Wisdom For The Perfectionist Mind
On a walk with a friend recently, she shared that she was struggling with procrastination in her coursework. I asked what was causing the procrastination and she stated, “When I get going, then I can’t stop until it’s perfect.” Her desire to do it perfectly or not at...
Dehumanization Of Emotions Creates Suffering
We dehumanize ourselves on a daily basis. And that energy goes out into the world, contributing to the violence that most of us actually want to end. The biggest takeaway I had from my Yoga Teacher Training and Self-Development Course in 2012 was – “I’m 100%...
Yoga Of Pain And Suffering
Jenna Schauer and I met a number of years ago when a common friend put us in touch. At the time, we were both facilitating groups on Chronic Pain. My group was for people struggling with mental health issues due to chronic pain. For Jenna, her patients came from the...
Is Change Your Ally Or Your Enemy?
Looking back over my life, if I had to boil it down to one theme, it would be trust. Most of the ‘lessons’ in my life are around control. The patterns of my emotional reactions tend to be around searching for or clinging to feeling safe and secure. Another way to say...
The Mind’s Wall Of Protection
My first experience with multiday silence was a 10-day Vipassana meditation retreat back in 2002. That makes me laugh. My ‘go big or go home’, 28-year-old self just jumped into 10 days of silence. ‘Why do one day of silence when you can do ten?!’ I was traveling in...
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