Ok. You realize you want all the benefits that meditation can offer you. Now how do you start? Here are a few ways I got started plus more from one of my favorite blogs ThinkSimpleNow. • Take a Beginner Meditation Class offered at many Yoga Studios • Use guided meditations such as found in the app “Insight Timer” which you …
The Truth About Happiness
“Happiness is not some fleeting feeling of joy but more a profound sense of a life well lived. A life well lived is not just full of joy and excitement but also sadness and fear and all the other emotions that make up our human existence. Happiness may mean different things to different people but overall it involves you being …
Embrace a Beginner’s Mind
Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn says that the richness of present-moment experience is in the richness of life itself. Too often we let our thinking and our beliefs about what we “know” prevent us from seeing things as they really are. We tend to take the ordinary for granted and fail to grasp the extraordinariness of the ordinary. To see the richness …
Breathe In. Breathe Out. Breathe Deep.
“Our breath is constantly rising and falling, ebbing and flowing, entering and leaving our bodies. Full body breathing is an extraordinary symphony of both powerful and subtle movements that massage our internal organs, oscillate our joints, and alternately tone and release all the muscles in the body. It is a full participation in life.” – Donna Farhi What is the …
Connect by Daring to Disconnect
I’m leaving today for a four day hiking and yoga retreat in Sedona, Arizona. Here’s how the facilitator Laurene describes the retreat: “Imagine a time away where your only responsibility is to care for and honor yourself and allow your creative spirit to shine. Do something today that your future self will thank you for.” What better time for me …