Category Archives: Aspen-Body Wisdom

Change Hardiness & Learning Agility: What the Aspen Know

Posted on January 6, 2008 by Larry Glover

It is not without reason that Aspen Trees are so universally loved and mythically woven into human history. Anyone who has ever walked within an Aspen Grove knows something of the silence and deep sense of presence that can be … Continue reading →

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Intelligence in Nature: Chimps vs. Humans

Posted on December 8, 2007 by Larry Glover

I escaped to a remote mountain cabin (1900bps on the modem) for a few days. The human intelligence represented by civilization’s progress was getting to be too much for me. Besides, I was looking for my Self too, as I’m … Continue reading →

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Self-Love: A Radical Political Act

Posted on November 3, 2007 by Larry Glover

This Self seeking birth is, I believe, the experience and knowledge of our Wholeness. We are not separate. We belong. To gift our selves with such love as this? This is the most radical political or spiritual act any of us can commit! Continue reading →

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Learning From Nature’s Emergent Creativity: Margaret Wheatley and the Aspen Trees

Posted on October 30, 2007 by Larry Glover

…Three images have changed my life — one, a picture of a chemical reaction, another, a termite tower in Australia, and a third, an aspen grove in my new home state of Utah. Each image in its own way represents … Continue reading →

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A Celebration of the Self: Wild Resiliency!

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Larry Glover

The concept of wild resiliency, and consequently of Aspen-Body Wisdom, represent for me the convergence of multiple and diverse professional lives. Two threads woven throughout the tapestry of my heart’s wandering however are the themes of personal, and of organizational … Continue reading →

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Aspen Body Wisdom: Learning Journey Quotes

Posted on October 25, 2007 by Larry Glover

Following is a list of quotes I’ve been gathering and using in the inspirational Aspen Body Wisdom ‘Learning Journey’ workshops and hikes I’ve been giving. I’m working on figuring out how to create a slide show/movie of the one hour … Continue reading →

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Forbidden Knowledge and the Aspen-Body

Posted on October 20, 2007 by Larry Glover

Western man is trained to see himself as an individual; his manhood is contingent upon an ability to make his way in the world. A stiff upper lip, a chest thrust out, swallowing emotions of loneliness, the requisite need to … Continue reading →

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The Aspen Have Been Working me Over

Posted on October 9, 2007 by Larry Glover

The Aspen have been working me over this morning; I noticed them when I woke at about 2:30 AM. I followed a common pattern of getting up and sitting for an hour or so, breathing and attending to my heart-breath, … Continue reading →

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White Combs and Sweet Honey from my Old Failures

Posted on August 23, 2007 by Larry Glover

The original title of this post was How I Came to Wild Resiliency. It is now, White Combs and Sweet Honey. You’ll discover the mix as you read on. I’m about to head to the mountains to hang out with … Continue reading →

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Loneliness & Presence: What the Aspen Know

Posted on August 22, 2007 by Larry Glover

There is an interesting recent post over at the biosingularity blog site titled, Loneliness is Bad for Your Health, where they report on an article in the August issue of Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association … Continue reading →

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