When We Know We Are Blocked
We all know this feeling. This feeling that things just aren’t flowing properly in our bodies, energetic systems and our lives in general. I have definitely been there in my life, and I know you have,...
View ArticleThe Spiritual Teaching That Ticks Me Off
I am grumpy this morning. Really grumpy. And I was grumpy last night, and it is very possible that I will be grumpy throughout the day, or not. Who knows, really, since feeling states are impermanent...
View ArticleOpen Space Is My Womb (Poem)
My feet feel raw today Raw from the rock floors and muddy paths they have crossed The comfort of the keyboard And the scroll of the screen Paling in comparison with the alive ruggedness of the land...
View ArticleOne Essential Question to Guide us through Painful Times
All those spiritual teachers make it sound easy, don’t they? Teachings such as “Follow our breath,” “Let it all go,” and “Awaken to the truth that we are all one” just roll of the tongue as if we can...
View ArticleWhy We Need to Both Focus on Pain and Not Focus on Pain (Is that confusing...
Sometimes I think there might possibly be a one-liner sound bite which would sum up what it means to be on the human path, and if I could just find the small list of words that explain what it means to...
View ArticleThe Two Questions I Live By and Teach
After 5 years of teaching Mindfulness Meditation the entire process of dropping into the reality of the present moment has become summed up into two questions for me. These two questions are incredibly...
View ArticleWhen You Are Stuck Remember To Ask Yourself This Question
We all go through periods of our lives when we feel completely stuck. It can be an incredibly frustrating experience, but it’s also perfectly normal. We all get stuck sometimes. Feeling like a failure...
View ArticleThe Ever-So-Practical Skill Of Not Taking On Other’s People’s Energy
This is so tricky. We are social beings coming into contact with other people every day. Some of these people we love, and let’s be honest, some of them we don’t. Okay, if we are really, completely...
View ArticleEmbodying Being Human
Sometimes on the spiritual path we can unconsciously be avoiding our life. In the moment it might not feel like this, we may be thinking, dreaming, feeling and studying as we go through our days, but...
View ArticleA Note for Difficult Times
Sometimes we have a collective week that just really sucks. This has been one of those weeks. As I scroll through social media I am feeling my own heart ache as I observe the people I love and care...
View ArticleSharing Tools That Have Helped Me
One of the most inspirational parts of my life right now are the people I am spending time with, both in person and over the computer and phone. I am calling many of these people my ‘healer’ friends....
View ArticleBuilding Capacity in the Heart
I try my best to remind my meditation students that the act of meditation is a great act of courage. Because I can not stress enough that WE ALL have pain and suffering. I am all too aware that some of...
View ArticleSeeing Clearly Through My Tears
The first thing I want to say here is that I think all of you, out there reading this, are doing a great job! I mean it. Everyday I get to talk to a bunch of you in my classes and individual sessions,...
View ArticleCompassion Is Always A Choice We Can Make
“Primary feelings are simply feelings, and every day consists of pleasant, painful and neutral moments. Our painful experience does not represent failure.” -Jack Kornfield Last week I was mad. I mean I...
View ArticleWhat We All Need to Know About Unconditional Love
The journey toward self-love is not an easy journey. However, it could be argued that it is the only journey. Like it or not (and for many of us, it is not) each of us is inhabiting a unique human...
View ArticleAre You in Right Relationship With Your Power?
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be...
View ArticleI Have Fallen and I Can’t Get Up
I have decided to accept it is just going to be one of those days where I watch random videos and cry. It is not that I want it to be that kind of day- it just is. Not everything is in our control and...
View ArticleHolding the Bigger Picture Can Heal Our Present Pain
In the last couple of years my personal healing process has included exploring information from past lives and the after life. This has been incredibly empowering for me, and for the clients I have...
View ArticleEncouraging You Out of Your Comfort Zone
The challenge with our comfort zones is that they are just too comfortable. Because somehow in our minds we have developed a belief that if we just stay in the known neurotic dysfunction of our habits...
View ArticleWhat’s Going on At the Self Healing Community
With the Self Healing Community programming I strive to offer diverse energy healing meditation experiences each month that will be of interest and benefit to both beginners, and experiences students,...
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