How do we find deep inner peace when the world is spinning so fast around us? Sometimes I feel like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz when her home, with her in it, was picked up by a tornado and dropped in an unknown land. But at the center of …
Lightness of being… When you’re reading these three words, what bubbles up in your mind? To me, it felt like a lovely faint idea, lacking a plan on how to bring more of it into my life. There have been glimpses of lightness; while listening to music, having a good …
Being in flow is not something you do. It’s something that happens when you get out of the way. ~ Maryann Hasnaa Lately I’ve noticed the word FLOW everywhere….like the quote above I heard recently during a Chopra Center webinar. Or when my yoga teacher, Emily, encourages our movements to …
Let’s talk…we all get in a slump sometimes. You might call it feeling down, the blues or in the dumps. When I’m in a good space I am full of energy, confident, strong, happy and feel like I could conquer the world! Is there a mere mortal who feels like …
Hello friend! The last time I wrote something for this blog was February 12, 2020 and it is incredible what has happened in this country since then; Covid-19, social distancing, a racial justice revolution, LGBTQ equality, police reform, record unemployment, the presidential election in full swing and more! We are …
Who LOVES conflict? Upset stomach, headache, distracted, heavy heart, can’t sleep…? Not me and I’d bet not you either! Conflict may not be avoidable, but we can keep it from consuming our lives by doing our part to resolve it. What we don’t want is to let it fester until …
As Twenty-Nineteen orders one last round before she heads out the door, I’m drawn to reflect on the blessings and challenges she brought this year. In the challenging column was a melanoma operation on my cheek, my husband getting an extremely bad case of shingles, our home flooding (twice!), the …
A couple weeks ago during a walk on the beach I looked up and watched a flock of geese weave in and out of beautiful patterns in the sky before settling into their familiar ‘V’ formation as they flew North for the Summer. It was mesmerizing, like a ballet. During …
Continuing Education… In a recent online workshop I took from Deepak Chopra, “Healing the Whole Self”, he ended the program with a meditation focusing on four questions for the soul. I found these questions to be very impactful and important as I continue to follow and discover My Path to …
October is a month of anniversaries for me. Husband and I married 34 years ago this month, we no longer call it our anniversary, we now call it our “Day of Gratitude”. The anniversary of my son’s birth is this month, always a happy celebration. Not so pleasant, this October …
Have I found Zen? Now more than ever my life is full of Zen, but there are moments where it hides from me. I will meditate every day for 2 weeks, a month and then skip a day. Or I’ll snap at my husband, take something personally when I know …
In my search for Zen, the goal has been to create a life that is peaceful and calm. Not the dramatic ups and downs that were my life for such a long time. I’m not a calm person by nature but I craved inner peace. Mediation has been a powerful …
