Blog
Even hummingbirds take time to pause
I looked out of my back window where we put up a hummingbird feeder this year and I saw a hummingbird sitting on the feeder. It was the first time I had ever seen a hummingbird at rest! Even hummingbirds take time to rest and pause!There are so many...
We all deserve healthy boundaries
One of the topics I come back to for myself and I work on often with people is boundary setting. Most of us grew up in families where healthy boundaries weren't taught, not because our parents did it consciously but because they were also never taught healthy...
Two month reflection
I've been back from my Meditation course in India for two months and wanted to take some time to reflect on my process these past two months. The first week back, I had a clear intention of not taking on anything extra, allowing my time to recoup from travel and...
Part Two: The Exhale
Let's explore the next part of the breath...the Exhale. For me, as someone with a more active and anxious mind, this part of the breath has been important. I'm a great inhaler: on the go, full of ideas, and ready to jump in. I have struggled in balancing it with the...
Part One: The Inhale
The breath is the bridge between the mind and body. If our mind is racing, our breath is usually short and shallow. If our mind is relaxed, our breath is usually slow and more into the belly. By working with the breath, we can change the mind state. I want to focus...
Reflections from my Meditation Facilitator Training Course
In this week back from India, going through so many delays with traveling back home, weather conditions, and jet lag, I've be surprised how I've been able to stay relatively more calm and even. The past few weeks in India at the meditation course have been...
Meditation as a way of life
Many years ago, when I heard the word 'meditation' I would think of being able to sit still for hours with an empty mind in a state of bliss. With this expectation I was doomed to come to the conclusion "I can't do this" and "there must be something wrong with...
The Importance of Commitment on the Spiritual Path
Man, is life full of distractions. I'm reminded of this constantly with my cell phone. There's something that pops up in my mind and I get on my phone to Google the question, when I notice I have some new emails. I stop to look at those and there's an...
Applying Ground Hog Day to How You Treat Yourself
I was thinking about February and Groundhogs Day popped into my head as it's February 1st...then I remembered Bill Murray's Movie, "Groundhog Day," I started to think about the patterns that I have worked on over the years. To me, the concept of the movie is in...
Health and Well-being is a Process Not an End Point
I've mentioned in the past that a health area I've been dealing with consistently over the past year now is sudden hearing loss and tinnitus. It effects my right ear, actually started about almost five years ago, with major changes happening in September 2017...