Did you know that May is national meditation month? I didn’t, until we were looking for a focus of the month. What a great theme, eh? In my own practice, I have found this to be one of the most positive practices, one that has really changed my life. Mindfulness is being in the present…
DetailsAs we learn to harness the magical energies of nature and live by and WITH each season, we experience a more balanced body, mind and spirit. Before we became industrialized as a culture, people have been looking to the seasons and living this way since the beginning of time! While winter is more about resting,…
DetailsWhen I was young, living on a farm in Iowa, I remember lying on my back in the tall brome grass with my eyes closed, allowing my body to feel the vibrations of the ground shaking from the Sioux Indians riding, and opening my ears to their cries of excitement and exhilaration as their horses…
DetailsThis month we’re exploring the Buddhist teachings of the four qualities or aspects of love. “Love, compassion, joy, and equanimity are the very nature of an enlightened person. They are the four aspects of true love within ourselves and within everyone and everything.” ~ Thích Nhât Hanh Maitri/Metta (Loving kindness) The first aspect of love…
DetailsKundalini yoga is different than other types of yoga. Kundalini is called the Yoga of Awareness, the life force energy, also known as prana, shakti, or chi. We all have this dormant energy sleeping within us, waiting to be awoken…Kundalini Yoga gives us the experience of being our true selves. Whatever you want to call…
DetailsIf you just met me, or even if you know me fairly well you might think I am pretty calm, but the truth is my nervous system is often revved up. If you share this experience, know that there is nothing wrong with you. It is how we have been wired and it is not…
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