In last week’s blog, I wrote about the five layers that comprise a human being — physical, energetic, mental/emotional, spiritual and joyful (my label). Much of my discourse focused on human energy, that invisible but felt experience of life force,…
From a yoga perspective, our complex human makeup involves five layers of “being” in the world — physical, energetic, mental/emotional, spiritual and joy (my label). The more elusive layers of being human — energy and joy — are less well known and less studied in the western world of medicine and science. Nonetheless, both are just as significant as their counterparts.
Over the span of my consulting career, I met several people who illustrated the ability to envision new opportunities within environments where deadends were all that seemed possible. In essence, these individuals used their intuition to disrupt existing limitations and…
Image by Dan In my past 30 years of personal growth, it became obvious that transforming fear into joy first meant relinquishing my addictions. Or, as Dr. Daniel Sumrok states, abandoning my ritualized compulsive comfort-seeking. When thought of as comfort…
During a recent conversation (thanks Deri and David), I discovered the elusive nature underpinning the compelling attractiveness of charisma. Interestingly, the three of us agreed its presence was recognizable within seconds of meeting someone. However, after researching some standard definitions on…
In order to be happy, have you spent your life resisting social pressures to be normal? Has anyone said to you, “Why can’t you be like everyone else?” I can certainly relate having elected not to be a wife or…
(Hyde Park Gate image by Phil Bird) During the elevated emotional and verbal vitriol of the American mid-term elections, this Arabian proverb came to mind — The words of the tongue should have three gatekeepers: Is it TRUE? …
At various times in our lives, each of us experiences the feeling we could do anything we desire. It’s a powerful and uplifting sensation, so much so, we can usually recall the last time we felt this way. Conversely, we…
When was the last time you experienced confusion? We all know that feeling of not being able to move forward on a project or make a decision to act. Maybe we are racked with self-doubt or simply lacking the knowledge…
This past weekend, I had a thoughtful conversation with several yoga students on a subject near and dear to my heart—divinity. This is often a confusing word, particularly in yoga, which is classified as a spiritual practice and philosophy and…
Autumn is looming on the horizon. In Northern climates like mine this means a whole host of activities emerge necessary to prepare us for the eventual snowfall. Whether we northerners like winter or not, it is surely on its way…
Recently I read a sad story about loneliness, which as a mortality risk factor is currently ranked as high as smoking. Many diseases are either caused or triggered by loneliness — Alzheimers, obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart and neurodegenerative…
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