Completing My Meditation Certification I’m back from obtaining my meditation certification and it’s been quite the journey. I attended my training at the McLean Meditation Institute in Sedona, AZ where I learned to teach the SEED (Simple, Easy, Every Day)...
Headed to the retreat for the final hours of certification I’m packing my bags and headed to Sedona, leaving mid-week to the high desert. The final hours of certification total 50 that require that to be at the institute. There, I will be meditating, teaching,...
Increased sensitivity Though I’m often labeled as an idealist, I also like to take a pragmatic approach toward meditation – to look at the good side, the bad, and everything between. I love talking about all the aspects of my meditation and spiritual...
3.5 Sweet Benefits of Meditation From all the training and meditation I’m doing, I was prompted to write about 3.5 sweet benefits of meditation. Not quite four of them. Okay, maybe there are four or more. How does one choose? A Journey Within It’s actually...
Trying Different Mantras As part of my practice, I am trying out different mantras when I meditate. For the past few years, since about mid-2015, I have been focused on breath awareness. Basically, as a meditator, I sit and focus on the breath: its sounds, the rhythm,...
That which I’m experiencing as I’m going through meditation teacher training is…profound As soon as I got back from traveling out west, my I began my coursework. Each week brings a new unit of material to study, along with the prescribed reading,...
Going on Some Sacred Journeys Friends, these next two weeks will differ from the routine: I will be going on some sacred journeys. Traveling gives you a different perspective, gets you out of your routine, and makes you think differently. –Cynthia Sageleaf My...
I Have Not Failed; I’ve Jumpstarted an Intentional Existence Friends, it is almost time to conclude this project. If I am honest, I will say it hasn’t been an easy journey. In fact, in February, I nearly faltered altogether: I got the flu a second time...
Discovering That I’m an Empath It wasn’t until I posted my flash fiction story entitled “Imagine There’s No Countries” did I ever consider myself to be an empath. When my blogger friend, Tina Frisco read my post, she pointed out that as she read, she figured out...
