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Today we speak with Erika Burkhalter and read her story, ‘Finding Permanence In Impermanence at the LaConte Glacier, Alaska.’
Erika holds a masters degree in neuro-psychology, and another masters in Eastern Philosophy. She taught eastern philosophy, and she taught yoga for twenty plus years.
Erika lives in Orange County, California, focuses on photography and writing, and travels around the world.
From the show:
“…And I remember one day when I was in the fourth grade, I came home and my dad had a yellow school bus sitting in the driveway and he was literally cutting out windows with a saw and put in louvered windows, ended up building bunk beds, a refrigerator, a little stove. He was on sabbatical and they pulled me out of school and we took off and went all over the U.S. we were sort of like the original you know hippie camper van people, I guess. …”
“…. He pulled us up so close to this glacier. It was incredible to be that close to it. But at the same time, you also don't know, like, is it going to calve right there in front of you and take out your little boat and there's no one around for really long ways …”
“… So I think that this is perhaps one of the greatest lessons in life. And one of the hardest things to remember is that nothing ever stays the same. The only constancy is change…We just, you know, we can try and hold on to things, but you can't. The only thing we really have is the moment that we're in…”