This blog is one of a three-part series on the health impacts of integration (wholeness) in our self-esteem, relationships and ability to enact meaningful change in our lives. Each of us is the next step in evolution along the lineage…
This blog is one of a three-part series on the health impacts of integration (wholeness) in our self-esteem, relationships and ability to enact meaningful change in our lives. Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need…
This blog is one of a three-part series on the health impacts of integration (wholeness) in our self-esteem, relationships and ability to enact meaningful change in our lives. To know oneself is to know life. The ancient Greek and Egyptian…
Adults or kids alike, many of us enjoy dressing up on Hallowe’en in our superhero or super funny costumes. Dress-up is a wonder-filled way to activate the imagination by pretending we are someone or something else. Not only do we…
In her latest book, Yoga for Emotional Balance: Simple Practices to Help Relieve Anxiety and Depression, psychologist Bo Forbes emphasizes the following five healing practices for creating lasting change and health: Balance the nervous system. Our nervous system filters all…
We are living through one of the most fundamental shifts in history — a change in the actual belief structure of Western society. No economic, political or military power can compare with the power of a change of mind. By deliberately…
As the world witnesses the approaching election of a new American president, many voice the same query — “How did we get to a place where someone like Donald Trump could become the leader of the ‘New World’?” Apparently, just…
Last week, my blog focused on distraction as the path of addiction. This week I am continuing in that vein with guest blogger, Chloe Pearson, who has some tips for those of us with a loved one addicted to gambling.…
When we forfeit our happiness for habitual psychological or physiological dependence, we are choosing a path of distraction rather than directing ourselves on a course of healing and transformation.
Last January I ushered in the New Year with a strong sense of impending change. Since then, I witnessed one change upon another showing up in my daily life. Either I or those around me were experiencing a shifting inner…
I return refreshed from a month of gardening followed by a week-long yoga intensive. Each summer at this time, I treat myself to these occasions of being purposefully led through a transformational experience. Always my intention is the same — to awaken to my unconscious habits and to continue the work of liberating these deeply held patterns from my body.
Fortunately, the physical body wisely shows us, through sensation, where to focus attention in order to heighten awareness and raise consciousness.
It takes great trust to be okay with everything and everyone. Believing in the inherent goodness of all circumstances and people is challenging enough in today’s climate.
Now add the ability to accept that whatever arises in the moment is exactly what you need. If you are capable of accepting each moment as it presents itself, you have the recipe for living life in an effortless fashion. By effortless, I do not mean without expending any energy, just without expending negative energy.
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