The Moment of Enlightenment
“The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.” – Charles Darwin Hello Spiritual Warriors!! I’ve just returned from the Galapagos Islands where I swam with sea lions in turquoise seas, snorkeled with manta rays, hung out with iguanas & turtles, meditated on the sand with students who have become life-long […]
Principles to Live By
“Yoga is the settling of the mind into silence. When the mind has settled, we are established in our essential nature, which is unbounded Consciousness. Our essential nature is usually overshadowed by the activity of the mind.” -Patanjali Welcome to Wednesday spiritual warrior! This month we’ve been swimming through the timeless wisdom of YOGA and […]
Attitude of Gratitude
“The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.” — RALPH WALDO EMERSON Dear Spiritual Warriors: Let’s awaken our most divine aspect by cultivating an attitude of gratitude. That’s right! We can shift every aspect of our existence by simply giving birth and placing some attention on our ability to be […]
Drishti Candle Meditation
To quote the bard Rod Stewart: “Every picture tells a story?” And our mind is filled with millions of pictures – sweet interpretations of every moment we have breathed life. Some of those pictures exist only in our head; others are snapshots we’ve taken with our mind’s eye. But our universal vision is the guide […]
Real Benefits of Meditation Weekend (Stress Relief)
The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, answered “Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live […]
The Real Benefits of Meditation
“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” – William James Okay – now that we are aware, what do we do? First let’s define stress so we can better understand it. Stress is how we respond when our needs are not met. And how we respond to unmet […]
Finding Time for Meditation (It’s Time!) Weekend
“We loiter in winter while it is already spring.” – Henry David Thoreau So often we tell ourselves that we simply don’t have the time, even to do the things that we love or the things that are important to us. By taking just 5 minutes a day to connect with the stillness that rests […]
March Week 3 – Finding Time for Meditation
Where has the time gone? So many people say they don’t have time to meditate . But each of us begins each day with 24 hours to fill with what we choose. We wake up in the morning with sleep in our eyes and that is as close as we get to our awareness of […]
Personal Weekend
“What you seek is seeking you.” ― Rumi Last year I joined forces with the folks over at Winter Feast for the Soul – 40 days of FREE consecutive meditations! The feedback was INCREDIBLE and I enjoyed hearing from you so much that I decided to GO FOR IT again this year. These meditations come […]
The 5 Myths of Meditation
The 5 Myths of Meditation http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IpKIiw0SBRw There are thousands of types of meditation and even more individualized rituals each of us has employed on our journey to one-ness. Regardless of your specific practice of meditation, there are five basic myths that we all come across at some point in our attempts to develop a daily […]