Today is my first day back from an annual yoga retreat in which we (six yoginis) diagnosed and designed a weekend experience to suit our current development and growth needs. We used the 5 Koshas as a conceptual model to frame…
Now that we are well into this millennium’s second decade, three universal truths — facts or beliefs accepted as true and applicable across all cases — have risen to dominance in my life. Certainly 20 years ago (possibly only 10)…
There are no bad people, only bad systems frustrating good people from doing good work. In 25 years of supporting individuals and organizations to move from Now to WOW in their growth and development, the default reaction of blaming another…
There comes a time in one’s wisdom journey through life where healing personal wounds is outgrown and replaced by a concern for the collective wounding of the planet and humanity at large. These shared or universal wounds — poverty, pollution, oppression/terrorism — are stored in the deepest grooves of the human brain and, overtime, negatively altered our DNA passing from generation to generation in their groundswell of enmity.
The tailbone, or coccyx, is a small, triangular bone located at the bottom of the spine. It measures less than one inch (2.5 cm) in length and curves like a hawk’s beak — widest where it meets the sacrum and…
Last week, I taught a mindful meditation session to employees in their workplace. Even though their self-admitted greatest challenge was to quiet their minds, the relaxation and relief at the session’s end was apparent on their faces and in their…
As you may have reasoned from reading past blogs, my mind constantly seeks to draw out of life what I call universal principles. It’s my way of seeing the world from a simpler, less busy perspective. As an example, when…
Even in childhood I recall I understood the basic difference between right and wrong. I might not have been able to articulate my experience, but I could feel the sensation of guilt if I did not do what was right…
When priorities appear to compete with each other for moral high ground and resources, how do we process these complex challenges into meaningful decisions? Complex priorities: • equal rights for women versus selling arms to Saudi Arabia • a healthy…
Although sitting with an erect and fluid spine is the goal for pranayama and meditation (two of the eight limbs of yoga), it is also vital for most people in the workforce who spend upwards of three to five hours…
Yoga practitioners often hear from their teachers, “You are only as old as your spine is inflexible.” Body and energy workers would agree that the more supple your spine, the healthier and more youthful your overall constitution. The key to…
As Manitobans head to the polls for the April 19 provincial election, I think it is fair to say party politics locally and across Canada are going through major upheaval. At the federal level, both Conservative and NDP parties are…
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