One of the biggest things that has led me to where I am today is understanding that everything – and I mean everything is an opportunity! Experiences happen to help us if we can only clear the fogged mirror long enough to look inside.
Ahhhhhhh social media. It’s such a yearning. An offering of where you are not. Who you are and who you are not. Where you might want to be and where you don’t want to be. (photo by Shane Rounce )
There is a fine line between acceptance and being involved to fix, resolve and replace. Acceptance is just letting it be. Fixing is seeing it and wanting or needing to do something about it – action steps to rid yourself of the experience. Acceptance is, however, totally accepting it, period. Accept it. There it is.
What If? a poem by Ganga White What if our religion was each other? If our practice was our life? If prayer was our words? What if the Temple was the Earth? If forests were our church? If holy water—the rivers, lakes and oceans? What if meditation was our relationships? If the Teacher was life? If wisdom was self-knowledge? If love was the center of …
NEW MOON! NEW MOON! I love rituals. Ever since I can remember I have loved designing and creating rituals around repetitive lifecycles, whether nature or human ones. There is an inner knowingness and sacredness to me that comes from setting aside a moment of time, marked by some cyclical event. I become present, full of intention and creativity as I construct something that is meaningful …
“Ugh, I don’t want to clean the kitchen.” “I don’t want people to think I’m stupid or lazy.” “I know I don’t like red cars.” “What do I want for dinner? I know I don’t want Mexican food.” “I don’t want this to come across wrong but… I don’t want my boss to think I’m a doormat.” “I know 100% I don’t want to waste …
It’s Sunday, what better day to begin something new?
Using music to relax with Thoracic outlet syndrome was my best bet.
