My yoga teacher says that she practices yoga everyday for one reason…she wants to be an SOL. What’s an SOL you ask? It’s a Supple Old Lady. Me, too! Sign me up. That’s as good a reason as any to practice. I like the idea of preparing for a healthy future now. If you think… Read more »
To continue on Master Zhenzan Dao’s lecture, he then talked about the Fire Element. In Chinese philosophy, there are five elements, and fire is one of them. It represents summer and heart energy. This is what he said about fire and how it relates to our lives. This is the element of decisiveness. Move into… Read more »
I attended an audio recording of one of my qigong teachers who is now in a one to two-year-long silence. I’ve never met him, but I learn from the teachers in his school. He talked about joy versus happiness. Here are some of his thoughts. Joy is the emergence of something that has been hidden…. Read more »
Tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of my move to Santa Fe. That’s right, I moved here exactly one year ago with one plastic fork, a paper plate, some granola bars, an inflatable mattress, and an unquestioning faith. In this past year, I have developed a profound appreciation for mountains and sunsets, southwest culture and new… Read more »
How do you look at the world? Is it through love or fear? If you see the world through a fear-based lens, it is like a huge pie. When someone else gets a slice then yours is smaller. It is finite, scarce and threatening. If your glasses are tinted with love, then someone else’s success… Read more »
The chance that you were born as you with your genes, traits, ancestors, talents and idiosyncrasies is one in 400 trillion. You are a unique creation to be celebrated as a brilliant wave in the ocean of changing life. You don’t need to be fixed. You just need to be fully you and take… Read more »
Nuggets of wisdom on love and compassion were flying all over the room. I rummaged through my canvas bag for a pen and used the back of a receipt to jot down some of these thoughts: “Violence is not completely fatal until it ceases to disturb us.” Thomas Merton “We need to cultivate deeply principled… Read more »
I arrived late. I opened the door to the temple and found myself facing seventy people, all dressed in black, all deep in meditation. Oh no! Why did I choose to wear my light blue sweatshirt to a Buddhist retreat?!? I bowed to the alter and found a seat in the furthest corner of the… Read more »
Author Don Miguel Ruiz asks us to be impeccable with our words. “Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.” Taking his cue, I find two of our common… Read more »
My favorite alternative doctor, Christiane Northrup, says that people in their 50’s and up should regularly check their blood sugar and make modifications if it is high. She says that some people in the medical field believe that high blood sugar is a precursor to Alzheimers. Okay, so I went to CVS and bought a… Read more »