Revelations in Silence Sometimes when you take a little time out, and a little time to reflect, you get big revelations in silence. If you are on my email list, then you will have received emails from me in the past week about my experience with going about life in...
Wait, You Said NOT to Clear Your Mind? How many times have you heard someone say, “As you meditate, breathe, and clear your mind”? Is your hand raised? What if I told you that you’re supposed to think when you meditate? Would you believe me?...
What do the masters say about love? February is the month of love and it’s always good to talk about love. After all, there can never be enough of it in the world. I do my best to spread love. I thought it might be fun to look into quotes about what different...
Drawing Meditation: rectangles, lines and diagonals Meditation doesn’t always have to be about sitting. In fact, another types of meditation you can do is a drawing meditation. Awhile back, I did another type of drawing meditation with circles, teardrops and...
Patanjali’s Teachings: The Niyamas, or, The Rules for Living In the book, “The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali,” there are the eight limbs of yoga. One limb is the niyamas, which concerns itself with the rules of living. This post is part of a series on...
Happy Holidays vs. Merry Christmas Happy Holidays is a phrase that, for most people, would be one meant to be inclusive. Originally, I was going to write another post about love for this week, and I suppose this one still is related to that. I love how living life can...
I’m taking a moment…for the snow. Sometimes it’s worth taking a moment…for the snow. There’s something about the snow in winter that blankets the landscape with a layer of peace. The billions of snowflakes that are all unique, pile on...
There’s something incredible about the brains of long-term meditators When I talk about long-term meditators, I’m referring to people with 10,000 hours+ of practice. I, myself, am in the thousands of hours, but I have a few years to go at an hour or an hour and...
Navigating the Holidays Mindfully I’ve always leaned toward simplicity during the holidays, though I do love the trees, lights, and giving part, too. If you’re not careful, though, you can end up going to holiday gathering, one right after the other, stress yourself...