“To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.” ~Chang Tzu It was a lightbulb moment for me when I realized how much I had been putting up barriers to life—and happiness. I was in a place on my path where I was diligently studying my in-the-moment experience—and I discovered that my first response to ...Read More
A Better Way to Talk to Yourself
"In my experience, we don't make thoughts appear, they just appear. One day, I noticed that their appearance just wasn't personal. Noticing that really makes it simpler to inquire." ~Byron Katie As you probably know in your own experience, as humans we are highly conditioned to believe what our minds tell us about ...Read More
Don’t Follow Your Feelings
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” ~Rabindranath Tagore I know what it’s like to live a life driven by emotion, and believe me, it won’t make you happy. Someone shows up late, and you’re triggered by fear and anger. You get some negative ...Read More
How and Why to Turn Toward Your Body
“Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots." ~Rumi I love melting into the present moment. Here is where I deeply feel everything. I take in the world through all of my senses and savor what I experience. And when I’m very present, without being drawn into thoughts about the ...Read More
Start with One Small Action
“I want to unfold. Let no place in me hold itself closed, for where I am closed, I am false…” ~Rainer Maria Rilke I’m going to say something utterly profound. Are you ready? Here is it: if you want something about you or your life to change, you have to actually make the change. Change isn’t going to ...Read More
A Wise and Kind Relationship to Your Feelings
For the past two weeks, we’ve been studying emotions. You can find these past posts here and here. What have we discovered? The Essence of Meeting Emotions The physical body is primed to experience emotions. They’re normal. Things get complicated when our thinking minds try to make sense of what’s ...Read More
What You Need to Know About Emotions—Part 2
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” ~Rabindranath Tagore Last week we started talking about emotions. Why? Because they’re part of the human experience. Many of us find emotions overwhelming and don't know how to be with them. If you’d ...Read More
What You Need to Know About Emotions—Part 1
"Open your heart to who you are, right now, Not who you would like to be. Not the saint you’re striving to become. But the being right here before you, inside you, around you. All of you is holy." ~John Welwood Whether you are well established in knowing the peace of your true nature—or you’re new to the ...Read More
Healing at the Source of Shame
“Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets.” ~Paul Tournier The more I speak to people on the spiritual path, the more I become aware of the hidden shame that many of us carry. We’re ashamed of our bodies, our thoughts, and the feeling that we’re odd, defective, or abnormal. Shame is a form of secret suffering ...Read More
Die Before You Die
“When it's over, I want to say all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.” ~Mary Oliver “Die before you die”…this is a phrase from the Zen and Sufi spiritual traditions, and I recently got to see the meaning of it up close. For a month, I watched my ...Read More
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