Loving Kindness Meditation Loving Kindness is one of my favorite types of meditation and I personally do it often. I always emerge with a feeling of love. I’ve been meaning to create this guided meditation for awhile: my friend Maria over at Marcoujor had requested it...
Spiritual Haikus It’s been awhile since I’ve compiled some of my haikus. I continue to write them, though starting in late May, I have been sharing them less: I am considering putting them into a book or two. I have been on recent travels to sacred places...
The asanas as part of the 8 limbs of yoga I love a good study of Patanjali and this post deals with Patanjali’s asanas. This post is part of a series on the 8 Limbs of Yoga that Patanjali wrote about centuries ago. I’d heard of Patanjali through Wayne Dyer and others,...
A Mandala for Rest In this high speed world of ours, I talk to so many folks who endure a lack of sleep, and a lack of “just being.” I created this “mandala for rest” in honor of gently persuading you, dear reader, to take a moment of rest. In...
An evolving journey, this life I’ve been writing meditations and doing lots of meditation-related posts the past few months. And truth be told, it has helped to niche my site a bit. I was feeling the effects of having put so much energy into building a course...
Start your day with a 15-Minute Guided Morning Meditation The best times of day to meditate are in the morning and in the evening, and one way to do that is with a guided morning meditation. Morning meditation is good because it gets you started with your day in a way...
The Crown Chakra The crown chakra is the seventh chakra, or energy center, in the body. Its Sanskrit name is Sahasrara, a reference to the thousand-petal flower symbol of this chakra. It is connected to all the other chakras in the body. For this chakra to be...
The Third Eye Chakra The third eye chakra is also called the ajna chakra, meaning “perceiving” or “command.” It plays a role in helping you develop your inner and outer vision, your intuition – that inner voice that quietly advises you – and other...
The Heart Chakra The heart chakra is the middle-most energy center in the body – located right at the chest. It’s the chakra that serves as the bridge between the lower chakras (which are more “physical” in nature) and the upper chakras (which...
