16584031927143109521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096966902480269086.post-10975363003628110702008-08-16T14:25:00.000-04:002008-08-16T14:25:00.000-04:00Dear Mary: I was worried because James didn't tea...Dear Mary: I was worried because James didn't teach his HIV class that something was wrong. Marla and Paul are both doing the emotional support from "Light on Live." I keep thinking of one of the last times I saw you and you gave me a hug. You seemed so little and fragile and our hug felt so much to me. I keep seeing your little girl inside with her pink Michael Stars t-shirt on; her frosted pink toenails and her little curls from chemoed hair. I will keep this image and when I see her she will be eating chocolate mint ice cream. XXXOOO GloriaGloriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16584031927143109521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096966902480269086.post-5903856294940601772008-08-16T09:46:00.000-04:002008-08-16T09:46:00.000-04:00Dear Mary, Last time we saw each other was in Denv...Dear Mary, <BR/><BR/>Last time we saw each other was in Denver Oct '06 at the Into Assessment. How special for me you were there, with your silent encouragement for me as I passed and as I also was grieving my father's death just a month previous. It reminds me of something you told me when I made the decision to leave NYC and move West, get married and start a family. You said that it was a good idea, and that having a family was not like the yoga one is able to immerse into with the focus of solitude but that it was still yoga, just a different kind. Now as I am awakened in the night by my one year old Julian Skye, calling "MaMaMaMa" there is a sweetness of my dharma to him and the continuous flow of life -my prana to him that is so special yet so temporary and fleeting. These life lessons are everyday and I am thinking of you in my practice, whether it is on my mat while he is sleeping or the moments that try my keen perception and attention in mommy-hood. <BR/>Thank you for your encouragement. With all my love and gratitude, <BR/>AnnekeAnnekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09204293342872663999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096966902480269086.post-90290845137087088562008-08-16T04:01:00.000-04:002008-08-16T04:01:00.000-04:00Dear Mary,You are such a beauty through and throug...Dear Mary,<BR/>You are such a beauty through and through. Whenever I think of you, immediately I have an image of your radiant smile. I remember thinking when I first started taking from you “Oh – we can laugh and have fun in an Iyengar yoga class?” There were a number of times when you had a hard time even trying to stop laughing. How incredibly refreshing and liberating! <BR/>Your teaching is simultaneously accessible and profound. The way you would weave all different concepts into the classes always blew me away. It wasn’t the poses. It was simply who you were. <BR/>One of my college professors said “Words are a feeble attempt . . . “. I am so blessed to have crossed paths with you – so blessed.<BR/>I’m sending gratitude, hugs, love and prayers in full-on Mary Dunn style,<BR/>Keri LeeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811039132727252100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096966902480269086.post-88859357933241998112008-08-16T02:48:00.000-04:002008-08-16T02:48:00.000-04:00Dear Mary,As always I follow your blog closely. I ...Dear Mary,<BR/><BR/>As always I follow your blog closely. I am in San Francisco this week - went today to the East Bay and thought while there about those early classes I had with you at St. Clements when the girls were little and you were teaching close to home. Being in Berkeley made me remember those times so very long ago in both our lives. As I get together with friends we all talk about you and send you our love. Vicki Austin said she did some ceremony for you the other day and will write you about it. <BR/>Reading the eloquence of others on this blog makes me also want to say something eloquent. But behind many churning emotions ultimately I find a sense of silence in which my soul hopes to connect with yours, to send and receive love and peace. We are all of us one with you as you move through this phase. I hope and believe you are feeling that. Love, CarolCarol Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14383222314688705489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096966902480269086.post-67230636213344252252008-08-15T22:42:00.000-04:002008-08-15T22:42:00.000-04:00dear Maryyou are so dear and strong; and these I h...dear Mary<BR/>you are so dear and strong; and these I have learned from you as qualities to nourish. Your pounding encouragements (come one, Naghmeh..!), your more than kind truthful criticisms "yes, do 'something like that'" ... and I know I've got to work for the ones where you say "do it 'just like that!!".... my teachers teacher. you are the link that has put the yoga flower in us all here in new york, there in san diego, in san francisco, in feathered pipe, in bali, in mexico... everywhere you have graced, you have made birds of us all - giving us those big wide wings, those big wide hearts, those still and alert gentle eyes with which we soak in the love and light of life as we do our best, like you, to be with yoga and atman, trusting that that will be well.<BR/><BR/>thank you for teaching us to live in the here and now. where we are all with you, in yoga.<BR/><BR/>blessings and love and a firm kind hug full of affection.<BR/>naghmehnaghmehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06366185792224656847noreply@blogger.com