Happy New Year! Do you ever blend your spiritual knowledge and practices with fitness routines? Or take those same teachings and apply them in a new, practical way? The story Thich Nhat Hanh tells below is one reason I collect
Walk Like a Buddha
Embracing Your Spirituality and Gifts
When common challenges arise in my spiritual practice, and others — the people I teach and help heal also report common pitfalls, I write about it here. Mostly what’s been covered so far has been about the roadblocks to regular
Year’s End is a Mindfulness Moment
The end of the year is a time of reflection. We go through cycles of gratitude, fasting, celebrating, traveling, resting and hopefully forgiving. There’s closure and promise. The new year’s afoot! And there’s grabbing. Grabbing stuff. Accumulating things. Yet more
Reiki Stories Project 6/12/17
Today we have a couple of beautiful illustrations of Reiki and animals, how responsive animals are to Reiki and how much it helps them. As I always say in my Reiki classes, animals are very open to Reiki. They feel
Modulate Your Meditation
Inner experiences are of another kind compared to the way we experience the physical world. The physical senses no longer dominate (though still there) and the inner senses take over. It really helps to identify this going in. The inner
How Important is Posture in Meditation?
In the still night by the vacant window, wrapped in monk’s robe I sit in meditation. navel and nostrils lined up straight; ears paired to the slope of the shoulders. Window whitens — the moon comes up; rain’s stopped, but
Being Unweary
Breathing in, I am aware that there’s irritation in me. Breathing out, I smile to my irritation. Breathing in, I am aware that there are worries in me. Breathing out, I take care of my worries. Our irritation or worries