There comes a time in one’s wisdom or life’s journey where healing personal wounds is outgrown and replaced by concern for the collective woundedness of humanity and the planet at large. These shared or universal wounds — poverty, pollution, oppression,…
Can you imagine a world where everyone is loved and loving? Now, can you imagine yourself loving everyone? Did your thoughts go to that one person in your life who is difficult to love and who possibly is not loving…
Although many Western practitioners of yoga “come to the mat” to heal some aspect of their body, soon enough they learn of its holistic approach. As a spiritual practice, yoga integrates our whole being rather than separates the physical, energetic,…
Today, I am in discussion with a friend who, to put it simply, is “in-between” that which he no longer is and that which he has yet to become. Years ago, William Bridges called this transitional space the Void. Others…
One of the great spiritual challenges for humanity is accepting that everything happens for a reason. Literally, this means there are no coincidences. A second equally great challenge is trusting that life (source, spirit, creation, or the god of your…
In the quest to know themselves deeply, clients often pose the above question to me during coaching sessions. A person’s blind spots are those areas of limitation they carry within. At a superficial level, we know they exist but often…
As you may have already gathered from the title, this ain’t no sci-fi fantasy, but I might fondly classify it as a space odyssey. From childhood, my life pilgrimage has always been pre-occupied with space. Isn’t everyone’s? Hmmm, maybe on…
Outside my window, the rain that accompanies deafening thunderclaps is pelting the pavement. These “shouts” from nature are mighty sounds that pique our awareness and our response to take cover somewhere safe. Mother Nature has a simple formula, the more…
For millennia, yogis practised asanas (poses) as well as breath regulation (pranayama) for whole-being wellness. As mind-body-spirit beings, humans are more complex entities than merely a physical body or a collection of emotions and thoughts. Nonetheless, western medical practices still…
Although most western-culture dictionaries treat detachment and indifference as synonyms, they have a crucial difference. Their common element — non-reaction — is paralleled by indifference’s additional qualities — coldness, passionlessness, lack of feeling/sympathy. I thought my friend Chris said it…
Both practice and non-attachment (nonreaction) are required to still the mind. Yoga Sutra 1.12 For millennia, the yoga sutras have provided its practitioners with aphorisms or truths meant to increase understanding and provide direction with regard to the mystery of…
Real intimacy is only possible to the degree that we can be honest about what we are doing and feeling. Joyce Brothers How would you define intimacy? The definition I am most interested in is “close familiarity or friendship.” Typically,…
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