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“I’m a damn Marine and haven’t cried in a hundred years.”
MSgt “Lee” Beckler, USMC (RET), 20 Years RYT-200, Owner Sage Yoga Studios, Fallbrook, CA
“Have you ever noticed that when two people look at a piece of art that they usually focus on something different? Abstract art is a great example, you probably see a man in uniform sitting on a yoga mat in an art studio with a dusty floor. Well, I am that man. Let me tell you what I see.”
I see a child that was beaten by his alcoholic father. “I probably deserved it.” [scrape away some clay]
He beat my mother in front of me and my brothers. “She DIDN’T deserve it.” [scrape away]
Finally, after all these years she is leaving him. [more dust on the floor] Why am I getting tossed back and forth? [dust]
My best friend killed himself. We’re just kids! [scrape, press, dust]
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