Author Archives: Margaret Graw

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About Margaret Graw

At the intersection of writing and yoga

Easy Writer

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Margaret Graw

  Writing is a skill we were all taught. At the start it involved vocabulary, spelling, grammar, sentence formations, paragraphs, and writing short essays. It is natural to speak, but to write out our stories is another matter. The rules … Continue reading →

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Exploring in Yoga Poses

Posted on June 17, 2016 by Margaret Graw

In yoga asana practice, there is a point at which students learn to hold poses longer. They’ve learned the basic shape of each pose, which part of the body grounds and which extends, and have heard the instructions of how … Continue reading →

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The Heart Center Herb

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Margaret Graw

One of the characters in my novel is a master herbalist. While I’d tinkered with herbs for years, I wanted to factcheck what I’d written about this character and get the terminology and methods right. So I attended a lecture … Continue reading →

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The Heart and The Eye

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Margaret Graw

Opening the heart almost always requires a good eye. An eye toward the beauty that surrounds us in things large and small: an historical building with velvety moss on its ancient bricks, or a tiny spark of light on the … Continue reading →

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Writing A Spring Garden

Posted on May 26, 2016 by Margaret Graw

My desk used to face the window that overlooks our garden of perennial flowers. I had to move the desk years ago, when the garden was forming, because I’d look out and see what needed to be done: cut back … Continue reading →

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