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COMING BACK TO LIFE – ALREADY IN PROGRESS I want to talk about a very practical application of our meditation practice. Aside from spiritual development or enlightenment, meditation can be seen as a means to secure health and healing in our daily life. The view is not to fix anything but to support ourselves in […]
Welcome to a new year. The passing year has been a challenging time. Many have struggled with anxiety, depression and isolation. Challenging times remind me how important meditation is to our self-care. And how essential self-care is to building health and resilience to meet the world. When the going gets tough, the tough sit down […]
A BUDDHIST CONTEMPLATION ON THE MIDDLE WAY When I was a child, it was common for fathers to keep long hours at work or travel away from home. The dad’s were swimming upstream to compete in a society making its long slide away from the warmth of the family to the insatiable urges of […]
WELCOMING YOUR BRAIN TO THE NEW YEAR! I am offering free new year’s meditation and life coaching sessions to those who need support for sanity and a gentle voice defining and orienting toward your vision. ________________________ WAKING UP TO A NEW DAY Back in the 70′, meditation master Chogyam Trungpa would begin his talks […]
UNPACKING THE REACTION: Deconstructing Shenpa I am writing this on boxing day. In some traditions, today is the day set aside to unpack the last of the holiday presents and remove the boxes, or perhaps repack the boxes and return the gifts. In any event, I thought it an appropriate time to discuss opening the […]
The Path to Spiritual Wellness is paved in gratitude. ‘Tis the season. Fa-la-la… But why does the joy I am encouraged to feel during the holidays make me lonely, tired, and stressed out? The warmth of Christmas often competes for my brain space with sadness and worry. Appreciation for what I actually do have becomes upstaged […]
Ego is a term used to indicate an aspect of our psychology that we identify as “me”. However, on closer inspection, there seem to be a number of “me’s” that we employ – and believe – depending on our circumstance. There is the me that I find at work, the me that I feel when […]
Developing A Healthy Self-Regard is not Egotism. Self-love and self-encouragement are so important to our physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing. Yet, the question of what it is to love oneself is not always clear. Is it giving in to the ½ gallon of ice cream, or making it to the gym? And I think many […]
The balance of mindful awareness allows us to navigate life and practice. Mindfulness is an overused term these days. It might refer to anything from a meditation practice, to a lifestyle choice, to a fragrance. I wanted to narrow the focus down to a practical application of the term. Mindfulness refers to the natural […]
INTUITIVE INSPIRATION Intuitive inspiration refers to bringing our feelings and wisdom into parity. It’s a process of feeling ourselves into wakefulness which is a full application of our mind – or Mindfulness. Being culturally binary, we tend to separate instincts from our higher sensibilities. The gut seems personal and the higher mind universal. But […]