Meditation
all about meditation
What if our soul is, as poet Mary Oliver says, “pure light that shines where no one is”? In her poem conveniently titled Poem, Mary Oliver speaks to the notion of the soul like this: “Airy and shapeless thing,/ it needs/ the metaphor of the body. . . to be understood/ to be more than […]
The practice of writing down your thoughts, hopes, dreams and life experiences is one of the most valuable and important spiritual practices one can have. This practice is known as journaling or keeping a personal diary.
Balance your 4th chakra for more love and compassion with this new heart centering meditation from Certified Master Hypnotherapist, Vicki Howie.
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Jan Moore interviews Art Giser on the Cosmic Creating Show on Cosmic Reality Radio. Art Giser, the creator of Energetic NLP, is an internationally renowned NLP trainer, life coach, corporate consultant, teacher, psychic, and healer. In the second half of the show, Art performs a powerful energetic process to clear spiritual contracts that no longer serve you so you are free to create the life of your dreams.
“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” And so he did. This was Muhammad Ali’s mantra. Perhaps yoga and mindfulness isn’t often associated with Muhammad Ali, yoga’s first principle of non-harming and all that, but he was someone who was particularly adroit in his use of the yogic principle of mantra and visualization. His iconic […]
Comparing meditation to medication, this video from the David Lynch Foundation, shows how transcendental meditation is used experimentally in Kingsbury Day School in Washington, DC, a school for children with language based learning disabilities. Twice a day the regular school program stops and the children meditate, using the TM method for just ten minutes, with incredible results, and without the use of pharmaceutical ADHD medications.
Smile or Smirk? I’d waited my entire 35 years to go to Paris and finally, I was there! First on my list: the Mona Lisa. Little did I know what the Mona Lisa would teach me about mindfulness, selfies, and humankind’s inability to be present to beauty and life. So, I’m at the Louvre, the […]
As a professional yoga teacher, sometimes it’s easy to forget how strange some of the Hindu statues on display around yoga studios can appear to people unfamiliar with them. But each statue tells a story and invites us into a deeper relationship with ourselves and in a way that adds depth to the yoga postures. […]
In Chinese medicine, the hours between 5am and 7am are ideal for meditation. This time is when qi cycles through the large intestine meridian, closely associated with letting go. It is the time we are best equipped (energetically, at least) to deal with issues of distress, confusion, compulsive habits, rigidity, irritability, and depression.
When you are willing to surrender to the moment, all things simply come to you. Your search is over…once you stop looking and just be. I find with talking to so many people about meditation that this is perhaps the hardest part for them when just getting started. It’s the giving yourself that time to sit down and just BE that causes the most resistance.
Feeling an urge to purge? Re-organize, de-clutter, and let some things go? It’s a normal sensation for this time of year. Here’s what to focus on.
Can you imagine what the world would be like if Vincent Van Gogh sold real estate for a living instead of painted? There’s nothing wrong with selling real estate—I have deep respect for those who do—but that simply wasn’t Van Gogh’s gift for the world. Van Gogh tried several different jobs before dedicating himself to […]
If you are in the midst of challenging times, know that there is nothing wrong. You didn’t do your visualizations incorrectly, not think enough positive thoughts, or not meditate enough. Consider that life is giving you the opportunity to let go of what is no longer in alignment with your highest most authentic self.
This experiment is from the work of Dr. Masaru Emoto, who developed a set of tests which illustrate the breathtaking connection between the molecular structure of matter and human intention.
Meditative practices have also been shown to reduce your risk for heart disease by lowering your blood pressure, cortisol and heart rate and optimizing LDL cholesterol, as well as improving your overall stress level
