A Comfortable Soul

~ life is to be lived and not merely survived

Free at last

Kathryn Woodall | June 9, 2010

Until finding and practicing Intu-Flow® in 2006, I dealt with a large amount of back pain that often included searing pain down my leg.  It took about 5 months of daily practice, but that pain went away and has stayed gone.  Given all I’d tried to escape the pain and how many years it had [...]

The Hypocrisy of Hope

Kathryn Woodall | May 16, 2010

Yep, you read the title right.  It will be easy for many of you to dismiss this entire post as me just going through a tough time.  After all, one of my brothers has cancer and another family member is ill.  Some of you might tell yourself that I could just be pissed at the [...]

Every Now and Zen

Kathryn Woodall | April 19, 2010

Change happens.  Sometimes it comes in an undeniable wave and sometimes with such soft subtleness we aren’t even aware of the transformation.  Most often perhaps, it is a combination.  Change trickles into our lives and our bodies until the accumulative effect is great enough to catch our attention. A few weeks ago I was sitting [...]

Avatar

Kathryn Woodall | February 7, 2010

Note:  spoilers present. We went to see Avatar with some friends a few weeks ago.  Since that time, a few people have sent reviews my way.  Some of them have made it clear that while the same film rolls, we all experience a different movie. Avatar is a movie that follows Joseph Campbell’s idea of [...]

Before the Success…

Kathryn Woodall | January 21, 2010

Did you ever notice that right before you are about to succeed: It sometimes feels like you’re moving through rapidly drying superglue There is the temptation to stop pushing because you know you’ve got it in the bag now. All those little (and sometimes not-so-little) distractions challenge you, but staying on target creates a new [...]

The Secret of Success

Kathryn Woodall | January 5, 2010

The following is a clip of a fellow RMAX athlete, Jim Romig.  (He has the shorter haircut and is in black and gray.)  If you view the clip, watch his face.  Watching Jim in this clip, I noticed something important that applies to much of life and may very well be the secret of success. [...]

Charlie’s Choices

Kathryn Woodall | October 6, 2009

I was a bit delayed in getting to this, but here is the ‘choose your own adventure’ type of series.  It starts out based upon a real story and at least one of the choices will also be based upon a real story, but there will obviously be fiction included at some point because the [...]

Choose Your Own Adventure

Kathryn Woodall | September 10, 2009

Have you ever read a “Choose Your Own Adventure” book?  Within each book there were several points of choosing the character’s next action.  You would make a choice and then go to the page associated with that choice.  You never knew if it would lead to your demise, a happy ending, or to yet another [...]

Do You Have a Broken Wing?

Kathryn Woodall | July 2, 2009

So as to not be misleading, I’m not talking about a bum shoulder or elbow.  What I am talking about comes from Circular Strength Training® (CST) but can be applied to all forms of exercise.  (For a more detail explanation of CST, please see the bottom of this post.) CST is a 3-winged system that [...]

Marginal Journeys to Meaningful Places

Kathryn Woodall | June 6, 2009

The title of today’s blog is a rearrangement of Ryan Murdock’s travel blog tagline, Meaningful Journeys to Marginal Places.  (Please check it out at http://www.ryanmurdock.com/).  While Ryan’s blog takes you on the open road, this one is an inward journey. We are often creatures of habit – repeating our day to day routines, behaviors, and [...]